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Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise is a Best Middle Grade Book of 2026!

We’re overjoyed to find Little Yu & the Treelings: Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise on Publishers Weekly‘s list of the Best Middle Grade Books of 2026, and has earned a coveted starred review! Publishers Weekly calls it “a propulsive fantasy series starter that presents Chinese culture and mythology in a gorgeously rendered package.”

Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise is the first in a series of luminous picture books written and illustrated by Xiong Liang and translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts. Keep an eye out for its sequel, The Prophecy of Shorn Pine, set for publication in May 2027!

In the meantime, read the full starred review here.

 

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