Three Names of Me

Ada has three names. Wang Bin is what the caregivers called her at her Chinese orphanage. Ada is the name her American parents gave her. And there is a third name, a name the infant Ada only heard whispered by her Chinese mother.

Mary Cummings is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Mary Cummings include Three Names of Me and And the Baker's Boy Went to Sea.

Lin Wang’s illustrations have a Renaissance painting look, saturated and muted color.  She applies multiple layers of watercolors to create a rich, warm, dramatic feeling. “Highly detailed academic realism exerts a tremendous influence on my work. Surrealism has also affected me in my use of misplaced objects and in the idea of doing fairly realistic situations that are confounded by odd relationships and strangely connected elements.”