My Story
Author Katherine Haas was born in 1937 in Germany. Shortly thereafter, her family moved first to Italy, then to China and, when Katherine was 11, to the United States. Adjusting to new languages and cultures was challenging, and often discouraging. Katherine hopes readers of this book will never be ashamed to be different or an outsider, as she was. She loved raising three daughters with her husband Ray, teaching third and fourth graders for 44 years, and banding birds. Katherine lives in Maryland with her second husband, Robert Feldmann, who found her as a merry widow in 2014. She spends her retirement having fun learning new languages.
My Book
Katherine Haas came to the United States on a boat, at the young age of eleven. The next few decades unfolded a lifetime of adventure as this young Chinese-German woman navigated identity, culture, and politics in a world different from the one she was raised in.
Little Jade is Katherine's whimsical meditation on a life well lived. It seeks to answer questions around what makes us who we are, as she meanders through the valleys and troughs of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
©Katherine Haas
Selected for the 2025
Children's Book Council
in the Young Adult (grades 9-12) category.
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The book can be ordered from:
Or purchased in person at:
Book Talk
May 2, 2026
Edgewater Library
25 Stepneys Lane
Edgewater, MD 21037
2-3 PM
Book Talk
May 5, 2026
Glen Burnie Library
1010 Eastway
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
2-3 PM
Saturday July 25, 2026
Rivera Beach Library
1130 Duvall Hwy
Pasadena, MD 21122
2-3 pm
Book Talk
Book TALKS
Katherine is available for either
live or virtual book talks with your group and with book clubs that are reading Little Jade.
Book Talk
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July 15, 2026
Deale Library
5940 Deale Churchton Rd,
Deale, MD 20751
6-7 PM
Book Talk
Saturday April 18, 2026
Severna Park Library
45 W McKinsey Rd
Severna Park, MD 21146
2-3 pm
Book Talk
Saturday July 11, 2026
Odenton Library
1325 Annapolis Road
Odentom, MD 21113
2-3 pm