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| 1. | Aekyung's Dream
Written by Min Paek
A recently arrived immigrant child tells about the adjustment to an unfamiliar culture.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 2. | Almond Cookies and Dragon Well Tea
Cynthia Chin-Lee (Author), You Shan Tang (Illustrator)
A young girl visits the home of her Chinese-American friend and makes many discoveries about her friend's cultural heritage.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 3. | Angel Child, Dragon Child
Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator), Michele Maria Surat (Author)
A young girl adjusts to life in the United States after leaving Vietnam.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 4. | Baseball Saved Us
Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author)
When a Japanese-American boy and his family are interned in a camp during WWII, they decide to combat their depression by building a baseball field. During a game the boy channels his humiliation--both from being a prisoner and from being a bad player--to anger, giving him the strength to hit a game-winning home run.
[Grade Level: 2 - 4] |
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| 5. | Blue Jasmine
Written by Kashmira Sheth
When twelve-year-old Seema and her family move from their small Indian town to Iowa City, Seema feels like an outsider to the language and traditions, and must cope with the unfamiliarity of a new school system and the hostility of an intolerant classmate. As she begins to plant roots in the foreign soil, however, Seema’s confidence starts to bloom, she learns the coping skills necessary to deal with the antagonistic classmate, and discovers that she can build a bridge between two homes.
[Grade Level: 4 - 7] |
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| 6. | Blue Jay in the Desert
Isao Kikuchi (Illustrator), Marlene Shigekawa (Author)
This is the story of a Japanese-American boy and his family, who are interned during World War II. The boy doesn't quite understand what the internment is all about, but through his eyes we are able to see how it has affected the adults around him. The book includes a brief historical overview of the Japanese-American internment.
[Grade Level: 2 - 4] |
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| 7. | Bon Odori Dancer
Karen Kawamoto McCoy (Author), Carolina Yao (Illustrator)
A young girl feels clumsy and insecure during her traditional Japanese dance class until the other girls start helping her.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 8. | Butterflies for Kiri
Written and Illustrated by Cathryn Falwell
Kiri, a Japanese-American girl, who loves to paint and draw, tries and after some initial failure, finally succeeds in making an origami butterfly.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 9. | Celebrating Chinese New Year
Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Author), Lawrence Migdale (Illustrator)
A San Francisco family prepares for the Chinese New Year.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 10. | Char Siu Bao Boy
Sandra S. Yamate (Author), Carolina Yao (Illustrator)
After being ridiculed by the others at school, Charlie abandons his favorite Chinese food, char siu bao, and tries to eat more "normal" things, but then he finds a way to convert his friends to the tasty dish.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 11. | Child of the Owl: Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1965
Written by Laurence Yep
A young girl learns what it means to be both Chinese and American.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 12. | Children of Asian America
Gene H. Mayeda (Illustrator), Sandra S. Yamate (Author)
An anthology of original poems and children's stories.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 13. | Chinese New Year
Tricia Brown (Author), Fran Oritz (Illustrator)
Text and photographs depict the celebration of Chinese New Year by Chinese Americans living in San Francisco's Chinatown.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 14. | Chopsticks from America
Elaine Hosozawa-Nagano (Author), Masayuki Miyata (Illustrator)
A family moves to Japan and discovers what life is like in the land of their ancestors.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 15. | Cool Melons Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa
Matthew Gollub (Author), Kazuko G. Stone (Illustrator)
A biography of and introduction to the work of the Japanese haiku poet.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 16. | Cooper's Lesson
Sun Yung Shin (Author), Kim Cogan (Illustrator)
This is a story about identity and intergenerational friendship, featuring a young biracial boy, written in both English and Korean. Cooper, who has a Korean mother and a white, American father, is called "half and half" by his cousin. With his mixed heritage, the boy doesn't know where he fits in. When he goes to the Korean grocery, he is overwhelmed by a language of which he knows very little. He concludes that Mr. Lee, the owner, is laughing at him. In retaliation, Cooper shoplifts a brush for his mother. Caught in the act, he must work off his debt and learns that Mr. Lee's life in the United States has been difficult because of the language barrier. The man also listens to Cooper's frustrations. Eventually, the two come to a better understanding of their own and one another's problems.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| 17. | Count Your Way through Korea
Jim Haskins (Author), Dennis Hockerman (Illustrator)
The Korean numbers one to ten are used to introduce young readers to diverse aspects of Korean culture.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 18. | Crow Boy
Written by Taro Yashima
