Gallaudet University Press, 2025 Cloth: 978-1-954622-52-4 | eISBN: 978-1-954622-57-9
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THIS BOOK
At bedtime, Dad reads Min and Hwa a story about the Moon and the Sun. They wish upon a shooting star, and the stars come to their window! Min becomes the bright Sun, but Hwa is afraid of the dark. After learning about a firefly, she becomes the gentle Moon who shines at night. Just like the Korean folktale the author learned as a child, the Moon and Sun take turns lighting up the world.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Youmee Lee is a deaf Korean American animator and teacher based in New York City. Lee has an MFA in Film and Animation from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MA in Deaf Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to her award-winning animated film, “Rite of Identity,” in 2024, Lee created an animated “Doodle” that Google posted on their homepage to celebrate Dorothy "Dot" Miles, a pioneer of sign language poetry.