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Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business
By (Author) Lyla Lee
Illustrated by Dung Ho
1
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st February 2020
United States
Children
Fiction
FIC
Hardback
96
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 15mm
211g
Fresh Off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in this first novel in an adorable new chapter book series about Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl who is starting a snack business!
Mindy Kim just wants three things:
1. A puppy!
2. To fit in at her new school
3. For her dad to be happy again
But, getting all three of the things on her list is a lot trickier than she thought it would be. On her first day of school, Mindys school snack of dried seaweed isnt exactly popular at the lunch table. Luckily, her new friend, Sally, makes the snacks seem totally delicious to Mindys new classmates, so they decide to start the Yummy Seaweed Business to try and raise money for that puppy!
When another student decides to try and sabotage their business, Mindy loses more than she bargained forand wonders if shell ever fit in. Will Mindy be able to overcome her uncertainty and find the courage to be herself
Lyla Lee is an author of books for children and young adults. In addition to the Mindy Kim series, she is the author ofIll Be the Oneand the upcomingFlip the Scriptfor teens. Born in South Korea, shes since then lived in various parts of the United States, including California, Florida, and Texas. Inspired by her English teacher, she started writing her own stories in fourth grade and finished her first novel at the age of fourteen. After working in Hollywood and studying psychology and cinematic arts at the University of Southern California, she now lives in Dallas, Texas. When she is not writing, she is teaching kids or playing with her dog, Eiva the Siberian Husky.
Dung Ho was born and raised in Hue, Vietnam, where she studied graphic design at the Hue University College of Arts. After graduating, she worked in the design and advertising industries before discovering a great passion for illustration and picture books and becoming a freelance illustrator. Currently, she lives and works in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. She is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture book Eyes That Kiss in the Corners. When not drawing, she enjoys cooking and watching movies.