People & Places - United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander
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Box of Dreams
$19.99 Add to cartA little girl watches as her mama fills up a big box, but this is no ordinary package. It has a special name: the balikbayan box.
Together, they pack all sorts of gifts and treats for their family in t
- Author: Kazmi, Faith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0063251361
- Language: English
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Where Thuong Keeps Love
$16.99 Add to cartInspired by the subtle yet unique differences in the notion of love between American and Vietnamese cultures, Where Thuong Keeps Love is a beautiful exploration of the nonverbal ways love is held and
- Author: Buu, Thu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1513289438
- Language: English
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Apple Pie Fourth of July
$8.99 Read moreShocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But … [more below]
- Author: Wong, Janet S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0152057080
- Language: English
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Project Nature
$8.99 Read moreJina and her family like to spend time in nature. When Jina learns that a lot of kids don’t often experience the great outdoors, she comes up with plans to start her very own nature club. But when Jin… [more below]
- Series: Jina Jeong
- Author: Kim, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1484679644
- Language: English
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Yasmin the Ice Skater
$7.99 Add to cartYasmin and her friend Emma are heading to the ice rink. But Yasmin has never skated before, and she’s nervous! After a series of excuses, will Yasmin hang up her skates or find the courage to step ont… [more below]
- Series: Yasmin
- Author: Faruqi, Saadia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666331473
- Language: English
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Pippa Park Crush at First Sight
$16.99 Read more“Charming and Entertaining” – Common Sense Media
Join Pippa Park as she juggles friendships, peer pressure, crushes, and family in the sequel to the relatable drama-filled middle school book Pippa Pa- Series: Pippa Park #2
- Author: Yun, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1944020802
- Language: English
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You Are Here: Connecting Flights
$9.99 Add to cartA powerful and engaging exploration of contemporary Asian American identity through interwoven stories set in a teeming Chicago airport, written by award-winning and bestselling East and Southeast Asi
- Author: Oh, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0063239094
- Language: English
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Golden Girl
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the award-winning, ALA Notable author of Unsettled and Lailah’s Lunchbox, this is a captivating coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani American
- Author: Faruqi, Reem
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0063044757
- Language: English
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Project Pets
$23.99 Read moreJina wants to find homes for pets in need! When a litter of kittens and their mother show up at her cousin Shawn’s house, Jina is determined that the kittens will be perfect pets. But Jina’s plans don… [more below]
- Series: Jina Jeong
- Author: Kim, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1484689984
- Language: English
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Chinatown
$8.99 Read moreChinatown. City within a city. Home to street cobblers and herbalists, tai chi masters and kung fu students, outdoor fish markets and lots and lots of restaurants. And best of all, when the Chinese Ne
- Author: Low, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250846587
- Language: English
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Project Friendship
$23.99 Read moreJina’s on a mission to cheer up her grandmother whose best friend moved away. Jina decides to do all the things Halmoni loves, but her plans flounder. When Jina discovers the library needs volunteer r… [more below]
- Series: Jina Jeong
- Author: Kim, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1484689976
- Language: English
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Yasmin the Farmer
$7.99 Add to cartYasmin and her family are going to the farm! When Farmer Tom? puts her in charge of the baby chicks, Yasmin is thrilled! But then a baby chick goes missing. Can Farmer Yasmin bring the flock back toge… [more below]
- Series: Yasmin
- Author: Faruqi, Saadia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666331406
- Language: English
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My Name Is Yoon
$9.99 Read moreGetting to feel at home in a new country
Yoon’s name means “shining wisdom,” and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to wri- Author: Recorvits, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 10 2014
- ISBN10: 1250057116
- Language: English
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The Lotus Seed
$9.99 Add to cartWhen she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland. “Exquisite artwork fuses with a compelling narrative–a concise endnote places… [more below]
- Author: Garland, Sherry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0152014837
- Language: English
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Project Food Drive
$23.99 Add to cartEach class is competing to collect the most food for the local food pantry. The winning class gets to pick books for the library! Jina and her friends know exactly which books they’d pick. But what ha… [more below]
- Series: Jina Jeong
- Author: Kim, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 148467961X
- Language: English
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My Nest of Silence
$18.99 Add to cart“Evocative prose and illustrations bring to life…[the] heart-wrenching decisions and considerations that Japanese Americans had to face…[and] their endurance, sacrifices, and resilience, even as t… [more below]
- Author: Faulkner, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1534477624
- Language: English
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Paper Son: Lee’s Journey to America
$17.99 Read moreIn 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee… [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: James, Helen Foster
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1585368334
- Language: English
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The Tricky Tooth
$7.99 Add to cartEveryone in Katie Woo’s class has lost a tooth, except her She tries everything she can think of to make her wiggly tooth fall out, but nothing works. Will she ever lose her tricky tooth?
- Series: Katie Woo
- Author: Manushkin, Fran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1404866116
- Language: English
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Mindy Kim and the Big Pizza Challenge
$6.99 Add to cartFresh Off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in this adorable chapter book series following Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl–in this sixth novel, Mindy enters a delicious pizza competition!
Mindy Ki- Series: Mindy Kim #6
- Author: Lee, Lyla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1534488979
- Language: English
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The Many Meanings of Meilan
$9.99 Read more“The little girl I was would have been thrilled to encounter Meilan… having found a character who embraces the complexity of being both Chinese and American, I would have been able to echo her words… [more below]
- Author: Wang, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0593111303
- Language: English
