Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

{{Short description|2024 children's book by Chanel Miller}}

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Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All is a 2024 children's book by Chanel Miller, published by Philomel Books. It is middle grade literature.{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=2024-05-19 |title=After a Wrenching Best Seller, an Author Takes Up Her Dream Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/books/chanel-miller-magnolia-wu-know-my-name.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Miller, for a long period in her life, had expressed an interest in writing a children's book. Its scheduled distribution was on April 23, 2024. The illustration is black and white.{{cite news |title='Know My Name' author Chanel Miller has written a children's book, 'Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All' |url=https://apnews.com/article/chanel-miller-childrens-book-know-my-name-093afb847878b1607ab3aaf906693bbe |agency=Associated Press |date=December 6, 2023|access-date=2025-05-27}}

The main character is a Chinese American,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593624524|title=Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All|magazine=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2025-05-27}} the 9-year-old daughter of laundromat owners; she finds and distributes socks to people looking for them. Vietnamese American girl Iris Lam, Magnolia's friend, helps her.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/chanel-miller/magnolia-wu-unfolds-it-all/|title=MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL|magazine=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=2025-05-27}} The work is set in New York City.{{cite web|last=Limbong|first=Andrew|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1246163931/chanel-millers-new-childrens-novel-follows-lost-socks-in-new-york-city|title=Chanel Miller's new children's novel follows lost socks in New York City|publisher=National Public Radio|date=2024-04-21|access-date=2024-05-27}} Miller used her time in New York City as inspiration.{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Chanel Miller's new children's book follows lost socks in New York City |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1196979983/nprs-book-of-the-day-draft-chanel-miller-childrens-book-nyc |website=NPR}}

Publishers Weekly stated that the book is "endearing". Kirkus Reviews ranked it as one of its "Best Books Of 2024", had a verdict of "GET IT" (obtain the book), and stated that the work is "deeply heartfelt" along with it being humorous and "charming".