Mar 15, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:
Learn about the Taiwan connection (namely a physician, publisher and supermodel) that made Monster Dance children’s book story come to life. Monster Dance was created to help children deal with and understand the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Karen Tsai is a physician based in Los Angeles who has spearheaded the creation of the children’s book, and she spoke with me about how she got some heavy hitters involved in the project like cartoonist and illustrator Guy Gilchrist (best known for his work with the Muppets), Eva Lou (founder of the multi-lingual children's book publishing company Madeleine Editions, which published Monster Dance), actor Denis O’Hare (who did the English narration for the book) and Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin (林志玲) who did the Mandarin Chinese narration. For every copy of Monster Dance sold, a donation will be made to Donate PPE.
Dr. Tsai is a co-founder of Donate PPE a nonprofit that has already raised over $150,000. In part two of my interview with her we will talk about her work with Donate PPE.
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
Related Links:
Monster Dance: https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/monster-dance/
Monster Dance Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madeleineeditions/monster-dance
Monster Dance on the Donate PPE website: https://donateppe.org/monster-dance/
Access FREE coloring pages created by Guy Gilchrist to educate kids about COVID: https://donateppe.org/doodles/
Madeleine Editions (International children’s publisher): https://www.facebook.com/MadeleineEditions
Madeleine Editions (International children’s publisher): https://www.instagram.com/madeleine_editions/
Donate PPE: https://donateppe.org/