Kids’ Storytime

Join the Chinese American Museum and Ms Rita from the Los Angeles Public Library’s Chinatown branch for this month’s Kids’ Storytime on Tuesday, December 9, at 4pm PST. Ms Rita will be reading The Blur by Minh Lê and illustrated by Dan Santat. 

This book is suitable for ages 4-9, though we welcome children of all ages with parental supervision! 

This program is hosted virtually on Zoom. Register today by following the link in bio. 

“Kids’ Storytime featuring Asian American Authors” is hosted in partnership with the Chinatown Branch Library.  

About the book: 

A superhero origin story about a child with extraordinary abilities and her parents’ race to keep up. From an ultrasonic voice to fantastically stretchy limbs, everyone knew she was special from the very beginning. But it wasn’t until she took her first steps that she officially became: THE BLUR. From then on, nothing could slow her down from darting between adventures. She raced through the days and zoomed through the years before her parents could even realize it. Enjoy this heartfelt tale that captures both the whirlwind of childhood and the tenderness of watching a child grow at lightning speed. 

About the author: 

Minh Lê is an award-winning author of picture books, including Lift, Drawn Together, Built to Last, and The Blur. A recipient of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, his additional works include Let Me Finish! illustrated by Isabel Roxas, The Perfect Seat illustrated by Gus Gordon, and Green Lantern: Legacy, a middle-grade graphic novel illustrated by Andie Tong for DC Comics. Beyond writing books, Minh serves on the faculty of the Hamline MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, sits on the board of We Need Diverse Books, and contributes to various national outlets, including NPR, HuffPost, and The New York Times. When he’s not writing, he spends time with his wife and children in San Diego or can be found happily immersed in a good book. 

About the illustrator:  

Born to Thai immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Dan Santat is a #1 New York Times bestselling author-illustrator whose award-winning work spans over one hundred books for young readers. He is best known for his work The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, which won the Randolph Caldecott Medal in 2015. Other acclaimed titles include Are We There Yet? And After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again). A graduate from the Art Center College of Design, Santat’s distinctive blend of heartfelt humor and storytelling has earned him numerous accolades over the years. In addition to his work in books, he also created Disney’s hit animated series The Replacements and worked as an environment artist for Activision on a series of Spider-Man video games. Santat now lives in Southern California with his wife, children, and a “rotating cast of beloved pets.”