Shining Star - The Anna May Wong Story

The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.

About the author

Paula Yoo is an author and screenwriter whose children's books for Lee & Low include Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Shining Star, and several titles in the Confetti Kids series. Her titles have been recognized by the International Reading Association, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist, and Lee & Low's New Voices Award. She and her husband live in Los Angeles, California, where she works in television. You can visit her online at paulayoo.com.
Lin Wang has illustrated several books for children, including The Crane Girl for Lee & Low Books. She is a classically trained portrait painter with an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. Wang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their children.

Product details

• Authors: Lin Wang, Paul Yoo, Paula Yoo
• Assisted by: Lin Wang (Illustration)
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781620142578
• ISBN: 978-1-62014-257-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 274 mm x 208 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 159 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music