ASIAN HERITAGE
PICTURE BOOK
Baker, Keith
The Magic Fan
PIC BK B
A unique fan shows master Yoshi visions of the wonderful things he can
create--until it is lost in a tsunami.
Bang, Molly
Paper Crane
PIC BK B
A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper
crane that magically comes alive and dances.
Bercaw, Edna Coe
Halmoni’s
Day
PIC BK B
Jennifer, a Korean American, is worried that her grandmother, visiting
from Korea, will embarrass her on her school's Grandparents' Day, but
the event brings her understanding and acceptance.
Chinn, Karen
Sam and the Lucky Money
PIC BK C
Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he’s received for
Chinese New Year.
Choi, Sook Nyul
Halmoni and the Picnic
PIC BK C
When Yunmi's class decides to have a picnic in Central Park, her Korean
grandmother, Halmoni, agrees to chaperone. But Yunmi is worried that
the other children might make fun of Halmoni's traditional Korean dress
and the unfamiliar Korean food she has prepared.
Choi, Yangsook
The Name Jar
PIC BK C
Being a new kid in school is hard enough, especially when nobody can
pronounce your name.
Compestine, Ying Chang
The Runaway Rice Cake
PIC BK C
After chasing the special rice cake, Nian Gao, that their mother has
made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it
with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.
Friedman, Ina R.
How My Parents Learned to Eat
PIC BK F
An American sailor courts a young Japanese woman and each tries, in secret,
to learn the other's way of eating.
Gollub, Matthew
Ten Oni Drummers
PIC BK G
One by one, ten tiny Oni, Japanese goblin-like creatures, grow larger
and larger as they beat their drums on the sand, chasing away bad dreams.
Hall, Bruce Edward
Henry and the Kite Dragon
PIC BK H
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the
children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites
Grandfather Chin makes.
Ho, Minfong
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
PIC BK H
A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo
to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.
Ho, Minfong
Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek
PIC BK H
A father and daughter play hide-and-seek in the midst of the animals
near their house in Thailand.
Keller, Holly
Grandfather’s
Dream
PIC BK K
After the end of the war in Vietnam, a young boy's grandfather dreams
of restoring the wetlands of the Mekong delta, hoping that the large
cranes that once lived there will return.
Lee, Huy Voun
1, 2, 3 Go!
PIC BK L
An introduction to Chinese writing describing the construction, meaning,
and pronunciation of simple characters used for a variety of words and
the numbers one through ten.
Lee, Huy Voun
At the Beach
PIC BK L
Xiao Ming is at the beach with his mother. As he draws in the sand, his
mother teaches him to write Chinese characters.
Lee, Huy Voun
In the Leaves
PIC BK L
On a visit to a farm, Xiao Ming shows his friends the new Chinese characters
he has learned by explaining that the characters are like pictures.
Lee, Jeanne M.
Silent Lotus
PIC BK L
Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer
and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.
Lewis, Rose A.
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
PIC BK L
This story, based on the author's own experience, is about a woman who
traveled to China to adopt a daughter.
Lobel, Arnold
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
PIC BK L
A wise man tells Ming Lo how to move the mountain away from his house.
Look, Lenore
Love as Strong as Ginger
PIC BK L
A Chinese American girl comes to realize how hard her grandmother works
to fulfill her dreams when they spend a day together at the grandmother's
job cracking crabs.
Mannis, Celeste Davidson
One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden
PIC BK M
In this collection of haiku poems, a young girl walks through a Japanese
garden and discovers many delights, from one leaf to ten stone lanterns.
Merrill, Jean
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth Century Tale from Japan
PIC BK M
In this vivid adaptation of a 12th-century Japanese tale, Izumi finds
worms, toads, and especially caterpillars much more fascinating than
the hobbies of the ladies in the Emperor's court.
Pak, Soyung
Dear Juno
PIC BK P
Although Juno, a Korean American boy, cannot read the letter he receives
from his grandmother in Seoul, he understands what it means from the
photograph and dried flower that are enclosed and decides to send a similar
letter back to her.
Pak, Soyung
A Place to Grow
PIC BK P
As a father tells his daughter what a seed needs to flourish, he also
explains the reasons he emigrated to a new homeland.
Recorvits, Helen
My Name is Yoon
PIC BK R
Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining
wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake" as
a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
Russell, Ching Yeung
Moon Festival
PIC BK R
This story of children celebrating the traditional autumn Moon Festival
is based on the author's memories of her childhood in China.