Chibi’s classmates dislike him because he is different, but a kind teacher appreciates Chibi’s unique talents and helps him gain friendship and acceptance.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 19. | Dia's Story Cloth
Chue Cha (Illustrator), Dia Cha (Author), Nhia Thao Cha (Illustrator)
A book about the story cloth made for the author by her aunt and uncle which chronicles the life of the Hmong people in their native Laos.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 20. | Dragon Feet
Marjorie Jackson (Author), Mark Mitchell (Illustrator)
Children celebrate the Chinese New Year.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 21. | Dragon Kite of the Autumn Moon
Valerie Reddix (Author), Jean Tseng (Illustrator), Mou-Sien Tseng (Illustrator)
A contemporary Taiwanese story combines fantasy and reality as a young boy makes a special kite for Kite Day.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 22. | 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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| 23. | Families Are Different
Written and Illustrated by Nina Pellegrini
An adopted Korean girl discovers that her classmates have different types of families.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 24. | Flowers from Mariko
Deneen Jenks (Author), Michelle Reiko Kumata (Illustrator), Rick Noguchi (Author)
When Mariko and her family are released from the Japanese American internment camp where they have spent the last three years, Mariko plants a garden to surprise and cheer up her family.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 25. | Goldfish and Chrysanthemums
Michelle Chang (Illustrator), Andrea Cheng (Author)
A young girl makes a goldfish pond and decorates it with chrysanthemums to remind her grandmother of the fishpond she had in China.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 26. | Grandfather Counts
Andrea Cheng (Author), Ange Zhang (Illustrator)
When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, initially upset at having to give up her room, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 27. | Grandpa's Town
Takaaki Nomura (Author), Amanda Mayer Stinchecum (Adapter)
A boy visits his widowed grandfather to convince him to come live with his family. After spending a day with his grandfather, the boy is relieved to know that his grandfather isn't alone or lonely.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 28. | Halmoni and the Picnic
Sook Nyul Choi (Author), Karen M. Dugan (Illustrator)
A Korean-American girl's third grade class helps the girl's newly-arrived grandmother feel more comfortable with her new life in the United States.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 29. | Hana's Suitcase
Written by Karen Levine
Biography of Hana, a Czech girl, who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters that describe how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center worked to learn about the girl's life after Hana's suitcase was sent to the Center.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 30. | Heroes
Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author)
A Japanese-American boy's playmates insist that he always play the "bad guy" in their war games until the boy's father and uncle intervene by showing up at the playground in their WW II uniforms.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 31. | Hoang Anh: A Vietnamese-American Boy
Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Author), Lawrence Migdale (Illustrator)
A story of a young man who successfully relates to two cultures - one old, one new.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 32. | How My Family Lives in America
Susan Kuklin. (Illustrator), Susan Kuklin (Author)
Through the eyes of four immigrant children, readers see how different families preserve their cultures while part of an American community.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 33. | 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] |
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| 34. | How the Rooster Got His Crown
Written by Amy Lowry Poole
The retelling of a Miao folktale from Western China about the day the sun refused to come out for fear of a skillful archer's arrows.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 35. | I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
Rose Lewis (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 36. | Journey Home
Dom Lee (Illustrator), Keurhee Lee (Illustrator), Lawrence McKay (Author)
A young girl accompanies her mother as she returns to the country of her birth, Vietnam, to learn about her past.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 37. | Journey Home
Written by Yoshiko Uchida
After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| 38. | Journey to Topaz
Donald Carrick (Illustrator), Yoshiko Uchida (Author)
Like any 11-year-old, Yuki Sakane is looking forward to Christmas when her peaceful world is suddenly shattered by the bombing of Perl Harbor. Uprooted from her home and shipped with thousands of West Coast Japanese Americans to a desert concentration camp called Topaz, Yuki and her family face new hardships daily.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 39. | Kimchi and Calamari
Written by Rose Kent
When his eighth-grade class is assigned to write about their ancestors' journey to America, Joseph Calderaro has a problem. Joseph was adopted from Korea and his parents are raising him in their Italian-American tradition. Though his favorite foods are calamari and eggplant parmesan, Joseph begins to wonder about his Korean heritage. His parents have no information to share and, frustrated, Joseph makes something up, passing off a famous Korean athlete as his grandfather. After his essay is chosen for submission to a national contest, Joseph must come clean.
