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Yas Imamura
@yasimamura.bsky.social
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Illustrator
Portland, OR
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YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Finalists have been named! Check out the finalists and find out more here before the winner is announced in January: https://ow.ly/K5hE50XE6cT
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December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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cgroenink.bsky.social
Some highlights: meeting some of my editors in person, the absolute gentlemen Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati, and their new book. Discovering and meeting the absurdly skilled @winonanelson.com, seeing @yasimamura.bsky.social’s new Yoko Ono book, and coming across my own books in various places.
Look at those embroidered beads! Sendakian magic from Doug Salati in Words with Wings and Magic Things Look at that expression. So good I should have worn my JLG pins!
June 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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elaynecrain.bsky.social
Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono" by
@lisatolin.bsky.social and @yasimamura.bsky.social.
Beautiful!
Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #visualstorytelling #art #arthistory #pbbio
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Elayne Crain's review of Can You Imagine?
5/5: During my late 90s college years, there were two versions of songs about (but not really about) Yoko Ono on the non-Beatles/JohnLennon/PlasticOnoBand CDs I owned. One was the Barenaked Ladies' "B...
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June 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social
Coming soon: new projects from @carrenjao.bsky.social @mnewsome.bsky.social @aramkimart.bsky.social @yasimamura.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
Day 6 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features THE BICYCLE: HOW AN ACT OF KINDNESS CHANGED A YOUNG REFUGEE'S LIFE by Patricia McCormick and Mevan Babakar; illus. by @yasimamura.bsky.social (Balzer + Bray/ @harperkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit
Review of The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee’s Life
When her family must flee their beloved home in Kurdistan, young Mevan’s status as a refugee makes her feel smaller and smaller until she makes...
hubs.la
March 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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lisatolin.bsky.social
So honored by this piece in Forbes on Can You Imagine? @yasimamura.bsky.social #yokoono #picturebook

“Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
February 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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gabisnyder.bsky.social
Hooray! My copy of CAN YOU IMAGINE? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono arrived! This gorgeous picture book was
written by my talented critique partner @lisatolin.bsky.social and illustrated by @yasimamura.bsky.social
Highly recommended!
@simonkids.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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cgroenink.bsky.social
She’s not on Bluesky (yet), but my friend Yas illustrated a picture book biography of Yoko Ono that just came out.
February 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM