Grace Lin Books in Order

A girl wishes her mother’s garden grew pretty flowers like the neighbors’ yards, not strange Chinese vegetables. When harvest becomes soup, the whole neighborhood discovers beauty, flavor, and community.

A young girl’s family visits a bustling dim sum restaurant, choosing dumplings, buns, tarts, and more from rolling carts. The simple story celebrates sharing food and learning a beloved dining tradition.

A family shops for supplies, builds a dragon kite, and sends it into the wind together. Simple text and colorful art introduce the Chinese tradition of kite making and flying.

Marklee the monkey wants to welcome Artichoke, his new giraffe neighbor, but constant banging from below makes him feel rejected. A Christmas mix-up reveals the truth and turns misunderstanding into friendship.

This holiday package pairs Grace Lin’s warm illustrations with familiar Christmas songs for young children. Families can sing along while following a child’s seasonal celebrations across the small board books.

After dinner at a Chinese restaurant, Pacy wonders whether her family’s fortune-cookie messages might come true. Everyday moments turn magical as she watches each prediction unfold in its own way.

Robert, a small mouse who has never seen snow, sneaks outside after wishing on a bright star. When he gets lost, a familiar holiday visitor helps him find his way home.

Grace Lin brings the traditional carol to a small board-book format for little listeners. Bright, child-friendly holiday art makes each gift in the song easy to follow and count.

This art-filled winter collection gathers snowflake creations and poems connected to a cancer research fundraiser. It offers young readers a gentle mix of seasonal beauty, hope, and community care.

Pacy, called Grace at school, hopes the Year of the Dog will help her find friends and her talent. Family stories, school moments, and Taiwanese American traditions shape her funny search for identity.

New at school and shy, Lissy folds an origami bird who becomes her first friend. When her paper friends drift away, she finds the courage to connect with a real classmate.

Inspired by the Chinese belief in an invisible red thread, this adoption fairy tale follows a king and queen searching for the child tied to their hearts. It’s gentle, symbolic, and tender.

A Chinese American family sweeps, decorates, makes dumplings, and joins the noisy joy of Lunar New Year. This bright read-aloud introduces holiday customs through one child’s busy day.

Pacy’s lucky Year of the Dog gives way to change when her best friend moves away. As she faces prejudice, jealousy, and new beginnings, she keeps working toward her dream of making books.

Minli leaves her poor village to seek the Old Man of the Moon and change her family’s fortune. Her quest blends dragons, folktales, and hard choices about gratitude and home.

Twin sisters Ling and Ting look alike, but haircuts, dumplings, magic tricks, and silly moments prove they are their own people. Six brief chapters make this a warm, funny choice for new readers.

A Chinese American family gathers under the night sky for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Lanterns, mooncakes, tea, and secret wishes introduce young readers to a quiet celebration of family and gratitude.

Pacy travels to Taiwan with her family for a month of relatives, art class, and new foods. Feeling both familiar and out of place, she tries to understand what home and identity mean.

Runaway Rendi works at a remote inn where the moon has vanished and the sky seems to cry. A mysterious storyteller helps him face old anger and uncover the village’s hidden connections.

Ling and Ting share a birthday, but that doesn’t mean they do everything the same way. Cakes, wishes, gifts, and a birthday secret make this early reader sweet and funny.

Ling and Ting are back with jokes, imaginary games, and six stories that lean into their shared silliness. The twins plant cupcakes, test mind reading, and keep showing they’re not exactly alike.

Ling and Ting move through winter, spring, summer, and fall in six short stories. Their small adventures give beginning readers practice with seasons, friendship, and the twins’ funny differences.

When soldiers kidnap Pinmei’s beloved grandmother, the shy girl sets out with mysterious Yishan to find the Luminous Stone. Their journey through folklore and danger asks what stories can save.

Little Star helps Mama bake a giant mooncake and promises not to touch it, but midnight nibbles are hard to resist. Her snack becomes a playful origin story for the moon’s phases.

Manny, Olivia, and Mei blow bubbles with different-shaped wands and wonder what shapes will appear. The playful board book turns a summer activity into an easy first lesson about circles and spheres.

Before she becomes a legendary warrior, Hua Mulan races to save her sister Xiu from a poisonous spider bite. A quest with the Jade Rabbit pulls her through myth, magic, and enemies who fear a prophecy.

After playing in the snow, Olivia and Mei have two cups of cocoa and three marshmallows. Deciding how to share the last one fairly becomes a tiny lesson in division.

Mei plants a sunflower seed and watches it grow from her toes to her knees and beyond. Simple comparisons help toddlers explore height, time, and informal measurement through a garden story.

At the farmers market, Olivia wants one thing that will fit just right in her basket. Each try teaches young readers about space, size, and how objects fill a container.

This picture book biography follows Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, as he fights for recognition as an American citizen. His Supreme Court case becomes a clear, kid-friendly entry into birthright citizenship.

This chapter-book biography introduces Maya Lin, the artist and architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a college student. Young readers see how she trusted her vision and kept going.

Olivia paints a birdhouse with a stripe pattern, then makes a mistake that changes the design. The board book turns colors and problem-solving into an inviting first look at patterns.

Grace Lin serves up the history, myths, and legends behind favorite Chinese and Chinese American foods. Organized like a menu, the collection turns dishes, drinks, and chopsticks into bite-sized stories.

Jin, a restless stone lion spirit, kicks the Sacred Sphere through the Old City Gate and tumbles into the human world. To fix his mistake, he needs help from a girl and a would-be dragon.