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Esta cautivadora entrada en la series de "Historia" de libros por capítulos biográficos se enfoca en Sammy Lee, un clavadista coreanoamericano que fue el primer asiaticoestadounidense a ganar una medalla de oro en las olimpiadas. This compelling entry in the "Story of" line of chapter-book biographies features Sammy Lee, a Korean American diver who became the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal.
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 Literacy 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.
Dom Lee made his picture-book debut with
Baseball Saved Us. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and went on to illustrate books in both the United States and Korea. His titles for Lee & Low include
Passage to Freedom and
Heroes, as well as the award-winning
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. Lee's unique illustration style involves applying encaustic beeswax on paper, then scratching out images, and finally coloring the images with oil paint. Lee and his wife live in Hollis, New York.
Claudia Oemer is a German Ecuadorian translator based in Quito. She has worked in translation for more than a decade in the academic, literary, and business realms. She is trilingual and translates English, German, and Spanish works. Her translated books with Lee & Low include
Rosas para Isabella and
La historia del clavadista olímpico Sammy Lee.
