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Ai-Ling Louie is the author of the children’s classic, Yeh-Shen; A Cinderella Story from China (Philomel/Putnam). Her children’s biography series, "Amazing Asian Americans" currently contains three books: "Vera Wang, Queen of Fashion", "Yo-Yo and Yeou-Cheng Ma, Finding Their Way", and her book, the first children's biography published in the US about a South Asian American, "Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Reaching for the Stars." In December 2018, "Patsy Mink, Mother of Title 9" will be published. All her books are for the elementary school child. The reading level is 4th grade

Ms. Louie was born in New York and became an elementary school teacher and children's librarian. Her pets are her aquarium fish.

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	Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie (Goodreads Author), Ed Young (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella (Dove Kids Audio Series) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Ai-Ling Louie (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1697 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Reaching for the Stars; Amazing Asian Americans by Ai-Ling Louie (Goodreads Author), H. Rick Pettway (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vera Wang Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) by Ai-Ling Louie (Goodreads Author), Cathy Peng (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yo-Yo & Yeou-Cheng Ma, Finding Their Way 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Generation: A Memoir by Ai-Ling Louie (Goodreads Author), cover Jonathan Louie (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asian American Anthology: I Am An American Too! by Hyun Martin, Mark Hagland, Aryani Ong 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patsy Mink, Mother of Title 9 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This Is the Book Series on Famous Asian Americans I Wish I’d Had as a Kid
I grew up with Ai-Ling Louie's folklore retelling—now she's publishing her own inspiring biographies for children

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Cathy Erway is the author of The Food of Taiwan: Recipes from the Beautiful Island and the memoir The Art of Eating In. She hosts the podcast Self Evident, exploring Asian American stories.

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