Books by this illustrator

Through a quiet text and a series of stunning images created from embroidered cloth, the author relates her family’s often harrowing journey from China to Laos to Thailand, ultimately settling in the United States. An afterward provides additional history and ethnology.
Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong People’s Journey to Freedom
Dia Cha
Illustrator:
Chiie Thao Cha Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
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