Garry R Yee

Teacher / Author / Illustrator / Musician

Garry Yee is a design thinking teacher, an author, illustrator and musician, who enjoys expressing creativity through sustainable recycling. He is currently based in Qingdao, China with his wife Hiromi. He enjoys walking, traveling and learning from the creative arts in different cultures. He is the author and illustrator of several books inspired by the history and culture of China but also his hilarious dealings with children.

Very happy to see our book in the school library!

Ronnie & Mei-Lin Meet the Stone Warriors of Xian

The first book set in the ancient Chinese capital of Xian, sees our main characters Ronnie & Mei-Lin meet the terra cotta stone warriors and go head to head with a gang of thieves bullying children to steal valuable Chinese artifacts.

Written onsite in China, it acknowledges contemporary social issues and highlights important historical sites and cultural nuances in China. A vast country of ancient traditions and cutting edge technology, it is another step in drawing closer ties between the international community and China through children. Spending time with children and families can often bring context and understanding to situations which otherwise might seem quite complex.

Available on Amazon.

Ronnie & Mei-Lin Climb the Ice Castles of Hei-Long-Jiang

This is the second book in the children’s adventure series and is located in the northern Chinese city of Harbin. The internationally celebrated ice & snow festival becomes the stage for another high energy children’s adventure full of mystery and tradition.

This book not only recognises the inspirational creativity and resilience of the northern Chinese people but also the complexity of the ethnic mix (Russian, Mongolian, North Korean and Chinese people who are all close neighbours) in this part of China where it regularly reaches -30C in winter.

This icy adventure acknowledges contemporary social issues like the disparity of wealth between rural and urban China, the challenges but also the fun side of living in such a harsh winter climate, the cooperation between ethnic communities in northern border areas. Of course, this is all underpinned by Ronnie and Mei-Lin’s ever present zeal to follow a hunch, exercise critical thinking and to chase down a bunch of trouble making bad guys!

It’s such a hoot to be able share about the rich cultural and historic sites in China with young readers, to highlight some new tricky vocab (highlighted in different font and colour) and to take another step towards enhancing the relationship between China and the international community.

I’m convinced that children can help us to embrace cultural diversity, to work more together as an international community and to have fun doing it too. We hope you have a great time reading “Ronnie & Mei-Lin Climb the Ice Castles of Hei-Long-Jiang”.