[Grade Level: 4 - 7] |
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| 40. | Lion Dancer, Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
Martha Cooper (Illustrator), Madeline Slovenez-Low (Author), Kate Waters (Author)
A young boy will perform his first Lion Dance on the streets of New York City.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 41. | Mai-Li's Surprise
Marjorie Jackson (Author), Cheryl Kirk Noll (Illustrator)
A young girl helps her brother make a beautiful kite.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 42. | Making It Home: Real-Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee
Written by Beverly Naidoo
In this collection, children living all over the world speak about being forced to flee their homes as refugees. With original, autobiographical accounts, Making It Home gives a voice to the millions of young people whose lives have been disrupted by war but who have escaped. With maps, brief histories of each country, and an eight-page photo insert, this book helps young people understand the world and the children who share the dream of freedom.
[Grade Level: 4 & Up] |
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| 43. | Mei-Mei Loves the Morning
Margaret Holloway Tsubakiyama (Author), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator), Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator)
A young girl and her grandfather enjoy a typical morning riding on Grandpa's bicycle to meet friends in the park.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 44. | Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story
Shawn Costello Brownell (Illustrator), Carol Antoinette Peacock (Author)
A young girl, who was born in China, describes the family that adopted her and tries to sort out her feelings about her unknown birth mother.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 45. | Moon Magic: Stories from Asia
Katherine Davison (Author), Thomas A. Rosborough (Illustrator)
From Siberia, Burma, Japan and Korea come four explanations of the moon.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 46. | Mr. Pak Buys a Story
Carol Farley (Author), Benrei Huang (Illustrator)
A Korean folktale about a wealthy couple's servant who buys an unusual story from a thief that proves to be well worth the price.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 47. | Nine-in-One, Grr! Grr!: A Folktale from the Hmong People of Laos
Nancy Hom (Illustrator), Blia Xiong (Author)
A Hmong folktale that explains why the land isn't overrun with tigers.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 48. | Onion Tears
Diana Kidd (Author), Lucy Montgomery (Illustrator)
Leaving her family behind in war-torn Vietnam, a young girl adjusts to life in the United States.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 49. | Our Baby from China: An Adoption Story
Written by Nancy D’Antonio
An American couple goes to China to adopt a baby.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 50. | Park's Quest
Written by Katherine Paterson
A young boy learns about his father who was killed in Vietnam. |
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| 51. | Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Dom Lee (Illustrator), Ken Mochizuki (Author)
The story of a Japanese diplomat living in Lithuania who issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees - against the orders of his government.
[Grade Level: 2 - 4] |
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| 52. | Pop'n Kimchi
Soo-Young Chin (Author), Christina Lochmann (Author)
This pop-up book introduces kimchi, a Korean national dish of pickled cabbage, and ways to prepare and eat it.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 2] |
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| 53. | Precious Gold, Precious Jade
Written by Sharon E. Heisel
A young woman befriends a Chinese family despite the racism and fear that overwhelm the residents of her small mining town at the end of the gold rush.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 54. | Quien Es de Aqui?
