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Jocelyn Chung (JocelynChung.com) is an author and graphic designer. She also wrote the picture book When Love Is More than Words. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design and an MA in Asian American studies and has been featured in Harvard Kennedy School's Asian American Policy Review, USA Today, and NPR. She loves exploring the intersection of thoughtful storytelling and communicative design. When she's not designing or writing, you can find her doodling, cafe hopping, or on a food-venture somewhere between Los Angeles and Taiwan. Sarah Gonzales (SGonzalesArt.com) was born in Saudi Arabia and grew up in Alberta, Canada. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a bachelor of visual communication design majoring in illustration. Since then, she has worked in games, editorial, and book illustration. Sarah also illustrated Ablaze (by Jessica Lawson), among others, and is the Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator of The Only Way to Make Bread (by Cristina Quintero). She lives in Montreal, Quebec.
* “An unnamed child of Taiwanese descent explores the reciprocal nature of caregiving. A-ma (the young narrator’s grandmother) explains that ‘the way we care for one another never stops. It connects each generation to the next and back again.’ . . . The protagonist tenderly examines a variety of personal relationships. Mama helps A-ma wash and get ready while remembering how A-ma dressed her as a child. The protagonist reflects on how A-gong (Grandfather) ‘picks me up from school with a smile and a snack’; the child translates for him at his doctors’ appointment. Chung explores how care can be expressed within a family. . . . Chung’s deceptively simple narrative brims with a joyful warmth heightened by Gonzales’s cozy artwork, textured with waves of blended colors and shapes. Chinese and Taiwanese terms are naturally integrated within the text. The recurring allusion to rivers is an inspired—and beautiful—choice, honoring the love that familial structures provide. A rare and wonderfully rendered tribute to caregiving throughout the generations.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
