November 20, 2023
Chat with Author Mariana Ríos Ramírez about TRICKY CHOPSTICKS + PB Study Buddy
I really enjoyed collaborating with Mariana Ríos Ramírez on her blog to chat in-depth about how both my debut picture book TRICKY CHOPSTICKS and my #PBStudyBuddy picture book review initiative came about! Click here to view the full post...
November 14, 2023
Inside the Mind of a PB Rising Stars Mentor
It was a huge honor to write for the #PBRisingStars Blog to share my experience as a mentor in this incredible program in both 2022 and 2023! Click here to view the full post...
June 20, 2023
Cover Reveal for TRICKY CHOPSTICKS!
Yayyy!!! I’m SO thrilled to share the 🤩COVER REVEAL🤩 for my debut picture book TRICKY CHOPSTICKS, illustrated by the fantabulous Fanny Liem—all made possible by Atheneum / Simon & Schuster!
Want to be one of the first readers on 3/19/24? A huge 😍 to YOU if you pre-order TRICKY CHOPSTICKS! Go to trickychopsticks.com for pre-order info (including author-signed copies + surprise swag via my local bookstore Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond, WA!) -or- if pre-ordering your usual way, see the special get-your-bookplate/swag form here.
🤩FOREVER thanks to my agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin for believing in my work & working with me to cultivate TRICKY CHOPSTICKS through to acceptance & publication ➕ an INFINITE THANK YOU to Kristie Choi, Reka Simonsen, and the @SimonKids team for making my dream come TRUE with TRICKY CHOPSTICKS! 😍
🤩🤩🤩 I can't thank Fanny Liem enough for bringing TRICKY CHOPSTICKS to life with all its humor and more. If you LOVE this cover, I can't WAIT for you to see all of Fanny's incredible art throughout! It is absolutely 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Thank you Fanny Liem!!! 🫶😍💖
😍 A super special SHOUTOUT to my most TRUSTED CPs Leila Boukarim, Patricia Oppenheim, Carrie Williford, Robin Sanders, Hannah Lapehn, DK Ryland, Josie Gawlowski, and Erin Matzen, who saw #TRICKYCHOPSTICKS from its very start. THANK YOU!!!
💖 Plus the most HEARTFELT gratitude to Mindy Alyse Weiss & #PBParty, Pam Calvert for your 🌟 mentorship via #PBChat by Justin Colón, @12x12Challenge, and countless confidantes in #KidLit who made a world of difference in my publishing journey (you know who you are!!!)💓
🥰 AND the greatest thanks of all to my WONDERFUL family for cheering me on at home no matter what: James, Mac & Jet 💖💓🫶
January 25, 2022
Woohoo!
My debut picture book TRICKY CHOPSTICKS [March 2024, Atheneum/Simon & Schuster] has been officially announced (see the Publisher's Weekly Children's Bookshelf listing). If you want to read more about how this book came about, please check out this #PBParty Success Story.
Kristie Choi and Reka Simonsen at Atheneum have bought world rights to Tricky Chopsticks, a picture book by debut author Sylvia Chen (l.), illustrated by Fanny Liem. In this story loosely inspired by Chen's childhood, a girl determined to hold her own in her family's annual chopsticks challenge creates a solution through STEAM trial and error to master those slippery, oh-so-tricky chopsticks. Publication is slated for spring 2024; Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary represented the author, and Christy Ewers at the CAT Agency represented the artist.
Want to add TRICKY CHOPSTICKS to your Goodreads want-to-read list? Click on the button below, then select the "Want to read" option. Thank you!
