About

Natasha Yim is the author of 11 picture books including Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2014), a Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Club selection, The Rock Maiden (Wisdom Tales Press), 2017), and Luna's Yum Yum Dim Sum (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2020) part of Charlesbridge Publishing's Storytelling Math series. She has also written for Disney Press which released the picture book Mulan's Lunar New Year in 2018, and for Disney/Pixar with the release of Like Mother, Like Daughter based on the Pixar movie, "Turning Red” (Feb. 2022), and the Little Golden Book Lightyear, an adaptation of Disney/Pixar’s movie “Lightyear” (May, 2022). Two nonfiction picture books on the Lunar New Year were released by Quarto Books as part of their Holiday Around the World series in November 2023, and by Jump! Publishing in August 2023.  
Natasha’s nonfiction articles have been published in the children’s magazines “Highlights for Children”, “Faces”, “Appleseeds”, and “Muse”. Natasha is currently working on her middle grade historical fiction, and several other picture book projects. She grew up in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and many of her stories are inspired by her cultural upbringing.

Other Works

  • Luna Picks a Lucky Dumpling

    2026
  • Brave Little Otter! (It's Okay to Wait)

    2026
  • No School for Me! (Change is Hard)

    2025
  • Lunar New Year

    2023
  • Holiday History: Lunar New Year

    2023
  • Lightyear

    2022
  • Like Mother, Like Daughter

    2022
  • Mulan's Lunar New Year

    2018
  • The Rock Maiden

    2017
  • Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas

    2014
  • Sacajawea of the Shoshone

    2012
  • Cixi, The Dragon Empress

    2011
  • Otto's Rainy Day

    2000

Awards and Recognition

  • Junior Library Guild
  • SCBWI Magazine Merit Honors Award
  • Foreward Review Indies Finalist
  • Nominated for the Amelia Bloomer Award
  • National Science Teaching Association’s (NTSA) list of Best STEM book for K - 12