Japanese/Japanese American
A Boy Named Isamu
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Celebrations, Format: Audiobook
A Study in Secrets (Last Chance Academy #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Mystery, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: International Menace (#3)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: New School Skirmish (#1)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: Public Enemy Number One (#2)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Own Voices/Lived Experience
American Panda
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Immigrant: Education
Anna’s Kokeshi Dolls: A Children’s Story Told in English and Japanese
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 1st, Multilingual: Japanese/English Bilingual
Anzu and the Art of Friendship
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by School
Anzu and the Realm of Darkness
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Celebrations, Celebrations: Obon, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Buddhist, Religious Background: Shinto, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Aya and Her Magic Cat: A Graphic Novel
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Humor, Genre: Magical Realism, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Barbed Wire Between Us
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Genre: Historical, Genre: Poetry, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Undocumented, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing
Bompa’s Insect Expedition
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 2nd, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Brave Mrs. Sato
Age 4 or older
Themes: Generational Differences, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Café Con Lychee
Age 13 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports
Checked
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness
Chopsticks Are
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Education & Literacy, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Multilingual: Korean Featured Words, Multilingual: Malay Featured Words, Multilingual: Mandarin Featured Words, Multilingual: Taiwanese Featured Words, Multilingual: Thai Featured Words, Multilingual: Vietnamese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Come on In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home
Age 12 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Multiracial, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country
Displacement
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 3rd, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Does My Head Look Big In This?
Age 12 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Immigrant: Economic, Religious Background: Muslim
Dream, Annie, Dream
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Coming of Age, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Arabic/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Bengali/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Bengali/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Chinese/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Mandarin/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Día de Empanadillas
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Dia do Bolinho
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Portuguese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Jounen Dumpling
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Haitian Creole/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / La Journée des Bouchées
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: French/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Ngày Làm Bánh
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Vietnamese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Soup
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: New Years, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 3rd, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Featured Words, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Multilingual: Korean Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Emiko
Age 12 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Romance, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Encore!
Age 13 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Romance, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience