Being a mother of two children ages 3 and 2, I sometimes think I am over exposed to children's stories and books. The stories and readers bring us from issues of everyday lives to an imaginary land with flying dragons million of years (or light years) away. I am also a Chinese-American who grew up half and half in the United States and in Hong Kong. I am an architect but for half of my career, I taught and opened my own learning center teaching young children English. I love reading, writing and creating stories because they could bring the dull and repetitive everyday lives to a sweet escape through imagination.