Mon, May 20
|https://the-authentic-asian.circle.so/
Fireside chat with Yobe Qiu (Founder of Asian Adventures & Tales)
Time & Location
May 20, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
https://the-authentic-asian.circle.so/
About the event
Yobe started her career as a preschool teacher during the junior year in college. As an educator, she taught children and their families to embrace love and diverse cultures. One of her favorite unit studies is the Winter Holidays where we talk about Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years - but when it came time for Lunar New Year, she couldn’t find a book that featured the holiday in a inclusive way. Most of the books out there were about either the Chinese New Year or Vietnamese New Year - but there were other AAPI children in the schools. That was when the idea of Yobe's first book, “Our Lunar New Year” was born (2019).
Fast forward a few years, Yobe decided to dedicate her passion for writing to create children’s books that featured Asian characters and cultures. Today, she is most proud to publish books that help children like her daughter feel seen, heard, and represented.