Say, Allen
The Bicycle Man
PIC BK S
The amazing tricks two American soldiers perform on a borrowed bicycle
are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities in a small
village in occupied Japan.
Say, Allen
Grandfather’s
Journey
PIC BK S
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America,
which he later also undertakes.
Say, Allen
Tea with Milk
PIC BK S
After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with
her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.
Say, Allen
Tree of Cranes
PIC BK S
A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree
with paper cranes.
Schaefer, Carole Lexa
Someone Says
PIC BK S
A day at preschool has leaping frogs, dancing ponies, flapping wings,
eating like tigers, and all the things children can dream.
Schaefer, Carole Lexa
The Squiggle
PIC BK S
As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a
piece of string which her imagination turns into a dragon's tail, an
acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and more.
Shea, Pegi Deitz
Ten Mice for Tet
PIC BK S
A village of mice prepares for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.
Surat, Michele Maria
Angel Child, Dragon Child
PIC BK S
Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, lonely for
her mother left behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her
with a wonderful gift.
Tompert, Ann
Grandfather
Tang’s Story
PIC BK T
Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to
best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
Turner, Ann Warren
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
PIC BK T
A little boy is scared as he journeys on a plane to the land of his adoptive
parents. What will his new life be like? The mother and father he's known
only through pictures greet him at the airport and take him to be with
them forever, in this tender story of adoption and love.
Wells, Rosemary
Yoko
PIC BK W
When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of
what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.
Wells, Rosemary
Yoko’s
Paper Cranes
PIC BK W
A simple story about a birthday gift that Yoko sends her grandmother
in Japan.
Wong, Janet S.
This Next New Year
PIC BK W
A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to
the good luck they hope it will bring.
Wong, Janet S.
The Trip Back Home
PIC BK W
A young girl and her mother travel to Korea to visit their extended family.
Yen, Clara
Why Rat Comes First: A Story of the Chinese Zodiac
PIC BK Y
This story explains why Rat comes first in the Chinese calendar cycle
of twelve years.
I-CAN-READ
Coerr, Eleanor
Chang’s
Paper Pony
ICR C
In San Francisco during the Gold Rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants,
wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete comes up
with a solution.
IN-BETWEEN
Bridges, Shirin Yim
Ruby’s
Wish
IBT B7647sh-ru
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby
dreams of going to university with her brothers and male cousins.
Bunting, Eve
So Far from the Sea
IBT B8861so
When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at
the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves
behind a special symbol.
Coerr, Eleanor
Sadako
IBT C6515sa
(A version for younger readers of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.)
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, Sadako races
against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that
by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Garland, Sherry
My
Father’s Boat
IBT G1838my
A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp
boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South
China Sea.
Kline, Suzy
Song Lee in Room 2B
IBT K6857so
Song Lee is as nice as Harry is horrible! She may seem shy, but beneath
her sweet smile is a brave, spunky girl with a great sense of humor.
Lee, Milly
Nim and the War Effort
IBT L51445n
In her determination to prove that an American can win the contest for
the war effort, Nim does something which leaves her Chinese grandfather
both bewildered and proud.
McCully, Emily Arnold
Beautiful
Warrior: The Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu
IBT M1394b
Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in
martial arts saves them both.
Melmed, Laura Krauss
Little Oh
IBT M4925Li
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who
becomes separated from her human mother.
Mochizuki, Ken
Baseball Saved Us
IBT M715b
Despondent over the harsh conditions of a World War II internment camp,
a young Japanese-American boy and his father build a baseball diamond
and form a league so that the internees will have something to look forward
to--even if only for nine innings.
Mochizuki, Ken
Heroes
IBT M715he
Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad
guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle
to help him get away from that role.
Myers, Walter Dean
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
IBT M9929pa
The free verse and unique, wrenching collages transport readers back
to Vietnam during the time of the war. The text and illustrations capture
the ravaged land, the tragedy of war, and the haunting experience of
the soldier.
Nunes, Susan
The Last Dragon
IBT N922La
While spending the summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt, a young boy
finds an old ten-man dragon in a shop and gets a number of people to
help him repair it
Park, Frances
The Royal Bee
IBT P2193r
In the days when only wealthy Korean children are allowed to attend school,
a poor boy named Song-ho learns by listening outside a schoolroom door,
which eventually earns him a chance to better himself and make life easier
for his widowed mother.
