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Helena Ku Rhee

Helena Ku Rhee is an author based in Los Angeles. "Rosa’s Song" (Random House Studio, illustrated by Pascal Campion) is her most recent children’s book.

A common frog with its head out of the water (Getty Images/Manuel ROMARIS)

Making sense of a senseless world: How children’s books can mitigate the horror around us

Helena Ku Rhee
A small bird flying across the ocean (Getty Images/Salon)

“Too bad you were born a girl”

Helena Ku Rhee