ANDREA CHENG
Andrea Cheng is the author of several books for children and young adults. Her first novel, Marika, was selected by the city of Cincinnati for "On the Same page," a citywide reading program. Honeysuckle House, Anna the Bookbinder, and Shanghai Messenger received Parent's Choice Awards. Grandfather Counts was recently featured on Reading Rainbow. Her books draw on her background as the child of Hungarian immigrants as well as the background of her husband, the son of immigrants from China. Ms. Cheng studied Chinese at Cornell University where she received a Masters degree in linguistics. She and her family have traveled to both Budapest and Shanghai to get to know their extended families. In addition to writing books for children, Ms. Cheng teaches English as a Second Language at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. She lives with her husband and their three children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Publications: Picture Books GRANDFATHER COUNTS Lee and Low 2000 ° Reading Rainbow Recommended Title 2004, Reading Rainbow ° 2001 Honor Book, 2001 Society of School Librarians International Best Book Awards ° 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know 2001, Cooperative Children's Books Center (CCBC) ° "2000 Choices" Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) ° NEA Asian American Booklist, 2003 Second Hardback Printing 2003 Third Hardback Printing 2004 Paperback Edition 2003 WHEN THE BEES FLY HOME Tilbury House 2002 ANNA THE BOOKBINDER Walker and Company 2003 ° Parents' Choice Award 2003 ° Junior Library Guild Selection, 2003 °
° Book of the Year 2003, Cleveland Public Library GOLDFISH AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS Lee and Low 2003 ° NEA Asian American Booklist, 2003 THE LEMON SISTERS Penguin Putnam 2006 MINI WADDIE WHEEZIE UP Penguin Putnam 2009 TIRE MOUNTAIN Front Street/Boyds Mills 2007
Novels MARIKA Front Street 2002 ° 2002 Best Recent Historical Fiction: A Selective List by Michael Cart ° Notable Books of Jewish Content: The Best of the Bunch from 2002--Association of Jewish Librarians ° 2003 Books for the Teen Age-New York Public Library ° 2003 Ohioana Book Award Finalist in the Juvenile Category-Ohioana LibraryAssociation ° 2003 selection for Cincinnati's citywide reading program-- "On the Same page." ° 2003 Starred review- Publisher's Weekly Second Printing, 2003 Third Printing, 2004 Paperback edition, Scholastic, 2004 Hungarian edition, 2003 THE KEY COLLECTION Henry Holt 2003 ° New York Times :"Bookshelf" Review 2003 ° Accelerated Reader Selection 2003-Renaissance Learning Program Second Printing, 2004 HONEYSUCKLE HOUSE Front Street 2004 ° Parents' Choice Recommended Title 2004--Parents' Choice Foundation ° Starred Review 2004-School Library Journal ° Recommended Title 2004-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Second Printing, 2004 THE LACE DOWRY Front Street 2005 ° 2005 Honor Book in Social Studies--Society of School Librarians International ECLIPSE Front Street 2006 BEARMAKERS Front Street 2007 Free Verse SHANGHAI MESSENGER Lee and Low 2005 Illustrated by Ed Young ° 2005 Starred review--Publisher's Weekly ° 2005 Starred review--Kirkus ° 2005 Original Art Show--Society of Illustrators ° 2005 Junior Library Guild Selection ° 2005 New York Public Library's list of 100 best children's books ° 2005 Parents' Choice Recommended Title ° 2005 Lasting Connections Title--Booklinks °
° 2006 Asian/Pacific American Honor Award--APALA WHERE THE STEPS WERE Front Street 2008 Illustrated by Andrea Cheng
Magazine Stories "MOSAIC MAKER" Spider Magazine 2003 "THE GLOVE FAMILY" Spider Magazine 2007 Magazine Articles "A Memorable Conversation" Journal of Children's Literature 2006 "Where Stories Come From" Balanced Reading Instruction 2007
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