I've always wanted to write an early reader. When I wrote my first novel, my goal was to make it an early reader, but it grew beyond the category. Grace Lin More Quotes by Grace Lin More Quotes From Grace Lin Your imagination will create many friends Grace Lin many-friends imagination If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come. Grace Lin make-happy ifs Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever. Grace Lin my-best-friend forever laughing She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her. Grace Lin buffalo faces boys That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon. Grace Lin old-man moon men The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really rewarding to think that they can grow up reading my books at all the different levels. Grace Lin picture grow think reading When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was before Mulan, so I was very upset about all the Cinderellas. I always tried to imagine that maybe Snow White was Chinese since she had black hair. Grace Lin black white hair snow When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels. Grace Lin picture me enjoy children
