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Blanche Sims

Blanche Sims is a children’s book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film Beyond the Butterfly, which won a Parents’ Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000.
The Valentine Star
The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room
The Candy Corn Contest
December Secrets
Marvin and the Meanest Girl

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The Valentine Star
The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room
The Candy Corn Contest
December Secrets
Marvin and the Meanest Girl

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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