May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Check out these title to celebrate and learn!
Board Books
Lunar New Year (2018) by Hannah Eliot ; illustrated by Alina Chau
One, Two, Three Dim Sum: A Mandarin-English Counting Book (2020) by Rich Lo ; also available on hoopla
Summertime Rainbow: A Bilingual Book of Colors = Xia tian de cai hong (2012) by Belle Yang
Picture Books
The Name Jar (2003) by Yangsook Choi
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music (2015) by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
Hush! : A Thai Lullaby (1996) by Minfong Ho ; pictures by Holly Meade
Red Kite, Blue Kite (2013) by Ji-li Jiang ; illustrated by Greg Ruth
Danbi Leads the School Parade (2020) by Anna Kim ; also available on OMNI
No Kimchi For Me (2007) by Aram Kim ; also available on hoopla
Where’s Halmoni? (2017) by Julie Kim
Chachaji’s Cup (2003) by Uma Krishnaswami ; illustrations by Soumya Sitaraman
Thao (2021) by Thao Lam
Drawn Together (2018) by Minh Lê ; illustrated by Dan Santat ; also available on OMNI
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (2018) by Grace Lin ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
‘Ohana Means Family (2020) by Ilima Loomis ; illustrated by Kenard Pak
Baseball Saved Us (1993) by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee ; also available on hoopla
A Different Pond (2017) by Bao Phi ; illustrated by Thi Bui ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
Wabi Sabi (2008) by Mark Reibstein ; art by Ed Young ; also available on hoopla
Bilal Cooks Daal (2019) by Aisha Saeed ; illustrated by Anoosha Syed
Monsoon Afternoon (2008) Kashmira Sheth ; illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi
Going Home, Coming Home = Vè̂ nhà, thăm quê hương (2003) by Truong Tran ; illustrations = minh họa, Ann Phong
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin (2014) by Chieri Uegaki ; illustrated by Qin Leng ; also available on hoopla
Ojiichan’s Gift (2019) by Chieri Uegaki ; illustrated by Genevieve Simms ; also available on hoopla
Apple Pie Fourth of July (2002) by Janet S. Wong ; pictures by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
A Map into the World (2019) by Kao Kalia Yang ; illustrated by Seo Kim ; also available on hoopla
Brothers (2006) by Yin ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
Puddle (2016) by Hyewon Yum
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao (2019) by Kat Zhang ; illustrated by Charlene Chua
Easy Readers
Chang’s Paper Pony (1993) by Eleanor Coerr ; pictures by Deborah Kogan Ray
Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin ; illustrated by Tammie Lyon ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
Juvenile Intermediate Fiction
Shanghai Messenger (2005) by Andrea Cheng ; with drawings by Ed Young
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen (2017) by Debbi Michiko Florence ; pictures by Elizabet Vuković
Mindy Kim series by Lyla Lee ; illustrated by Dung Ho ; also available on hoopla
The Year of the Dog (2006) by Grace Lin ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
Juvenile Fiction
Vanished (2011) by Sheela Chari ; also available on eReadIllinois
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (2017) by Karina Yan Glaser ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
Full Cicada Moon (2015) by Marilyn Hilton ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
The Night Diary (2018) by Veera Hiranandani ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
The Thing About Luck (2013) by Cynthia Kadohata ; illustrated by Julia Kuo ; also available on hoopla
Hello, Universe (2017) by Erin Entrada Kelly ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
Lalani of the Distant Sea (2019) by Erin Entrada Kelly ; illustrated by Lian Cho ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
When You Trap a Tiger (2020) by Tae Keller ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
Amina’s Voice (2017) by Hena Khan ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
I’m Ok (2018) by Patti Kim
Pie in the Sky (2019) by Remy Lai ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
Listen, Slowly (2015) by Thanhhà Lại ; also available on eReadIllinois, hoopla, & OMNI
Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (1984) by Bette Bao Lord ; illustrations by Marc Simont ; also available on hoopla
The Best At It (2019) by Maulik Pancholy ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
Prairie Lotus (2020) by Linda Sue Park ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
Heart of a Samurai: Based on the True Story of Manjiro Nakahama (2010) by Margi Preus ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu (2011) by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire (2017) by Susan Tan ; illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
Front Desk (2018) by Kelly Yang ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
Graphic Novels
Pashmina (2017) by Nidhi Chanani ; also available on OMNI
Stargazing (2019) by Jen Wang ; color by Lark Pien ; also available on eReadIllinois & OMNI
The Shark King: A Toon Book (2012) by R. Kikuo Johnson
Audiobooks
Kira-Kira (2005) by Cynthia Kadohata ; read by Elaina Erika Davis ; also available on eReadIllinois
Amina’s Voice (2017) by Hena Khan ; read by Soneela Nankani ; also available on hoopla
Alvin Ho Collection: Books 1-2 (2009) by Lenore Look ; read by Everette Plen
Biographies
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice (2020) by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by Laura ; also available on OMNI
The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Kaiulani of Hawaiʻi (2001) by Fay Stanley ; illustrated by Diane Stanley
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii (1975) by Mary Malone ; illustrated by Cary
Maya Lin: Artist and Architect (2017) by Cecelia H. Brannon
The Invisible Thread: An Autobiography (1991) by Yoshiko Uchida
Easy Nonfiction
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (2019) by Teresa Robeson ; illustrated by Rebecca Huang
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist (2017) by Jess Keating ; illustrations by Marta Alvarez Miguens ; also available on hoopla & OMNI
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee (2021) by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Julie Kwon
Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee (2009) by Marissa Moss ; illustrated by Carl Angel
Hiromi’s Hands (2007) by Lynne Barasch
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way (2019) by Kyo Maclear ; pictures by Julie Morstad
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist (2019) by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Chris Sasaki
El Chino (1990) by Allen Say
Juvenile Nonfiction
The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale (1996) retold by Yumi Heo
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (1982) retold by Ai-Ling Louie ; illustrated by Ed Young
The Woman in the Moon: A Story from Hawai’i (1996) retold by Jama Kim Rattigan ; pictures by Carla Golembe
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix (2017) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee ; illustrated by Man One ; also available on hoopla
The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China (2011) by Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen
A Kid’s Guide to Asian American History: More Than 70 Activities (2007) by Valerie Petrillo
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story (2005) by Paula Yoo ; illustrations by Dom Lee
Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku (2007) by Ellie Crowe ; illustrations by Richard Waldrep
Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown (2009) by Malathi Michelle Iyengar ; illustrations by Jamel Akib
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow = Sabaku ni saita himawari (2006) by Amy Lee-Ta ; illustrations by Felicia Hoshino ; Japanese translation by Marc Akio Lee
