Ginger Park & Frances park
Official Website of Award-Winning Authors of Adult & Children's Books
RECENTLY RELEASED & Forthcoming:
Grandpa's Scroll
A picture book
by Ginger Park & Frances Park, Spring 2023
(Albert Whitman & Co.)
The summer my sister was cleopatra moon
A novel
by frances park, Summer 2023
(Heliotrope books)
blue rice
a historical novel
by frances park, summer 2024
(vine leaves press)
suka's farm
Historical picture book
by Ginger park & frances park, fall 2024
(albert whitman & Co)
OUR BOOKS
The Summer My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon
Heliotrope Books
Grandpa's Scroll
Albert Whitman & Co Books
That Lonely Spell
Heliotrope Books
Where On Earth is My Bagel?
Lee and Low Books
The Hundred Choices Department Store
Fitzroy Books
The Royal Bee
Boyds Mills & Kane
The Have a Good Day Cafe
Lee and Low Books
Goodbye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
National Geographic Books
My Freedom Trip: A Child's
Escape from North Korea
Boyds Mills & Kane
Chocolate Chocolate Memoir
Thomas Dunne Books
AWARDS
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My Freedom Trip
International Reading Association's Children's Book Award
IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice Award
Notable Books for a Global Society Award
NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book For Young People
Children's Literature Book Award
Capitol Choices Book Award
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The Royal Bee
Joan G. Sugarman Award for Children's Literature
Parents' Choice Award
Capitol Choices Book Award
Bank Street College Book Award
A Junior Library Guild Selection
The Have A Good Day Cafe
Paterson Prize Book for Young Readers
"Book of the Month" Pick by Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
A Rutgers University "Top Five" Book Award
Choices-Cooperative Children's Book Center
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Goodbye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
Teachers' Pick
Notable Book for a Global Society
Newsweek magazine praised it as 'The Perfect All-American Story"
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Where On Earth is My Bagel?
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School Visits
Invite the Park Sisters to your school for a fun-filled afternoon as they take you on a journey into their writing world (includes a PowerPoint presentation, reading of one of their books, and Q & A.).
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School Honorarium (3 presentations): $695
School Honorarium (2 presentations): $495
Zoom Honorarium (3 presentations): $395
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Presentations are 45 minutes.
Outside DC Metropolitan Area, travel expenses apply.
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NEWS & EVENTS
Book Events Alert: The Park Sisters have a busy fall lineup! We'll be at the Literary Hill Bookfest at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill on Sunday, September 17 from 11AM to 3PM!
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Book Launch Party at Chocolate Chocolate in Washington, DC for Frances' novel THE SUMMER MY SISTER WAS CLEOPATRA MOON on Wednesday, September 20 from 2PM to 5PM.
Fairfax County Public Library's free Local Author Book Festival at Chantilly Regional Library in Chantilly, VA on Saturday, September 30 from 12PM to 3:30PM!
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Eat Local Read Local at Cascades Library in Loudoun, VA from 11AM to 2PM!
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University Club Meet the Authors' Night and Book Fair at the University Club in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 15 from 5:30PM to 8PM!
News Alert: Sue Tarsky at Albert Whitman & Company acquired world rights for the Park Sisters' historical picture book SUKA'S FARM. Pub date: FALL 2024.
News Alert: Foreign rights for Ginger's middle grade novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE were sold to Korean publisher Hello Robin. Publication date: TBA
Coming Soon: Frances' novel THE SUMMER MY SISTER WAS CLEOPATRA MOON (Heliotrope), Fall 2023
Ginger's middle grade novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE was selected by Best of Korea as a 2022 BEST BOOK BY KOREAN AMERICAN AUTHORS.
Ginger was the feature author for the Gaithersburg Book Festival Podcast with Anita Fox. Enjoy!
Ginger's "My Turn" personal essay on what inspired her children's historical novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE was featured in Washington FAMILY.
An excerpt from Frances' collection of personal stories THAT LONELY SPELL was featured in the March 2022 issue of Northern Virginia Magazine.
Ginger's middle grade historical novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE was featured on NPR's All Things Considered on local affiliate WAMU.org! Click here and enjoy the listening: WAMU. Click here and enjoy the read: DCist. Also, the novel is a CBC March 2022 Selection! This unique online bibliography features anticipated bestsellers, either recently published or forthcoming, published by CBC members.
CONTACT
Frances: bookbabe.frances@gmail.com
Ginger: gingerpark952@gmail.com
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