Frances Park & Ginger 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
A Historical picture book
by Ginger park & frances park, spring 2025
(albert whitman & Co)
binna's dol: a korean first birthday
A cultural celebration Picture book
by ginger park & frances park, fall 2025
(ALBERT WHITMAN & CO)
OUR BOOKS
Blue Rice
Vine Leaves Press
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
The Summer My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon
Heliotrope 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
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
Goodbye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
Teachers' Pick
Notable Book for a Global Society
Newsweek magazine praised it as 'The Perfect All-American Story"
Where On Earth is My Bagel?
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.).
Presentations are 45 minutes.
Contact: Gingerpark952@gmail.com
NEWS & EVENTS
Ginger's middle grade novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE is a BOOK RIOT 20 MUST-READS HISTORICAL NOVELS SET IN KOREA.
Book Launch Party at Chocolate Chocolate in Washington, DC for Frances' novel BLUE RICE in June 2024.
News Alert: Sue Tarsky at Albert Whitman & Company acquired world rights for the Park Sisters' historical picture book BINNA'S DOL: A KOREAN FIRST BIRTHDAY. Pub date: Spring 2025.
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
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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