Cherry Mo

Jul 19, 2024 | sonderbooks.com | Cherry Mo

Review posted July 27, 2024. Penguin Workshop, 2024. 40 pages. Review written July 19, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review 2024 Sonderbooks Standout: #3 Picture Books The more I look at this beautiful picture book, the more charmed I am. It's a story of a young girl moving with her family from Hong Kong to America, and it's told mostly in pictures, with color showing emotion.

Jun 11, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Cherry Mo

Cherry Mo’s debut picture book, Home in a Lunchbox, is inspired by her formative memories of moving from Hong Kong to America at the age of 10. In her essay for PW, Mo reflects on the comfort and friendship she found in her school library, and coming full circle as a children’s author and illustrator. Immigrating from Hong Kong to the United States when I was 10 years old was one of the most memorable and impactful experiences of my childhood.

May 29, 2024 | bookweb.org | Cherry Mo |Drew Daywalt |Akiko Miyakoshi

May 29 2024 July/August 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview Printer-friendly versionHere is a preview of the titles on the July/August 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing. The July/August title list is also viewable as a collection in Edelweiss. The tri-fold, four-color flier features the top 10 children’s titles for July/August and additional titles organized by age group.

May 16, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Randy Ribay |Cherry Mo |Karol Hernandez |Maisha Oso

Everything We Never HadRibay (Patron Saints of Nothing) examines masculinity and familial trauma via four generations of Filipino teens’ alternating perspectives in this emotionally resonant tale. In 2020 Philadelphia, Enzo Maghabol’s anxiety makes him feel like his head is full of “murder hornets.” Their buzzing gets worse when he learns his estranged grandfather will be moving in with his family during the pandemic.

May 16, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Maureen Johnson |Karol Hernandez |Cherry Mo |Maisha Oso

Johnson (Nine Liars) departs from her Truly Devious universe with a standalone dual-timeline mystery helmed by a quirky and endearing teen. In New York’s Thousand Islands archipelago, Morning House—the once “idyllic,” now infamous site of two adolescents’ tragic deaths in 1932—is open for public tours coordinated by a local historian. Gay teen Marlowe Wexler signs on as a guide to escape her own notorious past: she accidentally burned down a cottage during her first date.