Two children’s picture books, an author who takes us to the seas, a fictional visit to old Deadwood, S.D., and stories about a woman who loves to travel. Today we offer a wide variety of early summer reading by Minnesota authors.
‘The Shared Room’

Award-winning writer Kao Kalia Yang and artist Xee Reiter tell the touching story of a Hmong family healing from the grief of losing a young daughter in their new children’s picture book “The Shared Room” (University of Minnesota Press, $16.95). Both women are Hmong-American, live in St. Paul, and are mothers.
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