Hmong/Hmong American

A Home on the Page

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Exploration, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution

A Map into the World

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook

A Year Without Home

by V. T. Bidania

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Genre: Historical, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Setting: Refugee Camp

Astrid and Apollo (Series)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 06 or older

Themes: Animals, Arts, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, STEM

Caged

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp

Dia’s Story Cloth

by Dia Cha

Age 06 or older

Themes: Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict

Extraordinary Eliana and the Delightful Dance (Extraordinary Eliana #4)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 05 or older

Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Extraordinary Eliana and the Excellent Egg Rolls (Extraordinary Eliana #3)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Extraordinary Eliana and the Magnificent Hmong New Year (Extraordinary Eliana #1)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Extraordinary Eliana and the Perfect Pa Dow (Extraordinary Eliana #2)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 05 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

From the Tops of The Trees

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 07 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp

Grandfather’s Story Cloth

by Linda A. Gerdner

Age 06 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Multilingual: Hmong/English Bilingual, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness

Hmong: A Graphic History

by Vicky Lyfoung

Age 11 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Genre: Biography, Genre: Historical, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

by Judith M. Blohm

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education

Pahua and the Dragon’s Secret (Pahua Moua #2)

by Lori M. Lee

Age 08 or older

Themes: Animals, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Pahua and the Soul Stealer (Pahua Moua #1)

by Lori M. Lee

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Staring Down the Tiger: Stories of Hmong American Women

by Pa Der Vang (Editor)

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Anthology, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience

The ABCs of Asian American History

by Renee Macalino Rutledge

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Own Voices/Lived Experience

The Blue House I Loved

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness

The Diamond Explorer

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational

The Most Beautiful Thing

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 07 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Economic Crisis, Setting: Refugee Camp

The Nhia Normal: A Talent Show of Nerves

by Sheelue Yang

Age 08 or older

Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

The Nhia Normal: Losing It in Translation

by Sheelue Yang

Age 08 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

The Nhia Normal: School of Negative Thought

by Sheelue Yang

Age 08 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports

The Nhia Normal: What-a-Bummer Camp

by Sheelue Yang

Age 08 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 2nd, Mental Health, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

The Rock in My Throat

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 07 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Language Ability, Engagement Tool: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual: Hmong Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict

The Shared Room

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 05 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

The Whispering Cloth

by Pegi Deitz Shea

Age 06 or older

Themes: Arts, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp

Tinkering Towards My Spark (Our Stories Carried Us Here)

by Thai Chang

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Hmong/English Bilingual, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, STEM