When Grace was in first grade, she'd be walking down the street.

As she was going, she'd look at the reflections and store windows.

I'd be like, hey, there's a Chinese girl there.

And I'd be like, oh, wait, that's me.

Because I forget that I was Asian.

There was nobody that looked like me anywhere.

There was nobody that looked like me on TV.

There was nobody that looked like me at school.

There was nobody that looked like me in magazines.

So it was really easy to forget in a lot of ways.

Grace's parents immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1969.

Back before Grace and her two sisters were born.

And like a lot of first-generation kids, Grace didn't think much about where her parents came from.

Or she tried not to.

These days, Grace Lynn is a children's book author and illustrator.

She does picture books and novels.

One of those novels is called Where the Mountain meets the Moon.

It's meant for eight to 12-year-olds.

But my six-year-old daughter was mesmerized by it.

I think a lot of the words and the story must have gone over her head.

But I think she was so into it because of Grace's full-color illustrations.

You know, it's unusual to find full-color pictures and novels, even for kids.

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