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Isabella Kung

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Hong Kong

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Children's, Art, Fiction

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Isabella Kung is an Illustrator/Author, Instructor and Professional Cat Cuddler in San Francisco. Growing up in Hong Kong, she would create her own narrative and draw over all her textbooks – anything to make the dull concrete world more colorful! She is delighted she still does both every day! She has won the Silver Medal in the Illustration West 56th Competition, a finalist in Spectrum 25, featured on the cover of SCBWI Bulletin and won Portfolio Best in Show at the SCBWI 2016 Golden Gate Conference. Isabella has illustrated for Candlewick Press, Committee for Children, P&H Publishing, 826 Valencia, Ladybug Magazine, and her debut picture book, No Fuzzball!, comes out in Summer 2020 by Orchard Books, Scholastic. She represented by Jennife ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 1,542 ratings · 370 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	No Fuzzball! 4.35 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2020	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
	No Snowball! 4.29 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Nunu and the Sea 4.18 avg rating — 157 ratings — 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
	1 2 3 Cats: A Cat Counting Book by Lesléa Newman (Goodreads Author), Isabella Kung (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	ABC Cats: An Alpha-Cat Book by Lesléa Newman (Goodreads Author), Isabella Kung (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 147 ratings — 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
	Jia Has a Dog Problem by Stephanie Ellen Sy (Goodreads Author), Isabella Kung (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
	Sammy Experiences Jesus by Tom Blackaby, Rick Osborne (Goodreads Author), Isabella Kung (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Let's Get Pizza Instead! by Ashley Despain (Illustrator), Sarah Clark (Illustrations), Dave Dávila (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Leo's Job it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! by Mia Wenjen (Goodreads Author)	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
Nap time can be a battlefield. This time, it's dad against the heavyweight champion Boxer, Baby! Who would win this fight? This adorable read-aloud is chock-full of fun word play that will surely get any young child giggling with glee. The illustrati ...more
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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit v. Vegetable Showdown by Lindsay H. Metcalf (Goodreads Author)	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
Oh, what fun is "Tomatoes on Trail"! It's so rare that a nonfiction book can carry such humor, pizzazz, and energy! Sharing the fascinating history and actual court case of the long-time debate over whether tomatoes are a fruit or a vegetable. Showin ...more
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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing Pigs Dig a Road by Carrie Finison (Goodreads Author)	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
Such a delightful, joyful, and rhythmic read-aloud! The author Carrie Finsion wrote this fun and silly rhyming story about 4 piggies working together to dig, pave, and paint a road just in time for the county fair! It shows kids just how important pl ...more
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A LAUGH-out-loud book about geoducks! I loved the way this book presents this very misleadingly named creature, a giant mollusk, through the lens of an overly sensationalized news story! The starfish reporter reports outlandish assumptions and jumps ...more
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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions by Darshana Khiani (Goodreads Author)	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
What an inspiring story of persistence and perseverance, of ingenuity and resourcefulness, of determination and teamwork! Based on a true story from Koh Panyee, Thailand, a group of boys found a way to play football (soccer) despite their village bei ...more
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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney by Angela Burke Kunkel (Goodreads Author)	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
A beautiful lyrical telling of Barbara Cooney's life. The illustrations brilliantly depict Barbara Cooney's surrounding landscapes and inspirations, and details of Barbara's works echo throughout the book. I cannot think of a better way to pay homage ...more
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Isabella Kung rated a book it was amazing AlphaBot by Vicky Fang (Goodreads Author)	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
ALPHABOT is an ingenious and fun way to introduce different parts of robot technology and termanology from A to Z. The interactive mix-and-match elements allow kids to create hundreds of variation, while learning simple terms like "Bottons" and "whee ...more
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