Margy Burns Knight (Author), Anne Sibley O’Brien (Illustrator), Clarita Kohen (Adapter)
Who Belongs Here? tells the story of Nary, a young boy fleeing war-torn Cambodia for the safety of the U.S. To some of his new classmates, however, he is a 'chink' who should go back where he belongs. But what if everyone whose family came from another place was forced to return to his or her homeland? Who would be left? This story teaches compassion for refugees while sharing the history of immigration to the U.S. and some of the important contributions made by past immigrants.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| 55. | Roses for Gita
Rachna Gilmore (Author), Alice Priestley (Illustrator)
A young girl creates a garden similar to the one she had back hone in India.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| 56. | Sadako
Eleanor Coerr (Author), Ed Young (Illustrator)
The story behind the tradition of the paper cranes which have come to be a symbol of peace throughout the world.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 57. | Sam and the Lucky Money
Karen Chinn (Author), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator), Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator)
A young boy uses his New Year money to help a stranger.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 58. | Sam Y El Dinero De La Suerto (translation of Sam and the Lucky Money)
Karen Chinn (Author), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator), Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator)
A Spanish translation of the story of a young boy who must decide how to spend the lucky money he received for Chinese New Year.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 59. | Story of the Chinese Zodiac
Monica Chang (Reteller), Arthur Lee (Illustrator)
The legend of the Chinese Zodiac and how the twelve animals were chosen.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 60. | Tale of Two Rice Birds: A Folktale from Thailand
Christine Lamb (Illustrator), Clare Holdgson Meeker (Adapter)
A Thai folktale in which a male and female rice bird each die, but meet again when they are reincarnated.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 61. | Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World
Simon Ng (Illustrator), Paul Yee (Author)
Stories about the prejudice and adversity faced by early Chinese Americans.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 62. | Tall Boy's Journey
Joanna Halpert Kraus (Author), Karen Ritz (Illustrator)
A young boy must leave his home in Korea to come live with his adoptive parents in the United States, a country he finds strange and uncomfortable.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 63. | Ten Oni Drummers
Matthew Gollub (Author), Kazuko G. Stone (Illustrator)
This is a counting book in English and Japanese, in which a young boy imagines ten Oni drummers. They appear one-by-one, grow larger as they beat their drums, and chase away bad dreams.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 64. | Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend
Eric A. Kimmel (Reteller), Yongsheng Xuan (Illustrator)
The eastern emperor of the sky must find a way to stop the destruction his children's trick has caused.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 65. | Tet Vietnamese New Year
Dianne M. MacMillan (Author), Charlott Nathan (Illustrator)
How Tet is celebrated in the United States and Canada.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 66. | The American Wei
DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (Illustrator), Marion Hess Pomeranc (Author)
A young boy loses his first tooth while going to his family's naturalization ceremony.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 67. | The Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales
Vo-Dinh Mai (Illustrator), Lynette Dyer Vuong (Author)
Five stories from Vietnam.
[Grade Level: 2 - 4] |
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| 68. | The Emperor and the Nightingale
Shih-ming Chang (Illustrator), Kuang-ts’ai Hao (Reteller)
The story of an emperor who learns that some things are worth more than immortality.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 69. | The Empty Pot
Written by Demi
A Chinese tale of honesty rewarded.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 70. | The Giant and the Spring
Kuang-ts’ai Hao (Reteller), Eva Wang (Illustrator)
A kind giant brings Spring in from the cold but soon realizes he must share him with the rest of the world.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 71. | The Gift of the Willows
Written by Helena Clare Pittman
A story about acceptance and understanding of life's difficult times.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 72. | The Gold-Threaded Dress
Written by Carolyn Marsden
In Thailand she was named Oy, but in the U.S. they call her Olivia. Other things are not so easy to change. When Oy draws a portrait of herself, her classmate makes fun of her and calls her Chinese. And the popular girl Liliandra barely speaks to her, until she sees a photo of Oy's special Thai dancing dress from her grandmother, and wants to wear it. Oy risks shaming her family to win Liliandra's approval, as she searches for acceptance in a complex culture and learns to treasure all that she is.
