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All the Way to Lhasa: a Tale from Tibet
Author: Barbara Berger
A “Tortoise and Hare” story of a boy who wants to go all the way to the holy city of Lhasa. Who will get there first? The young man who pushes his horse too hard? Or the boy who steadily braves the elements with his trusty yak? Ages 5- 10
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Alvin Ho: allergic to girls, school, and other scary things
Author: Lenore Look
The first in the hilarious Alvin Ho Series, young Alvin comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors. Although he longs to be like the superheroes he loves, this contemporary Concord, Massachusetts kid is afraid of everything! Ages 7- 10
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Baseball Saved Us
Author: Ken Mochizuki
A Japanese-American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. His ability to play helps him deal with racism after the war is over. “Shorty” learns to channel his anger over unfair treatment and racism into hitting the ball and winning the game. Ages 7-10
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Bee Bim Bop!
Author: Linda Sue Park
A child, eager for a favorite Korean meal, helps with the shopping, food preparation, and table setting in this delightful rhyming book that will have your little ones chanting: “Hungry, hungry, hungry for some Bee Bim Bop!” Includes a recipe for your own bee bim bop. Ages 3- 8
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Breadwinner
Author: Deborah Ellis
Parvana lives with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan. When her father is arrested by the Taliban, Parvana must disguise herself as a boy to earn money for her family. Ages 10 -12
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Cora Cooks Pancit
Author: Dorina Lazo Gilmore
When all her older siblings are away, Cora's mother finally lets her help make pancit, a Filipino noodle dish. Ages 4- 9
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Dragonwings
Author: Laurence Yep
Eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee arrives in San Francisco from China to meet his father, Windrider. Together, they try to build a flying machine, under instructions from a dragon. A Newbery Honor book. Ages 9+
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Grandfather's Journey
Author: Allen Say
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America. He later undertakes the same journey his grandfather made years ago, experiencing the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. Ages 8+
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Homeless Bird
Author: Gloria Whelan
National Book Award Winner. Discovering that her arranged husband-to-be is too young and desperately ill, thirteen-year-old Koly, finds that her childhood is over. There is no place for young widows in India. Koly, bewildered and brave, sets out to forge a future. Ages 10-12
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Hot, hot roti for Dada-ji
Author: F. Zia
Aneel and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tell stories, use their imaginations, and make delicious roti, a traditional Indian flatbread. Ages 5 - 8
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House Baba Built
Author: Ed Young
Caldecott Medalist, Ed Young, traces his childhood in World War II Shanghai, where the house built by his father provides comfort and safety to his family, friends, relatives and refugees. The house his father built transforms into a place to play, to eat, and to be safe. It was a place of joy and imagination despite the signs of war raging outside its sturdy walls. Ages 8 - 12
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Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation
Author: Yoshiko Uchida
After the Pearl Harbor attack, eleven-year-old Japanese-American Yuki Sakane and her family are forced to go to a desert concentration camp called Topaz in Utah. Ages 7 - 12
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Katie Woo: Boss of the World
Author: Fran Manushkin
These beginning chapter books (16 books in the series) are great for beginning readers who love spunky school stories. In Boss of the World, Katie is a bossy friend until her friends don’t want to be friends with her anymore. Ages 4-6
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Kite Fighters
Author: Linda Sue Park
In 1473 Korea, 11-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who receives special treatment as the first-born son. The brothers combine their kite-flying and kite-making skills in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting. Ages 9+
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Little Cricket
Author: Jackie Brown
Kia and her Hmong family flee Laos to escape from North Vietnamese soldiers, ending up in a refugee camp in Thailand, and then the United States, where life seems strange and foreign to them. Ages 9+
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Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Author: Lisa Yee
Eleven-year-old Millicent Min may be smart enough to enter her senior year of high school, but her lack of social skills cause her parents to sign her up for a volleyball team and to tutor her enemy, Stanford Wong. Ages 10+
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New Year's Reunion
Author: Yu Li Qiong
Little Maomao’s father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. A celebration of family and an introduction to a special holiday season. A New Year’s Reunion won the Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Picture Book Award. Ages 3 - 5
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One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden
