El Chino Written and Illustrated by Allen Say Billy, the son of immigrants from China, was always told by his father that "In America, you can be anything you want to be." Billy's dreams of being a famous basketball player, however, are met with laughs and comments like, "Who's ever heard of a Chinese athlete!" Billy gives up his hopes of being a great athlete and studies engineering. Years later, while visiting Spain, Billy's dreams are reawakened when he falls in love with bullfighting and defies expectations to become the first Asian matador. [Grade Level: 2 - 6]
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How My Parents Learned to Eat Ina R. Friedman (Author), Allen Say (Illustrator) A child tells how her American father learned to eat with chopsticks and her Japanese mother learned to eat with a knife and fork. [Grade Level: K - 3]
