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March 25, 2025
Refugeography: A Kid from Viet Nam Turns Invisibility Into Stories
Refugeography: A Kid from Viet Nam Turns Invisibility Into Stories
Bao Phi is the author of four children’s books. His first children’s book, A Different Pond, received six starred reviews and won multiple awards including a Caldecott Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association award for best picture book, the Minnesota Book Award for picture books, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award for excellence in children’s book writing. His second children’s book, My Footprints, illustrated by Basia Tran, was called “a timeless and important book that deals with the fallout of bullying and the power of a child’s imagination to overcome with the strength and support of a loving family” by the School
Library Journal.
In his talk, Bao spoke about his journey as a kid from a large, poor, Vietnamese refugee family who loved books and art, to being
a lifelong student of literature from historically marginalized communities, becoming a father, and how this impacted his
work in the community as well as his own books.
Photo credit: Anrong Xu
March 25, 2025
Refugeography: A Kid from Viet Nam Turns Invisibility Into Stories
Refugeography: A Kid from Viet Nam Turns Invisibility Into Stories
Bao Phi is the author of four children’s books. His first children’s book, A Different Pond, received six starred reviews and won multiple awards including a Caldecott Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association award for best picture book, the Minnesota Book Award for picture books, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award for excellence in children’s book writing. His second children’s book, My Footprints, illustrated by Basia Tran, was called “a timeless and important book that deals with the fallout of bullying and the power of a child’s imagination to overcome with the strength and support of a loving family” by the School
Library Journal.
In his talk, Bao spoke about his journey as a kid from a large, poor, Vietnamese refugee family who loved books and art, to being
a lifelong student of literature from historically marginalized communities, becoming a father, and how this impacted his
work in the community as well as his own books.
View photos from the 2025 Chase Lecture with Bao Phi
View photos from the 2025 Chase Lecture with Bao Phi
All images courtesy of Marjan Samadi Design
All images courtesy of Marjan Samadi Design
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