Chinese New Year is Saturday, January 28th, 2017. It’s the year of the rooster! Are you born during the Year of the Rooster? Years of the Rooster include 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, and 2029. Your Rooster personality can be described as: Hardworking, resourceful, courageous, talented and confident. Roosters are extroverts, outspoken,…
Category: Asian American Children’s Books
Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
Chinese New Year Books Instead of Tikki Tikki Tembo
Inside: Did you know that Tikki Tikki Tembo can set the wrong tone for Chinese culture? Grab these children’s books about the Chinese New Year to read instead. I’ve read Tikki Tikki Tembo to my kids so many times that we all can say his long version name. I want to suggest other books for…
35 Japanese Internment Books for Kids & My Family’s Story
During WWII, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 in response to prejudiced fears that Japanese Americans were spies. I’m probably one of a few children’s book bloggers whose family was forced into internment camps during WWII for being Japanese…
16 Books For Kids About Cambodia (ages 4 to 16)
I was working on book lists for Hmong, Lao, Vietnam, and Cambodia, but it turns out that there are few fiction books on their countries but quite a few on Cambodia. Like Japanese American books that mostly focus on WWII internment, many fiction books revolve on Khmer Rouge Cambodia, a heartbreaking event in history. Still,…
Durga Puja and the Festivals of India
Please welcome Shoumi Sen who is guest posting for me today. She’s the author of Celebrate Durga Puja With Me! Her book celebrates an important festival of India, Durga Puja, which is about the Mother Goddess, and the victory of the revered warrior Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Like Chinese New Year, families…
15 Great Children’s Books on China
Discover the 10 best books on China for kids! Learn about Chinese culture and read children’s books with Chinese characters. We’re creating a Multicultural Children’s Book Day eBook of diversity book resources. Twenty-two bloggers and authors are contributing their best diversity lists to help educators and parents find the books they need: All Done Monkey, Books My…
20+ Wonderful Lunar New Year Books for Kids
Inside: Read about the wonderful traditions, history, and fun stories with these Chinese New Year books for kids! Perfect for children to celebrate and learn. Chinese New Year may be what most of us think of when we think of Asian New Year celebrations marked by dumplings, lion dances, new clothes, and feasts. I’ve included…