The Pink Pajamas: A Story About Love and Loss

(Hardback)

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From Stonewall Awardwinning illustrator Charlene Chua comes a tender, heartfelt story about love, loss, and the innumerable ways to carry someone in your heart, always, as a young girl honors her aunts memory by wearing the pink pajamas she sewed for her.

There are many ways of saying, I love you. For Ah Yi, its with her sewing machine, making extra soft, perfectly tailored pajamas for her niece. The little girl loves each pair, except the latest one which is pink, her least favorite color. She keeps a happy face on, but her aunt can always tell. She reassures the little girl theres no need to worryshell just make another pair.

But then Ah Yi gets too sick to use her sewing machine, so sick she has to go away to the hospitaland never comes home. Her niece doesnt know what to make of the funeral customs until she finds her own special remembrance: wearing her pink pajamas, which were perfect all along.

Author Bio

Charlene Chua (she/they) is the illustrator of multiple picture books, including Colorado Blue Spruce Award nominee Going Up!, the Amy Wu picture book series, and Stonewall Award winner Love, Violet. She is also the author-illustrator of Hug. When they are not making art, they enjoy cooking, reading, and playing with their cats. Charlene lives with her husband (and cats!) in Hamilton, Ontario.