Poh Poh's Sword
Julie’s Chinese grandmother—her poh poh—has a brave adventure to tell
Julie’s grandmother dances with a sword. She swirls and leaps to the sound of Chinese opera music. When she was young, Poh Poh left her home and everything she knew to travel across the ocean to North America—what they knew as Gold Mountain. The one thing she brought was her sword, but she did not use it to fight. She used it to forge a new life for her family.
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Details
Publication Date: September 15, 2026
Reading Age: 6 - 8
Genre: Children's Fiction, Picture Book
Product Format: Hardback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-1-77260-467-2
Weight: 200
About the Author
Julia Hune-Brown
Julia Hune-Brown is a Chinese Canadian theater artist, teacher, and author. She based her debut picture book, Poh Poh's Sword, on a documentary she made about her grandmother for CBC Radio. As a theater artist, she won awards for her community-engaged theater work. She has directed and facilitated performance projects with diverse communities across Canada. Julia currently teaches in her hometown of Toronto, where she lives with her partner and their two young children.
About the Illustrator
Hayley Lowe
Hayley is an illustrator and storyteller living in Vancouver B.C. She enjoys exploring a range of media but is particularly drawn to pencil, charcoal, gouache and procreate. When not at her desk dreaming up stories Hayley can be found walking in the forest with her family and friends.