Subject Guides: Multicultural Children's Books: Asia / Southeast Asia

Asian/Pacific American Tools

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
How to Evaluate Cultural Authenticity and Stereotypical Generalizations that Exist in Asian- American Children's Books
OHS National Center on Cultural & Linguistic Responsiveness Selecting and Using Culturally Responsive Children’s Books
Small Presses Owned/Operated by People of Color and First/Native Nations

Elementary

Apple Pie Fourth of July by Janet S. Wong; Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's books PZ7.W842115 Ap 2006
ISBN: 9780152057084
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Preschool-3
The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.P75186 Ar 2012
ISBN: 9780399257032
Publication Date: 2012-04-12
Kindergarten - 3
Coolies by Yin; Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's books PZ7.Y537 Co 2003
ISBN: 9780142500552
Publication Date: 2003-05-26
Grades 2-5
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
Call Number: Children's books PZ7.Y212 Cr
ISBN: 9780140501728
Publication Date: 1976-09-30
Preschool-1
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.L644 Di 2001b
ISBN: 9780440417705
Publication Date: 2003-01-14
Preschool-2
First Snow by Bomi Park
Call Number: Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9781452154725
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Call Number: Children's books PZ7 .S52833 Gr 2013
ISBN: 9780545162166
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Grades 4-6
Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee; Yangsook Choi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.L51433 Ni 2002
ISBN: 9780374455064
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
Kindergarten to grade 4
The Red Thread by Grace Lin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ8.L6215 Re 2007
ISBN: 9780807569221
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Preschool-3
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.L644 Ug 1999
ISBN: 9781570914911
Publication Date: 2010-06-23
The Ugly Vegetables (PB)
Preschool-3
Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.Y212 Um
ISBN: 9780140502404
Publication Date: 1977-08-25
Preschool-Kindergarten
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Call Number: Children's Books PZ8.L6215 Whe 2009
ISBN: 9780316038638
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
Grades 3-7
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.L644 Yea 2007
ISBN: 9780316060028
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Grades 3-7
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.M97274 Ze 2005
ISBN: 9780439339117
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Kindergarten-Grade 4

Middle School

Sachiko by Caren Stelson
Call Number: E Book
ISBN: 9781467789035
Publication Date: 2016-10-01
Grades 5-8
The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng; Abigail Halpin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.C41943 Ye 2012
ISBN: 9780544022638
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Grades 6-9

High School

Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep; Yep
Call Number: Children's Books PZ7.Y44 Dqr 1993
ISBN: 9780064404891
Publication Date: 2001-01-23
Middle School-High School
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston; James D. Houston
Call Number: D769.8.A6 H68 2002
ISBN: 9780307976079
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
Growing up Asian American by Maria Hong; Bill Adler; Stephen Sumida
Call Number: Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780380724185
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lai
Call Number: Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780062229182
Publication Date: 2015-02-17
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
Call Number: Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780698158269
Publication Date: 2014
Dear Miss Breed by Joanne F. Oppenheim; Elizabeth Kikuchi Yamada (Foreword by); Snowden Becker (Afterword by)
Call Number: Interlibrary Loan
ISBN: 9780439569927
Publication Date: 2006-02-01

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