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American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Books for Middle Grade
Read AAPI Voices
¡Celebre Día! / Celebrate Día!
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Books for Middle Grade
Read AAPI Voices
¡Celebre Día! / Celebrate Día!
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In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
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A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend’s drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before—in fact, his eyes are like his father’s, his agong’s, and his little brother’s, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men in his family, he recognizes...
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Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Books for Middle Grade
For National Reading Month, Read Across America Titles
For National Reading Month, Read Across America Titles
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"Twelve young Asians Americans cross paths, meeting challenges and victories, in a busy airport"--
4) Top story
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Front desk volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She’s spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco’s Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it’s the place to find a great story—one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco.
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Publisher Annotation: A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother?s, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life,...
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Ming stories (Deirdre Sullivan) volume 2
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English
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"Ming and Poppy's journey takes them over sidewalk cracks and dancing shadows, past honking horns and crowded crosswalks. They greet old friends and make new ones, while sharing stories, secrets, and the sting of painful words"--
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Jasmine Toguchi volume 4
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.
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Mindy Kim volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Mindy Kim wants to fit in at her new school, but her favorite lunch leads to scorn, then a thriving business, and finally big trouble.
11) Hot pot night
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In this version of the classic Stone Soup tale, nobody in the apartment building has enough ingredients for dinner, so a Taiwanese child suggests that they have a community hot pot night. Everybody contributes something, bringing their diverse community together for a delicious meal. Includes a recipe for hot pot.
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Pippa Park volume 1
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Fabled Films Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the “Rules of Cool.” At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform...
13) Where's Halmoni?
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Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Book
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters.
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Ming stories (Deirdre Sullivan) volume 1
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English
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Ming goes to preschool, where she bravely plays all kinds of games with new friends and old, but she is still not quite ready for the big red slide.
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Cilla Lee-Jenkins volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"A half-Chinese, half-Caucasian girl's 'memoir' about a new sibling, being biracial, and her path to literary greatness"--
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Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--
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