Simone

Viet Thanh Nguyen is the author of The Sympathizer, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial. His first picture book was Chicken of the Sea, co-written with his son, Ellison Nguyen, and illustrated by Thi Bui and her son, Hien Bui-Stafford.Minnie Phan is an illustrator and writer based in Oakland, CA. Her work has been featured by Google, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Public Library, for which she illustrated a citywide reading campaign in 2022. She is the illustrator of the picture book The Yellow Áo Dài, written by Hanh Bui.

A beautifully produced tale by @viet_t_nguyen & @minnie_phan following #Simone and her family as they flee for their lives when a wildfire takes hold near their home. This hybrid #graphicnovel and #picturebook is sumptuously illustrated and sparsely but carefully narrated. A story of hope and change, and the belief in the next generation to make real changes to look after the work we live in.