Great Books for Asian Pacific Heritage Month

Readu Official joined 6 years, 4 months ago Awaken the inner reader in every child

Asians are an essential part of this world who have contributed in making America, and the world a better place.

This is a world for all!

Read books about the fantastic Asian Americans around you!

Their history, their culture and their stories sparkle too.

We're not separate races. There's only one human race.

Alveda King

Great Authors:

1. Grace Lin

2. Kelly Yang

3. Ed Young

4. Gene Luen Yang

5. Laurence Yep

6. Jon J. Muth

7. Linda Sue Park

Picture Books (3-6 yrs):

1. Grandfather's journey

2. Bee-bim bop!

3. Peek! A Thai Hide-and-seek

4. In a Village by the Sea

5. Ruby's Wish

6. The Lotus Seed

7. Tikki Tikki Tembo

8. Stone Soup

Award Winners for 5-6 graders

1. A Single Shard

2. The Night Diary

3. Listen, Slowly

4. A Wish in the Dark

Others:

Mindy Kim series

Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam

Red Scarf Girl

Grace Lin

Kite Flying

Paperback (Dragonfly Books May 11, 2004)

Laurence Yep

Dragon Road: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1939

Library Binding (HarperCollins Sept. 1, 2008)

Z+

Gene Luen Yang

American Born Chinese

Paperback (Square Fish Dec. 23, 2008)

Grace Lin

Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers Sept. 14, 2010)

Laurence Yep

Dragons of Silk

Hardcover (HarperCollins Sept. 13, 2011)

Ed Young

The Lost Horse: A Chinese Folktale

Library Binding (Turtleback )

Laurence Yep

The Lost Garden

Paperback (HarperCollins Sept. 20, 1996)

Laurence Yep

Sea Glass

Hardcover (Harper & Row Aug. 16, 1979)

Laurence Yep

Mountain Light

Paperback (HarperCollins Feb. 14, 1997)

Laurence Yep

The Traitor: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1885

Hardcover (HarperCollins March 1, 2003)

Grace Lin

Dumpling Days

Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers March 19, 2019)

Ed Young

Seven Blind Mice

Paperback (Puffin Books June 10, 2002)

Laurence Yep

Thief of Hearts

Paperback (HarperCollins May 9, 1997)

Grace Lin

Fortune Cookie Fortunes

eBook (Knopf Books for Young Readers Nov. 27, 2013)

Grace Lin

Starry River of the Sky

Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Feb. 11, 2014)

Laurence Yep

Dragon's Gate

Paperback (HarperCollins Jan. 23, 2001)

Grace Lin

The Year of the Dog

Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers May 2, 2007)

Laurence Yep

Dragonwings

Paperback (HarperCollins Jan. 23, 2001)

Z+

Gene Luen Yang

Saints

eBook (First Second Sept. 10, 2013)

Ed Young

My Mei Mei

Hardcover (Philomel Feb. 16, 2006)

Ed Young

Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

Paperback (Square Fish Nov. 15, 1998)

Grace Lin

When the Sea Turned to Silver

Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Sept. 5, 2017)

Ed Young

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Paperback (Puffin Books April 16, 1996)

Ed Young

The Cat From Hunger Mountain

Hardcover (Philomel Books Nov. 15, 2016)

Ed Young

What About Me?

Hardcover (Philomel June 10, 2002)

Grace Lin

Kite Flying

Paperback (Dragonfly Books May 11, 2004)

Laurence Yep

The Serpent's Children: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1849

Paperback (HarperCollins Jan. 23, 2001)

Ed Young

Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China

Hardcover (Chronicle Books Aug. 25, 2005)

Grace Lin

The Year of the Rat

Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers March 19, 2019)

Kelly Yang

Three Keys

Hardcover (Scholastic Press Sept. 15, 2020)

Grace Lin

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers July 1, 2009)

Kelly Yang

Parachutes

Hardcover (Katherine Tegen Books May 26, 2020)

Laurence Yep

Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531

Hardcover (Scholastic Inc. Sept. 1, 2001)

Kelly Yang

Front Desk

Paperback (Arthur A. Levine Books June 25, 2019)

Grace Lin

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

eBook (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Aug. 28, 2018)

Grace Lin

Mulan: Before the Sword

Hardcover (Disney Press Feb. 11, 2020)

Z+

Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien

Boxers

Paperback (First Second Sept. 10, 2013)

Ed Young

Mouse Match: A Chinese Folktale

Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books Oct. 1, 1997)

Linda Sue Park

A Single Shard

Hardcover (Clarion Books April 23, 2001)

Linda Sue Park, Ho Baek Lee

Bee-bim Bop!

Hardcover (Clarion Books Sept. 12, 2005)

Lyla Lee, Dung Ho

Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade

Paperback (Aladdin Jan. 14, 2020)

Lyla Lee, Dung Ho

Mindy Kim, Class President

Paperback (Aladdin Sept. 15, 2020)

Huynh Quang Nhuong, Jean Tseng, Mou-sien Tseng

Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam

Paperback (HarperCollins Jan. 16, 1999)

Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Paperback (Square Fish April 17, 2007)

Veera Hiranandani

The Night Diary

Hardcover (Kokila March 6, 2018)

Allen Say

Grandfather's Journey

Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers Nov. 5, 2013)

Ji Li Jiang

Red Scarf Girl

Hardcover (HarperCollins Children's Books Oct. 1, 1997)

Christina Soontornvat

A Wish in the Dark

Hardcover (Candlewick March 24, 2020)

Lyla Lee, Dung Ho

Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business

Paperback (Aladdin Jan. 14, 2020)

Muon Van, April Chu

In a Village by the Sea

Hardcover (Creston Books May 12, 2015)

Shirin Yim, Sophie Blackall

Ruby's Wish

Hardcover (Chronicle Books Sept. 1, 2002)

Lyla Lee, Dung Ho

Mindy Kim and the Birthday Puppy

Paperback (Aladdin June 9, 2020)

Minfong Ho, Holly Meade

Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek

Hardcover (Candlewick Aug. 19, 2004)

Thanhhà Lai

Listen, Slowly

Paperback (HarperCollins May 17, 2016)

Sherry Garland, Tatsuro Kiuchi

The Lotus Seed

Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books April 30, 1993)

Marcia Brown

Stone Soup

Paperback (Aladdin Aug. 1, 1997)

Jon J Muth, Jon J. Muth

Stone Soup

Hardcover (Scholastic Press March 1, 2003)

Jon J Muth, Jon J. Muth

Zen Shorts

Hardcover (Scholastic Press March 1, 2005)

Jon J. Muth

Zen Ties

Hardcover (Scholastic Press Feb. 1, 2008)

Jon J Muth

Zen Happiness

Hardcover (Scholastic Press March 26, 2019)

Jon J. Muth

The Three Questions

Hardcover (Scholastic Press April 1, 2002)

Jon J Muth

Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons

Hardcover (Scholastic Press Feb. 25, 2014)

Linda Sue Park

Prairie Lotus

eBook (Clarion Books March 3, 2020)

Linda Sue Park

The Kite Fighters

Paperback (Clarion Books June 7, 2010)

Linda Sue Park, Matt Phelan

Xander's Panda Party

Paperback (Clarion Books Dec. 5, 2017)