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A Golden Eid

by Hiba Noor Khan

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

A Morning With Grandpa

by Sylvia Liu

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generational Differences, Own Voices/Lived Experience

An Asian American A to Z: A Children’s Guide to Our History

by Cathy Linh Che

Age 05 or older

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

Built to Last

by Minh Lê

Age 03 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Early Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM

Eid for Nylah

by Nizrana Farook

Age 04 or older

Themes: Animals, Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Everyone is Welcome

by Phuong Truong

Age 06 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual

Eyes That Speak to the Stars

by Joanna Ho

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Girls Like Girls

by Hayley Kiyoko

Age 13 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Here I Am

by Patti Kim

Age 06 or older

Themes: Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Graphic Novel, Format: Wordless, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Past)

If You Still Recognize Me

by Cynthia So

Age 14 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience

In the Mix (Fearless Series #3)

by Mandy Gonzalez

Age 08 or older

Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Genre: Mystery

Lucky Cat

by AsianBoss Girl (Melody Cheng, Janet Want, Helen Wu)

Age 04 or older

Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Match Point!

by Maddie Gallegos

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Sports, Welcoming by Individual

Papa’s Butter Chicken: A Celebration of Family and Community

by Monica Saigal

Age 03 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents

PAWS: Priya Puts Herself First (PAWS #3)

by Nathan Fairbairn

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Humor

Pie in the Sky

by Remy Lai

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Bossy Best Friend (Shermy and Shake #3)

by Kirby Larson

Age 06 or older

Themes: Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents

Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-New Kid (Shermy and Shake #2)

by Kirby Larson

Age 06 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents

Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor (Shermy and Shake #1)

by Kirby Larson

Age 06 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook

The Care and Keeping of Grandmas

by Jennifer Mook-Sang

Age 03 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Welcoming by Individual

The Hair She Wears

by Deepika Kaur Pujji

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Sikh

The Train Home

by Dan-ah Kim

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allegory, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore

What Color is My Patka?

by Deepika Kaur Pujji

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Sikh

Wildful

by Kengo Kurimoto

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Mental Health, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness

You Are Life

by Bao Phi

Age 05 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cultural Empowerment, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience