Ginger Park – Children's book author
Writing is my passion, and sharing my stories with children is the reward.
Ginger Park is an award-winning author of many books for children that reflect her Korean heritage. Awards include the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award, Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Bank Street College Award, and a Junior Library Guild Selection, among others.
Ginger’s middle grade novel THE HUNDRED CHOICES DEPARTMENT STORE (Fitzroy Books, 2022) was honored with the 2024 AANHPI Heritage Month “Book Choice” by the Administrative Offices of the U.S. Courts & federal judiciary.
Soon-to-be-published: SUKA’S FARM (Albert Whitman and Company, April 2025) co-authored with Frances Park. Inspired by the authors’ father, a hungry Korean boy growing up in 1941 Japanese-occupied Korea finds work on a Japanese farm herding goats. Here, an unlikely friendship blooms between Japanese farmer & Korean boy.
Forthcoming: MY SISTER’S DOLJABI (Albert Whitman and Company, fall 2025) co-authored with Frances Park. This heartwarming story stars Hoon, a young Korean boy, who helps plan his baby sister’s first birthday ceremony.
When Ginger, an empty nester, isn’t writing, she’s usually hanging out with her hubby, Skip, and their three doodles.
Speaking Engagements and School Presentations:
My presentations are always fun and interactive that introduce children to my Korean heritage, including through a PowerPoint presentation, reading of one of my titles, and ending with Q & A.
Presentation Audience:
Preschool, Grades K-6
Book Type:
Picture book, Children's Fiction
Topics:
Children's literature, middle grade, young adult, historical fiction, diversity
Awards:
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
Joan G. Sugarman Award for Children's Literature
Parents' Choice Award
Bank Street College Book Award
A Junior Library Guild Selection
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
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