Tea Is Love

Name: Tea Is Love
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593618530
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By Adib Khorram

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A lyrical ode to the warmth, comfort, and traditions of tea drinking, from award-winning author Adib Khorram and Caldecott Honor and the APALA winner Hanna Cha.

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A lyrical ode to the warmth, comfort, and traditions of tea drinking, from award-winning author Adib Khorram and Caldecott Honor and the APALA winner Hanna Cha A lyrical ode to the warmth, comfort, and traditions of tea drinking, from award-winning author Adib Khorram and Caldecott Honor and the APALA winner Hanna Cha Tea is a plant. Tea is a ceremony. But most of all, tea is love. Whether it's part of an elaborate ceremony, or a quiet cup brewed for one, tea holds a special place in the hearts of millions. This poignant, lovely picture book celebrates the practice of tea-drinking across various cultures and countries, and meditates on the many meaning the ritual holds.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593618530

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 October 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers,US

Illustration: FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Contributors:

Illustrated by Hanna Cha

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 262.0mm

Weight: 374g

Pages: 40

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Adib Khorram Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Adib Khorram lives in Kansas City, Missouri. When he isn't writing, you can probably find him trying to get his hundred-yard freestyle under a minute, learning to do a Lutz jump, or steeping a cup of oolong. His debut novel, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, earned several awards, including the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. He is also the author of Darius the Great Deserves Better, Kiss and Tell, and the picture book Seven Special Somethings- A Nowruz Story. Hanna Cha, Caldecott honor- and APALA winning-illustrator of The Truth About Dragons, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She spent her childhood in both Korea and America and currently lives in Boston, where she loves crinkling her nose in the early morning breeze and snuggling her tiger-like cat, Hobac.

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