Alina Chau is an award-winning filmmaker and artist. Her credits include the Emmy Award-winning Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, and numerous best-selling games. She illustrated The Nian Monster, which received the 2018 APALA Picture Book Honor. Her creative vision is strongly influenced by her Chinese-Indonesian upbringing. As a child, she was always fascinated by her grandmother's stories, colorful sarongs, and delicate wooden sculptures brought from Southeast Asia. The aroma of Indonesian food still brings back loving memories of sitting next to Grandma and drawing while Grandma prepared spices from scratch. Marshmallow & Jordan is inspired by the wonderful memories she and her grandmother shared.
A Junior Library Guild selection "A sweet story greatly enhanced by
whimsical, heartfelt art."--Kirkus
"Indonesian terms and customs abound amid the cast of varying
cultures, religions, and skin tones, and a tropical palette
balances energetic action sequences and quiet wordless imagery in
this feel-good graphic novel with sequel potential."--Publishers
Weekly "An enchanting graphic novel about a girl and her elephant
with truly lovely artwork. Highly recommended."--School Library
Journal "From the first page, author-illustrator Chau's background
in animation is clear: her soft and saturated watercolors
immediately situate readers in the story's setting and close-knit
community, with little text."--Horn Book
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