Hmong/Hmong American

A Map into the World

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 05 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents

Astrid and Apollo (Series)

by V.T. Bidania

Age 06 or older

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

Dia’s Story Cloth

by Dia Cha

Age 06 or older

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

From the Tops of The Trees

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 07 or older

Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Camp, Refugee: War/Conflict

Staring Down the Tiger: Stories of Hmong American Women

by Pa Der Vang (Editor)

Age 12 or older

Themes: Anthology, 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, 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, Recommended: Counterpoint to AAPI Hate

The Most Beautiful Thing

by Kao Kalia Yang

Age 07 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Camp, Refugee: Economic Crisis

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: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Refugee Camp, Refugee: War/Conflict, The Arts