With You In Spirit
A Qing Ming Story
$33.04
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2026
Summary
A little girl and her family come together to honor her late grandfather on Qing Ming or Tomb-Sweeping Day in this heartwarming story about celebrating ancestors.
Join a young girl and her family as they prepare for Qing Ming: cooking favorite dishes and gathering everything they need to visit Yeh Yeh’s grave. The girl is worried because her memories of Yeh Yeh are fading and wonders if he is forgetting her too.
As the family sweeps and clears debris from Yeh Yeh’s grave, burn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593806975 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593806972 |
| Author: | Jenny Liao, Lenny Wen |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 267mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
“A sweet introduction to a significant Chinese tradition, glimpsed through the eyes of a loving family.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Liao and Wen’s picture book offers a touching introduction to a Chinese holiday that celebrates and pays respect to loved ones in the afterlife….showing young readers that loved ones who passed on have never left them.” —The Bulletin
“This child-centered story describes the family tradition of Qing Ming in an easy-to-follow way that is appropriate for young readers.” —School Library Journal
Jenny Liao
Jenny Liao is a Chinese American author of stories that inspire children to find pride in every part of their identity. Her work has also been featured in the New Yorker and Bon Appétit. Jenny is the author of Everyone Loves Lunchtime But Zia and Everyone Loves Career Day but Zia.
Lenny Wen is an author-illustrator who was born in Indonesia. She loves to draw whimsical, spooky, and nostalgic childhood illustrations with a mixture of storytelling, imagination, and emotion. She is the illustrator of How We Say I love You and Better Together. She lives in Austria.
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