NEW BOOKS

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea is now available in a paperback edition.

The book has won these awards:
Aesop Award 2007
Asian-Pacific American Award for Literature 2007
Booklist "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth 2007"
Bank Street College Best Books of the Year, starred selection
Global Korea Award

I'm busy these days, illustrating four books this year, two of which I also wrote:

- After Gandhi: 100 Years of Nonviolent Resistance, a nonfiction book for ages 10-14, cowritten with my son Perry O'Brien, published by Charlesbridge, Spring 2009
- What Will You Be, Sara Mee?, a picture book about a Korean-American first birthday celebration by Kate Avers, published by Charlesbridge
- Jamaica Is Thankful - the 7th Jamaica book! - by Juanita Havill, published by Houghton Mifflin
- A Path of Stars, a picture book about the Cambodian American experience, published by Charlesbridge