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SHARON FUJIMOTO-JOHNSON

AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR

books

THE MOCHI MAKERS ​by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson

Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books (spring 2024)

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Publishers Weekly Announcement: Allyn Johnston and Danielle Collins at S&S/Beach Lane Books have bought author-illustrator Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson's debut picture book, The Mochi Makers. In this story of intergenerational connectedness and love, a girl and her grandmother spend the day making Japanese rice cakes together, honoring their family members who passed down the tradition and making new memories of their own. Publication is slated for spring 2024; Anne Moore Armstrong at the Bright Agency sold world rights.
Publishers Weekly Announcement for THE MOCHI MAKERS

SHELL SONG ​by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson

Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books (spring 2025)

Publisher's Weekly Announcement: Danielle Collins at S&S/Beach Lane Books has acquired Shell Song, a family-history-based picture book by author-illustrator Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson. When a girl's Japanese American grandfather is unjustly arrested and sent to an incarceration camp in Hawaii during WWII, collecting seashells becomes a source of comfort and hope for him, his family, and future generations. Publication is scheduled for spring 2025; Anne Moore Armstrong at the Bright Agency sold world rights.
Publisher's Weekly Announcement for SHELL SONG
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