[Grade Level: 2 - 5] |
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| 73. | The Greatest of All: A Japanese Folktale
Giora Carmi (Illustrator), Eric A. Kimmel (Reteller)
A folktale that teaches modesty and patience.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 74. | The Happiest Ending
Written by Yoshiko Uchida
A young girl challenges the age-old Japanese marriage custom.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 75. | The Laziest Boy in the World
Lensey Namioka (Author), Xuan YongSheng (Illustrator)
As a baby, Xiaolong was always known as the laziest boy. But when he capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, people in his Chinese village seem to change their minds.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 76. | The Little Weaver of Thai-Yen Village
Nancy Hom (Author), Minh-hoa (Illustrator), Tran-Khanh Tuyet (Author)
A story about a young girl who loses her family during war.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 77. | The Lobster and the Sea
Esther Chiu (Author), Mika Takahashi (Illustrator)
A young girl comes to terms with her beloved grandfather's imminent departure for his homeland.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 78. | The Mouse Bride
Monica Chang (Author), Lesley Liu (Illustrator)
The Chinese folktale of a father who searches for the perfect mate for his daughter.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 79. | The Name Jar
Written by Yangsook Choi
When Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates try to help her decide what her new American name should be, until Unhei decides to keep her name.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 80. | The Park Bench
Fumiko Takeshita (Author), Mamoru Suzuki (Illustrator), Ruth A. Kanagy (Adapter)
A bench in the park becomes the centerpiece to describe the diverse activities and people during a day at the park.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 81. | The Seven Chinese Sisters
Grace Lin (Illustrator), Kathy Tucker (Author)
When a dragon snatches the youngest of seven Chinese sisters, the other six use their talents to come to her rescue.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 82. | The Treasure Chest: A Chinese Tale
Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator), Rosiland C. Wang (Author)
A young man is challenged to three impossible contests.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 83. | The Ugly Vegetables
Written and Illustrated by Grace Lin
A young girl thinks that her mother's garden is the ugliest on the block, but soon realizes that the Chinese vegetables that her mother is growing are the best of all because they taste great in her soup.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 3] |
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| 84. | The Way We Do It in Japan
Paige Billin-Frye (Illustrator), Geneva Cobb Iijimi (Author)
A boy experiences a new way of life when he moves from the United Sates to Japan with his Japanese father and American mother.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 85. | The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee's Story
Pegi Deitz Shea (Author), Anita Riggio (Illustrator)
"We'll fly from this camp before the rabbit breeds again." These words inspire Mai to perfect her embroidery skills while she and her grandmother are in a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand. As she works, she remembers her life with her parents before their death. The memories help her to stitch her own story which is told in quilt pictures.
[Grade Level: 1 - 3] |
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| 86. | Thief of Hearts
Written by Laurence Yep
After being paired with a Chinese girl at school, Stacy begins to think about her Chinese-American heritage.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 87. | Tikki, Tikki Tembo
Blair Lent (Illustrator), Arlene Mosel (Author)
A Chinese folktale that explains why Chinese names are short.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 88. | Two Mrs. Gibsons
Toyomi Igus (Author), Daryl Wells (Illustrator)
The biracial daughter of an African-American father and a Japanese mother fondly recalls growing up with her mother and grandmother.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 89. | Willie Wins
Carl Angel (Illustrator), Almira Astudillo Gilles (Author)
Willie's father tells him there is something special in an old coconut bank brought from the Philippines, but Willie is embarrassed to take the bank to school for a contest because he knows that one of his classmates will make fun of him.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 90. | Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
Written by Lensey Namioka
Everyone in the Yang family is a talented musician except for nine-year-old Yingtao. Even after years of violin lessons, he cannot make beautiful music. Now that his family has moved from China to Seattle, Yingtao wants to learn English and make new friends, but he must make time to practice his violin for an important family recital. Yingtao is afraid his screeching violin will ruin the recital, but he's even more afraid to tell his family that he has found something he likes better than music. Together he and his new friend, Matthew, think of a sure way to save the recital.
[Grade Level: 3 - 6] |
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| 91. | Yoko
Written by Rosemary Wells
When a young girl brings her favorite lunch of sushi to school, her classmates make fun of what she eats until one classmate tries it for himself.
[Grade Level: Pre-K - 1] |
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