May 07 2015
Children's book illustrator Marcia Brown died on April 28 at her home in Laguna Hills, Calif. She was 96.
One of the country’s most lauded picture-book artists, Ms. Brown illustrated dozens of titles and won the Caldecott Medal three times. For some books, she also wrote the text; for many others, she retold well-loved folk and fairy tales, sometimes translating them from the original French.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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