Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
Attending Kweli’s The Color of Children’s Literature Conference brought me to New York City, with just enough time to squeeze in a visit to meet Kandace Coston, my editor at Lee and Low Books for SUMO JOE, illustrated by Nat Iwata. The office building is secured, so I had to have the security guard call me…
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 by how few there are. This is…
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am creating. a huge list of Asian-Pacific American children’s books. 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…
Every March, I scratch my head to recognize Asian American and Pacific Islanders in children’s books for Women’s History Month. Here’s my (too short) list. Who am I missing? These AAPI women are notable but don’t have picture books yet… Amy Tan, author Tokyo Rose, radio personality Yoko Ono, artist Margaret Cho, actress, comedian Sandra…
Author Debbi Michiko Florence and I will be making some noise with our February offering in our Asian Culture series. This month we explore Asian drumming through books, crafts, and recipes. We will be learning about Japanese Taiko and Chinese Lion Dance which also has drummers. This is part two of our 6 Part Asian…