This year, as South Gate librarian Stephanie Lien reviewed new picture books for the LA County Library’s shelves, she found a story that reflected her own childhood.
Little Bird Laila is the story of a young girl with a big job — translating between the English in her everyday life and the Chinese her parents speak.
“ I know every kid who may be like a first-generation immigrant who has parents who don’t speak English that well — they’ve done the same thing,” Lien said. “I know I did it as a kid.”…