Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
This is Andrea Wang’s and my fourth installment of our Asian Culture Series. Today, we are talking oodles of noodles! Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea Wang September 2018: Cover Reveal! Andrea’s MAGIC RAMEN: The Story of Momofuku Ando February 2019: Cover Reveal! Mia’s Sumo Joe Sumo Joe releases in one week on June 11, 2019! April 2019:…
Welcome to the first installment in our Asian Culture and KidLit series! Andrea Wang is so excited to reveal the cover for her second picture book, Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando, illustrated by Japanese artist Kana Urbanowicz and published by little bee books (March 2019). Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea…
I’m excited to announce an Asian culture series with author Andrea Wang. You might know her for her picture book The Nian Monster. I have her book on my Lunar New Year book list. She has a new picture book biography coming up about Cup of Noodles founder Momofuku Ando. I have my debut picture book, Sumo…
I wanted to share a robust conversation that I had with two middle grade authors recently after posting this video that compared their two characters — both half-Filipino. One author is #OwnVoices and one is not. I have been tracking Filipino-American children’s books because I’m shocked and dismayed how few there are. This is especially…
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am going to give a shout out to all the AAPI children’s book authors and illustrators that I can think of with a book published in the last 18 months. I will be listing them by book genre in the hopes that you, my readers,…