Books with author Joanne Lo

Let me introduce you to some of our characters: There is Clueless, a slow moving, slow talking, blood hound. Pixacome, a whimsical black miniature poodle, who lives with Amy. Burt, a big old Great Dane, who is very wise (or thinks he is) and of course, Amy, our main character. Other barnyard animals join the scene as our story unfolds. See how many you can name at the end of this story about Amy the Bewildered Boxer. "I really enjoyed reading this story. It kept me entertained and in one spot until the end. I really liked the names of the characters and that each animal had it's own personality...I think this story will entertain it's readers, child or not." - Katie, age 12, Pylesville, MD "I thought that it was a cute little story (my mother-in-law thought so too!)" - Carole, MD "This is so uplifting, you will not regret your decision to read this fantastic story, grab hold and enjoy!" - Rosemary, Baltimore, MD "This is a fantastic story that children will really enjoy!" - Bob, Shrewsbury, PA

In commemoration of the Hong Kong handover 20th anniversary, this book is a time machine that walks you down the memory lane. After decades of working and living abroad in England, Canada, Australia, and Northern China, five Hong Kongers finally come together in Hong Kong, their hometown again and rekindle the comfort of their old home, sharing unforgettable collective memories they experienced as they grew up in the delightful last days of the British colonial period in Hong Kong. With the brilliant illustrations of classic landmarks like the Kai Tai International Airport, the old Queen’s Pier in Central, and the landscape of the old Kowloon City District, The Summer of 1997 recaptures the beautiful Pearl of the Orient in the 1990s, the former British Colony in the last century.

After she's hit by lightning at a wedding, twelve-year-old Lilah Bloom develops a new talent: she can hear dead people. Among them, there's her overopinionated Bubby Dora; a prissy fashion designer; and an approval-seeking clown who livens up a séance. With Bubby Dora leading the way, these and other sweetly imperfect ghosts haunt Lilah through seventh grade, and help her face her one big fear: talking to-and possibly going to the seventh-grade dance with-her crush, Andrew Finkel.

Have you ever watched a man die? I hadn’t until that winter, in fact I saw two. You know the worst part…I killed the second, and he was my father. But tell me this; if everyone said your father was a murderer, your mother’s death was a mystery and your bodyguard was the only one who wouldn’t hit you, wouldn’t you want to know the truth of…well why it was like this? That’s what I thought too. Until I found out that while the truth may set you free, lies keep you safe a little longer.. ....Here is my penance for the deeds done that winter. I’ve come to set the man who lied to me, free.

Here’s a biographical fiction picture book that narrates the true and brave life story of an amazing yet ordinary mother in a typical Hong Kong family. For hundreds and thousands of years, rarely any Hong Kong women have been featured properly and prominently in traditional Chinese genealogy. To do justice, the author and the illustrator join hands in bringing Hong Kong women back to centre stage. With accurate recounts and beautiful illustrations, this book pays tributes of love and reverence to all incredible moms who work hard and sacrifice silently for their children and family. Herstory is a must that feminist moms, teachers and librarians should get for their children’s bookshelf.

This is book number three in the Hong Kong Children's book series: Unforgettable NeighboursTailor-made for young readers at ages 8 - 12 in Hong Kong and beyond, the Hong Kong Children's Stories series is a collection of six English stories written with the local Hong Kong context in mind. Ideal for language learning, leisure and reading aloud among Hong Kong readers young and old, the book series will bring together original short stories and pictures about various aspects of Hong Kong's everyday life: Book 1: Culinary Charades, which is about Hong Kong foodBook 2: The Summer of 1997, which is about walking down memory lane in Hong KongBook 3: Unforgettable Neighbours, which is about animals in Hong KongBook 4: Taming Babel, which is about the Cantonese languageBook 5: Herstory, which is about Hong Kong womenBook 6: A Tale of Two Haunted Universities, which is about Hong Kong womenA good neighbour is hard to find, and the old ones who used to come and play with you when you least expected them at your home sweet home would become part of your sentimental childhood memories for certain. In Unforgettable Neighbours, three siblings from Hong Kong, Andrew, Anna and Angus sit around a campfire and recall memories of the old Belcher's Gardens in Mid-Levels west halfway up Victoria Peak, the serene villa which their grannies used to live before it was demolished in the 1990s. Flashing back in their mind the wealth of greenery, private gardens, antique ponds, classy fountains and playgrounds in the sanctuary of their hearts, the three siblings go back in time, stroll in the Belcher's Gardens, and meet again their fun and bizarre neighbours who dare to steal bananas from the ancestor shrine, take afternoon naps underneath people's car bonnets, hang upside down the crystal ceiling lights, and lay eggs in grandpa's studio!

Victoria Adelman is lonely. Her best friend has moved away, leaving her to spend the summer alone. One day, on her way home from a bat mitzvah, she meets Jazzy, her next-door neighbors’ granddaughter. Tori hopes her friendless status is about to change.Later, in her garden, she meets Jazzy again, but Jazzy doesn’t recognize the filthy, smelly girl as the one she met earlier. In a moment of insecurity, Tori tells Jazzy that the girl she met before was her twin sister, Vicky. Tori is sure she can fake being that girl in the dress—it’s only for two weeks.But then Jazzy announces she’s staying with her grandparents for the school year. Tori needs to figure out what to do: come clean and lose her new friend, or live her life as a fake.