![]() ![]() First book, A Different Pond received multiple awards, including the Caldecott Award, Charlotte Zolotow Award, the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature for best picture book, the Minnesota Book Award for picture books. He has written three children’s books published by Capstone Press. Bao Phi's collection of poems, Sông I Sing, was published in 2011 and, Thousand Star Hotel, was published in 2017 by Coffee House Press. ![]() Bao Phi is a Vietnamese-American spoken word artist, writer and community activist living in Minnesota. ![]() Bao Phi's collection of poems, Sông I Sing, was published in 2011 and, Thousand Star Hotel, was published in 2017 by Coffee House Press. Phi's vivid writing (a cardinal 'could fly away into the giant pane of sky') and charming illustrations by Polish-Vietnamese illustrator Basia Tran, make this a book that children will want to reread.- 'Star Tribune' Minnesota author Bao Phi tells the tale of Thuy, who suffers schoolyard taunts about her Vietnamese heritage - and her two mothers. ![]() ![]()
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