Pilegard, Virginia Walton
The
Warlord’s Puzzle
IBT P6428wa
Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his
gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a
contest to see if anyone can mend the tile.
Porte, Barbara Ann
Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants
IBT P8325ma
When her father and brother are called away to war, Ma Jiang finds a
unique way to trap the orange ants that her mother sells in order to
make a living.
Uchida, Yoshiko
The Bracelet
IBT Uc4b
Emi, a Japanese American in the second grade, is sent with her family
to an internment camp during World War II, but the loss of the bracelet
her best friend has given her proves that she does not need a physical
reminder of that friendship.
Yin
Coolies
IBT Y5801c
A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and
his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves
helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
Young, Russell
Dragonsong: A Fable for the New Millennium
IBT Y8685dr
Chiang-An, the youngest dragon at only 224 years old, vies for the honor
of being named Keeper of the Mountain, an honor bestowed by the four
Imperial Dragons of China only once every thousand years.
FICTION
Alexander, Lloyd
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
FIC Al1273re
A spellbinding, Chinese-inspired tale of a young prince who undertakes
a pilgrimage with his father, only to encounter a vexing string of bad
luck.
Choi, Sook Nyul
The Year of Impossible Good-byes
FIC C4514y
A young Korean girl survives the oppressive Japanese and Russian occupation
of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in South
Korea.
Coerr, Eleanor
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
FIC C6515sa
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in
Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify
the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Giles, Gail
Breath of the Dragon
FIC G3923br
Malila draws pictures to accompany her grandmother's stories about Thai
festivals, traditions, and customs.
Ho, Minfong
Clay Marble
FIC H6501cL
After fleeing war-torn Cambodia, 12-year-old Dara is separated from her
family when the settlement camp where they are living is attacked.
Kimmel, Eric A.
Sword of the Samurai: Adventure Stories from Japan
FIC K5712sw
Seven short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage,
wit, and foolishness.
Kadohata, Cynthia
Kira-Kira
FIC KADOHAT CY Kira-Ki
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters
growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and
the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Lasky, Kathryn
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven
FIC L33627ka-ka
Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in
her diary and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial
Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue.
Lord, Bette
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
FIC L8842in
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she starts to feel at
home and make friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
McCaughrean, Geraldine
The Kite Rider: A Novel
FIC M1278ge-ki
In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother
from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing
adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up
meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.
Namioka, Lensey
Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear
FIC 1518ya
Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao
is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for
his father when he would rather be working on friendships and playing
baseball. Sequels: Yang the Second and her Secret Admirers (FIC N1518yas)
and Yang the Third and her Impossible Family (FIC N1518y).
Park, Linda Sue
The Kite Fighters
FIC P21975ki
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with
his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special
treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with
Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting
competition.
Park, Linda Sue
Seesaw Girl
FIC P21975se
This lively story, set in seventeenth century Korea, recounts Jade Blossom's
daring attempt to enlarge her world by breaking with the traditional
restrictions forced upon females in her culture.
Park, Linda Sue
A Single Shard
FIC P21975ssh
Tree-ear, an orphan, dreams of making a pot of his own as he watches
Min, the master potter, at work. Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper,
and in spite of many hardships, Tree-ear is determined to prove himself.
Park, Linda Sue
When My Name was Keoko
FIC P21975wh
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the
increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War
II, which threatens to entirely suppress Korean culture.
Paterson, Katherine
The Master Puppeteer
FIC P2734m
A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of eighteenth
century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives.
Paterson, Katherine
Of Nightingales that Weep
FIC P2734oA
The vain young daughter of a samurai finds her comfortable life ripped
apart when opposing warrior clans begin a struggle for imperial control
of Japan.
Paterson, Katherine
Sign of the Chrysanthemum
FIC P2734s
This is the story of Muna, an illegitimate Japanese boy, who searches
for his unknown father--a samurai warrior with a chrysanthemum tattoo
on his arm.
Salisbury, Graham
Under the Blood-Red Sun
FIC Sa342un
Tomikazu Nakaji’s biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and
a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes
drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Shea, Pegi Deitz
Tangled
Threads: A Hmong Girl’s Story
FIC Sh31pe-ta
After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai
Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins
introduce her to pizza and shopping, while her grandmother tries to keep
her restrained.
