Hmong/Hmong American
A Home on the Page
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
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook
A Year Without Home
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)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Animals, Arts, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, STEM
Caged
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
Age 06 or older
Themes: Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict
Extraordinary Eliana and the Delightful Dance (Extraordinary Eliana #4)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Blue House I Loved
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Age 05 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
The Whispering Cloth
Age 06 or older
Themes: Arts, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
Tinkering Towards My Spark (Our Stories Carried Us Here)
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