Gayle Garner Roski will speak about her first children’s book, Mei Ling in China City, with the book’s author, Icy Smith, at a special lecture being presented by The Huntington Library on Sunday, February 17.

Originally published in 2008, the book recounts the true story of a 12-year-old Chinese-American girl named Mei Ling, who during World War II was separated from her best friend, Yayeko Akiyama, when the Japanese-American girl and her family were interned in the Manzanar War  Relocation Center.

The event is free with admission. Children in attendance will receive a limited-edition coloring book that Roski specially created based on the book’s illustrations.

Date:  Sunday, February 17, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.
Location:  The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, Calif. 91108