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Minfong Ho (1951-)

Writings



Sing to the Dawn, illustrated by Kwoncjan Ho, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1975.

Tanjong Rhu and Other Stories, Federal Press (Singapore), 1986.

Rice without Rain, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1986, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1990.

The Clay Marble, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1991.

(With Saphan Ros) The Two Brothers, illustrated by Jean Tseng and Mou-Sien Tseng, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1995.

Hush!: A Thai Lullaby, illustrated by Holly Meade, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1996.

(Translator and compiler) Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1996.

(With Stephen Clark) Sing to the Dawn (musical adaptation of Ho's novel; produced at the Singapore Arts Festival, 1996), music by Dick Lee, Times Edition (Singapore), 1996.

(With Saphan Ros) Brother Rabbit: A Cambodian Tale, illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1997.

The Stone Goddess ("First Person Fiction" series; original title, Gathering the Dew), Orchard Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2004.

Ho's work has appeared in anthologies including Starwalk, Silver, Burdett and Ginn (Lexington, MA), 1989; Prizewinning Stories: Asian Fiction, Times Edition (Singapore), 1991; Tapestry: Selected Stories from Singapore, Reed International, 1992; Ripples: Short Stories, EPB Publishers (Singapore), 1992; Tapestry: Selected Short Stories from Singapore, Heinemann (London, England), 1992; Join In: An Anthology of Multicultural Short Stories, Dell (New York, NY), 1994; Battling Dragons, Heinemann (London, England), 1995; More Than Half the Sky, Times Books International (Singapore), 1998; Censored Book II: Critical Viewpoints, Scarecrow Press (Lanham, MD), 2002; Soul-Searching Stories, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2003; In My Grandmother's House, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2003; and First Crossing, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2004. Ho's work has been translated into Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, and French.



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