Son, John
Finding My Hat
FIC So57jo-fi
Jin-Han describes his life growing up with his mother and father, immigrants
from Korea, and his little sister as they move to different cities with
his parents' business.
Uchida, Yoshiko
Journey Home
FIC Uc45jo
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.
Uchida, Yoshiko
Journey to Topaz
FIC Uc45j
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, an eleven-year-old Japanese American
girl and her family are forced to go to an internment camp in Utah.
Uchida, Yoshiko
A Jar of Dream
FIC Uc45j
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family
in California during the 1930s, a time of great prejudice.
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
FIC W3288so
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from
Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.
Whitesel, Cheryl Aylward
Blue
Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale
FIC W5885ch-bL
Having failed apprenticeship as a dye maker, Koji is captured and forced
to train as a ninja, where he remains disloyal until he discovers samurai
have burned his former village.
Wilson, Diane L.
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
FIC W6924i
In early fourteenth-century China, Oyuna tells her granddaughter of her
girlhood in Mongolia and how love for her horse enabled her to win an
important race and bring good luck to her family.
Yee, Lisa
Millicent Min: Girl Genius
FIC LEE LI Millice
In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent
Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy,
deal with her grandmother’s departure, and make friends over the
course of a tumultuous summer.
Yee, Paul
Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World
FIC Y354t
Eight stories reflecting the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame
prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North
America.
Yep, Laurence
The Amah
FIC Y437am
Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering
with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.
Yep, Laurence
Child of the Owl
FIC Y437c
A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is
sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Yep, Laurence
Dragonwings
FIC Y437d
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in
San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
Yep, Laurence
Dragon’s
Gate
FIC Y437dsg
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is
sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working
to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra
Nevada Mountains in 1867.
Yep, Laurence
Hiroshima
FIC Y437hi
Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly
as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
Yep, Laurence
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner
FIC Y437jo
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal
as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle
during the Gold Rush.
Yep, Laurence
The
Tiger’s Apprentice (series)
FIC YEP LA Tig/App
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy
fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would
use its power to destroy the world.
NON-FICTION
Young, Ed
Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
133.5 Y84c
According to Chinese legend, the twelve animals of the zodiac were selected
by the Jade Emperor after he invited all the animals to participate in
a race. This is the story of that race.
Waters, Kate
Lion
Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year
394.2 W317L
Describes 6-year-old Ernie’s preparations, at home and in school,
for the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Demi
Happy
New Year! Kung-hsi Fa-ts’ai!
394.261 D395h
Examines the customs, traditions, food, and lore associated with the
celebration of Chinese New Year.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane
Celebrating Chinese New Year
394.261 H856c
Depicts a San Francisco boy and his family preparing for and enjoying
their celebration of the Chinese New Year, their most important holiday.
Behrens, June
Gung Hay Fat Choy
394.2683 B394g
Explains the significance of the Chinese New Year and describes its celebration
by Chinese Americans.
Demi
Kites: Magic Wishes that Fly Up to the Sky
394.26951 D395k
Retells the Chinese legend of how kites came to be so popular, eventually
evolving into a celebration called the Double Ninth Festival.
Stepanchuk, Carol
Red Eggs and Dragon Boats: Celebrating Chinese Festivals
394.26951 St43r
This is a book about the celebration of Chinese festivals including the
Chinese lunar New Year, Clear Brightness Festival, Full-month red egg
and ginger party, Dragon Boat festival and Moon festival.
Bodkin, Odds
The Crane Wife
398.2 B632c
A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker
who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical
sails.
Bouchard, David
The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend
398.2 B665d
Frightened into sleeplessness by the noisy celebration of the Chinese
New Year, a young girl takes comfort in her grandmother’s soothing
story of a dragon, a mother’s sorrow, and Buddha.
Climo, Shirley
The Korean Cinderella
398.2 C614
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella, but not everyone knows the story
of how Pear Blossom, the Korean Cinderella, is treated like a slave by
her jealous stepmother and forced to perform three impossible tasks.
Coburn, Jewell Rinehart
Angkat: The Cambodian Cinderella
398.2 C639a
A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a prince,
is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue, returns
to become queen.
Mosel, Arlene
The Funny Little Woman
398.2 M852f
In this tale set in old Japan, a lively little woman who loves to laugh
pursues her runaway dumpling-and must outwit the wicked three-eyed oni
when she lands in their clutches.
