Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
I’m thrilled to be participating in KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month, run by Margo Tanenbaum, of The Fourth Musketeer, and Lisa Taylor, of Shelf-employed. I met Margo at KidLitCon in 2012. Their great blog celebrates women in history by organizing a month of guest posts about women in history. My post on Anna May Wong was on March…
My kids do a country unit on China in second grade where they spent a day celebrating Chinese Culture with Red Envelope Crafts. My kids also studied Mandarin Chinese and my oldest middle school Chinese language teacher also did a Chinese New Year celebration with crafts and food. Last year was The Year of the Horse,…
Inside: Does your child love everything ninja and martial arts? Take a look at our top selections of the best ninja books for kids! My kids are one-quarter Japanese and they wish that their Japanese ancestry is steeped in the way of the ninja. It’s not. Their heritage is actually that of Daimyo, a feudal landowner/warlord,…
I’m part of the Read Around The World Summer Series hosted by Multicultural Kid Blogs. Today, I wanted to introduce you to a Young Adult (YA) find that had me riveted! Jet Black and the Ninja Wind by Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz Husband and wife team joined forces to write this action adventure YA novel that…
I’m so excited for this giveaway from the nice folks from Tuttle Publishing! They sent me a party box centered around Mei-Mei’s Lucky Birthday Noodles to giveaway to YOU! Lately, my kids enjoy Dim Sum but balk at Cantonese-style Chinese Seafood which is what my husband and I love most. But Chinese noodle dishes are…
Being Asian means that you are all about food. Did you know that the greeting in Chinese, 你吃了吗？ {Ni (third tone) Chi (first tone) Le (first tone) Ma(third tone), means have you eaten yet?! The family-style serving platters set the tone; meals are meant to be eaten together! It’s no surprise that there are quite…
Today is World Book Night and the purpose is to spread the love of reading from person to person. World Book Night has assembled a book list for 2014 and I’ve highlighted the books for kids and teens. I hope you get a chance to spread the love of reading tonight by reading together or…