This week, we are celebrating Gyo Fujikawa, a Japanese American artist, illustrator, trailblazer, rule breaker, dog lover, AND bookmaker.

She is most famous for her book, Babies, published in 1963. It was one of the first books to show characters of different races, including Asian, Black, and White. Her publisher told her it could hurt the book's sales, but Gyo didn't care. Her publisher was wrong: Babies went on to sell nearly 2 million copies in the United States alone! Gyo helped break the color barrier in publishing.