Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
Discover wonderful Chinese folk tales for kids with these children’s books! These legends, fables, and stories celebrate the great culture of China. I grew up with just one Chinese Folk Tale picture book. I had a tattered copy of The Five Chinese Brothers with cartoon-like illustrations. It wasn’t my favorite book and so I didn’t…
Please welcome my guest author today, Padma Venkatraman, with an extensive list of books for kids and teens to learn about Indian culture. She has broken out her list into four categories: picture books younger middle grade older middle grade/younger young adult Young adult/adult We are also giving away 4 copies of her books. To…
According to legend, Vietnam’s history began four thousand years ago when a dragon prince named Loc Long Quan married a fairy princess named Au Co. They had one hundred children, but this was too much for them to handle, so the parents agreed to separate. Au Co moved to the mountains with half of the…
Please welcome my guest author today, Chitra Soundar of Pattan’s Pumpkin. p.s. For anyone who wants to learn more about India, here is a beautiful nonfiction book! My Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilam, illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti Through objects collected in a trunk by Thara’s grandmother Nanjijee, readers go on an adventure all over India. The…
Author Debbi Michiko Florence and I are creating a six-part Asian Culture Series with books, activities, and recipes. We are kicking off the series by looking at the Asian New Year. This is part one of our 6 Part Asian Craft and Culture Series: November 2017: Asian New Year February 2018: Asian Drumming May 2018: Pink…
Please welcome author Dori Jones Yang, whose latest book is The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball. She presents ten middle grade chapter books to learn about Chinese culture. It’s a great list! We are also giving away 3 copies of The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. How about…
It’s clear to me when trying to create this list that there are not enough Lao and Hmong children’s books out there! They were hard to come by even through my public library system so I purchased Lao Folktales and The Hemp and the Beeswax: A Hmong Cinderella. If you need either for your home…