Chinese/Chinese American

A Big Mooncake for Little Star
Age 04 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Celebrations, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Counterpoint to AAPI Hate
A Glasshouse of Stars
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
A Sweet New Year for Ren
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Alma Presses Play
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Multiracial Identity, Religious Background: Jewish, The Arts
American Born Chinese
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
Age 4 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome
Age 4 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Multilingual Character, Multilingual: Mandarin/English, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Apple Pie Fourth of July
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents
Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity
Blue Gold
Age 12 or older
Themes: Human Rights Violation: Child Labor, Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Bonnie’s Rocket
Age 5 or older
Themes: Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Bringing in the New Year
Age 04 and Older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Engagement Tool: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire
Age 08 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is a Classic
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity
Crouching Tiger
Age 06 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Danny Chung Sums It Up
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Discrimination: Racial, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Welcoming by Individual
Dim Sum for Everyone
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dim Sum, Here We Come!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food
Dumpling Days
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Language, Multiracial Identity, Visiting Home Country
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents
Friends Are Friends, Forever
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cross-Group Friendship, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
Age 13 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2022, Discrimination: Racial, Genre: Historical
From Little Tokyo, With Love
Age 14 or older
Themes: Adoption, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Front Desk (Front Desk Series #1)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Counterpoint to AAPI Hate
Ginger and Chrysanthemum
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Grandfather Counts
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generational Differences: Language, Multiracial Identity