Mosel, Arlene
Tikki Tikki Tembo
398.2 M852t
When the eldest son fell in the well and too much time was spent pronouncing
his full name, the Chinese decided to give all their children short names.
Paterson, Katherine
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
398.2 P273t
A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess
the drake for his colorful beauty, rewards a compassionate couple who
risk their lives to reunite the ducks.
San Souci, Daniel
In the Moonlight Mist: A Korean Tale
398.2 Sa53I
A good-hearted woodcutter finds a heavenly wife in this retelling of
a Korean folk tale.
Sierra, Judy
Tasty Baby Belly Buttons
398.2 Si17t
Uriko-hime, a girl born from a melon, battles the monstrous oni, who
steal babies to eat their tasty belly buttons.
Yep, Laurence
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and the Beast Tale
398.2 Y43d
A poor farmer's youngest daughter agrees to marry a fierce dragon in
order to save her father's life.
Yep, Laurence
The Rainbow People
398.2 Y43r
A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales passed on by word of mouth
for generations, as told by some old-timers newly settled in the United
States.
Young, Ed
Lon Po Po
398.2 Y84L
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who
is disguised as their grandmother.
Young, Ed
The Sons of the Dragon King: A Chinese Legend
398.2 China YOU
The nine immortal sons of the Dragon King set out to make something of
themselves, and each, with help from a watchful father, finds a role
that suits his individual strengths.
Casanova, Mary
The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale
398.20951 C263h
After learning to understand the language of animals, Hai Li Bu the hunter
sacrifices himself to save his village.
MacDonald, Margaret Read
The Girl who Wore Too Much: A Folktale from Thailand
398.209593 M145g
Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses
and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all.
Hong, Lily Toy
Two of Everything
398.21 H757
A poor Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot which complicates his life.
Louie, Ai-Ling
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
398.21 L929y
A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother
to become the bride of a prince.
Coburn, Jewell Rinehart
Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella
398.22 C639j
Despite a cruel stepmother's schemes, Jouanah, a young Hmong girl, finds
true love and happiness with the aid of her dead mother's spirit and
a pair of special sandals.
Snyder, Dianne
The Boy of the Three Year Nap
398.22 Sn926
A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her
son.
Yolen, Jane
The Emperor and the Kite
398.22 Y78e
When the emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, his smallest daughter
uses her kite to rescue him.
Ginsburg, Mira
The Chinese Mirror
398.270951 G435c
A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from
China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and
sees a different stranger.
Gollub, Matthew
Cool Melons--Turn to Frogs
895.6135 G582c
This biography of Japanese poet Issa, introduces readers to over 30 of
his best-loved haiku and is illustrated by one of Japan's premiere calligraphers.
Sinnott, Susan
Extraordinary Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
920.073 SIN
Biographical sketches of notable Asian American and Pacific Islander
Americans, from the nineteenth century up to the present.
Tsuchiya, Yukio
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People, and War
940.53 T789f
A moving story about three performing elephants that were starved to
death at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo during World War II.
Cooper, Michael L.
Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp
940.5472 C786r
In this close look at the first relocation camp built for Japanese evacuees
living on the West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, words from
diaries, journals, and memoirs give first-person accounts from behind
the barbed wire
Fritz, Jean
China Homecoming
951.212 F919c
The author describes her return to Hankou, her home town, four decades
after she left.
Blumberg, Rhoda
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
952.025 B625c
Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society
to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic
achievements.
Lorbiecki, Marybeth
Children of Vietnam
959.7 L883c
Introduces the history, geography, and culture of Vietnam through the
daily lives of children who live there.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane
Hoang-Anh: A Vietnamese-American Boy
973.04959 H829
A Vietnamese American boy describes the daily activities of his family
in San Rafael, California, and the traditional culture and customs that
shape their lives.
BIOGRAPHY
Freedman, Russell
Confucius: The Golden Rule
BIO C76fr
An illustrated introduction to the life and teachings of the Chinese
philosopher Confucius.
Fritz, Jean
Homesick: My Own Story
Biography F9194ah
The author describes the events of her youth in the turbulent China of
the 1920s
Blumberg, Rhoda
Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
BIO N146bL
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves
him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old
Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese
person to set foot in the United States.
Say, Allen
El Chino
BIO W8465
A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese America who became a famous bullfighter
in Spain.
Youth Services Division January 2006