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YES WE WILL

Kelly Yang

Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country

From NYT bestselling author Kelly Yang comes a gorgeously illustrated picture book about Asian American changemakers doing everything they dreamed of and inspiring all of us to reach for new heights!
From creating beautiful music like Yo-Yo Ma to flying to outer space like Franklin Chang-Díaz; from standing up to injustice like Fred Korematsu to becoming the first Asian American, Black and female vice president of the United States like Kamala Harris, this book illuminates the power of Asian Americans all over the country, in all sorts of fields.

Each spread is illustrated by a different renowned Asian American or Asian artist. Alongside the poetic main text, Yes We Will includes one-line biographies of the person or historical moment featured on the page, with extended biographies at the end. Readers of different ages and needs can use the book in different ways, from classroom discussions to bedtime readalouds and more.

Yes We Will answers the question, can we accomplish whatever we dream? With love, courage, determination, and lots of imagination, we can - and we will!

Featured changemakers:
Franklin Chang-Díaz ; Lia Cirio ; Tammy Duckworth ; Jenny Han ; Kamala Harris ; H.E.R. ; Fred Korematsu ; Padma Lakshmi ; Sunisa Lee ; Jeremy Lin ; Yo-Yo Ma ; Amanda Nguyen ; Sandra Oh ; I. M. Pei ; Mamie Tape ; Peter Tsai ; Philip Vera Cruz ; Vera Wang

Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, Parachutes, and Three Keys. Her books have earned multiple awards, including the 2019 APALA Award for Children's Literature, the Parents' Choice Gold Medal, and multiple best of the year lists, and her writing has also been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Kelly immigrated to America when she was six years old and grew up in Southern California. Today, she and her family split their time between Hong Kong and San Francisco.

Illustrators: Nabi H. Ali, Fahmida Azim, Marcos Chin, Sally Deng, Shreya Gupta, Julia Kuo, Julie Kwon, Nhung Lê, Yijun Li, Dow Phumiruk, Sujean Rim, Dan Santat, Yuko Shimizu, Yao Xiao
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Published 2022-05-03 by Dial Books for Young Readers

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A radiant tribute to groundbreakers to inspire the next generation.

PW Children's Bookshelf featured Kelly's GMA3 interview in their In Brief section on Friday, May 5th Read more...

This sure-to-inspire offering by best-seller Yang features a parade of Asian American changemakers... There are the ultrafamous that everyone knows, like Vice President Kamala Harris and basketball great Jeremy Lin, but readers also get to know the likes of skyscraper architect I. M. Pei, astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz, and Peter Tsai, inventor of the N95 mask... The book itself is something of a parade of achievement, as each illustration is done by a different Asian American artist. The pages are colorful and action packed as well as poignant

Today we're pleased to welcome Kelly Yang to the WNDB blog to discuss picture book Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country, illustrated by various artists... Read more...

KRON4 San Francisco aired an interview with KELLY YANG and her daughter on Saturday, May 7th Read more...

NBC Bay Area KNTV 11 aired an interview with KELLY YANG Read more...