Mika Song, author portrait
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Mika Song

MIKA SONG is a children's writer and illustrator who likes to make stories about sweetly funny outsiders. She grew up in Manila, Philippines and Honolulu, Hawaii before moving to New York to study animation at Pratt Institute. She worked in children's educational animation before devoting herself to writing and illustrating children's books. These days she draws in her tiny apartment in Chinatown and volunteers as a Reading Partners tutor with upper elementary kids.
Night Chef
One Smart Cookie
Agatha May and the Anglerfish
Pizza My Heart
Mako and Tiger
Apple of My Pie
Donut Feed the Squirrels
Ho'onani: Hula Warrior
Cancer Hates Kisses
Harry and Clare's Amazing Staycation

Books

Night Chef
One Smart Cookie
Agatha May and the Anglerfish
Pizza My Heart
Mako and Tiger
Apple of My Pie
Donut Feed the Squirrels
Ho'onani: Hula Warrior
Cancer Hates Kisses
Harry and Clare's Amazing Staycation

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