Author: Celeste Davidson Mannis
Written in haiku poems from one to ten, a young girl walks through a Japanese garden and discovers many delights. A great read aloud or perfect for a unit on haiku poetry. Ages 3- 8
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Only One Year
Author: Andrea Cheng
Nine-year-old Sharon can’t believe her parents are sending her toddler brother, DiDi to China for a year to live with relatives. Her parents reassure her that it’s only for a year, after all. Will the family miss him? What will happen when he returns? Ages 7- 10
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Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek
Author: Holly Meade
A father and daughter play hide-and-seek in the midst of the animals near their house in Thailand. Readers will also enjoy “Hush! A Thai Lullaby” by the same author. Ages 2 - 7
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Round is a Mooncake
Author: Roseanne Thong
A unique shape book with beautiful and bright illustrations. In rhyming text, this book has children look at circles, squares, and rectangles through Chinese-influenced objects. Ages 3- 6
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Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
Author: Look, Lenore
When her deaf cousin from China moves in with her, Ruby Lu tries to be her school “smile buddy”, to the detriment of her own school work. Now both girls must adjust to a new family situation and summer school. Ages 6-9
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Based on a true story, Hiroshima-born Sadako fights for her life when she discovers that she has the "atom bomb disease," leukemia. Recalling a Japanese legend that says if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. Ages 7- 12
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Single Shard
Author: Linda Sue Park
Set in medieval Korea, Tree-ear is a thirteen-year-old orphan living under a bridge in a potters' village. He loves to watch the potters and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. One day, Tree-ear accidentally drops a celadon vase master potter Min has made. He must work off his debt and prove he is worthy of his master’s trust. Ages 9 +
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Star Maker
Author: Laurence Yep
Artie is the youngest of his generation. When his older brother and cousin trick him into agreeing to provide firecrackers for everyone on Chinese New Year, Artie is not sure he can keep his promise. It will take some help from Uncle Chester, the youngest of his generation to make this happen. This historical novel is based on the author’s own experience and is set in 1954. Ages 8 - 12
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Author: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year. Ages 8 -12
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Tsunami!
Author: Kimiko Kajikawa
Old Ojisan (grandfather in Japanese) witnesses an earthquake and the early warning signs of a tsunami from his hilltop cottage. The villagers in the town below are too busy celebrating the rice festival to notice. Ojisan performs a heroic act of sacrifice that saves hundreds of lives. Based on a true story of a real life Japanese hero. Ages 5 - 10
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Umbrella Queen
Author: Shirin Yim Bridges, with illustrations by Taeeun Yoo
Noot longs to paint umbrellas, and march as the Queen of Umbrellas in the umbrella parade. Though she dutifully paints regular size umbrellas with flowers and butterflies for her family to sell, when the other children go out to play, she paints imaginative small umbrellas for herself. Creating these small treasures gives her quiet pleasure, until one day when the King himself walks by her window. Ages 5-9
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Under the Blood Red Sun
Author: Graham Salisbury
From their vantage point high in a Hawaiian treetop, Tomi Nakaji and his best friend witness the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As tensions mount when the U.S. enters World War II, Tomi must face racism and suspicion against his Japanese family, as well as the incarceration of his father and grandfather. Ages 10+
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Wabi Sabi
Author: Mark Reibstein and Ed Young
Curious to know the meaning of her name, Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name. The book is really about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity. Beautifully illustrated by Ed Young, it contains a haiku and a line of Japanese verse on each spread. Ages 7- 10
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Where the Mountain Meets The Moon
Author: Grace Lin
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish. She then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon. A Newbery Honor; fantasy fans will love this richly written story based loosely on elements of Chinese folklore. Ages 6- 12
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Yang the Second and her Secret Admirers
Author: Lensey Namioka
Yinglan Yang misses China and doesn't want to adopt the American customs that her brother and sister have in their new Seattle home. Yinglan's siblings try to help her develop friends by secretly setting her up with Paul Eng, a Chinese-American baseball player. Ages 9+
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Year of the Dog
Author: Grace Lin
Grace applies the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog—building friendships and finding oneself—in an attempt to better understand herself and her dual heritage (Taiwanese and American). Ages 8-11
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