Junko Sakoi

Two boys in swim trunks stand in front of a blue lake.

Celebrating Asian American Voices in 2025 Children's Poetry

A young boy smiles at the viewer as he hikes with his parents to a mountain.

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Two children climb a tree.

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Manga Drawing Samples

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Transnational Authors' Cultural Backgrounds and Further Reading

new transnational authors

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transnational Korean children's book, Across the Tumen

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Community Outreach Literacy Practices After the March 2011 Earthquake

Japanese National Trauma: Changing Trends in Japanese Picture Books Since the Tohoku Earthquake