Maya Soetoro-Ng discusses the inspiration for her debut picture book Ladder to the Moon in this video interview (5:56).
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Ladder to the Moon
Ladder to the Moon
By Author: Maya Soetoro-Ng
Illustrator: Yuyi Morales
From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.

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