Yulu's Linen

A talented young artist battles with the linen she's trying to paint on in this inspiring picture book about the power of perseverance from two Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning creators.

Yulu has all the makings of a great artist, her teachers and parents agree. But can she paint a self-portrait? Yulu isn't sure, even when she finds the perfect canvas made of special linen. She summons her courage and paints. But the next day, the paint has run and oozed and dripped--the painting is ruined!

Yulu picks her brush back up, but day after day, the linen of her canvas itself seems to be rebuffing her attempts. Yulu, undeterred, works on and on. More than a battle with the opinionated linen, this artistic battle is one Yulu wages with herself. Through determination and hard work, can she grow past her natural talent and prove herself worthy of the task before her?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 02/03/2026
ISBN: 9781665931199
Pages: 48
Size: 11.75h x 8.25w x 0.15d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/03/2025
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2025
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2025