Celebrate Chinese New Year with an arts and crafts party for kids. Ideas include Chinese language games and crafts for kids.
Category: Asian American Children’s Books
Asian American books for kids including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian and more.
Pearl Harbor Day: 20 Books for Kids and My Mother’s Story
From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: A Personal Journey explored through children’s books on WWII Japanese American Internment.
Grace Lin’s Latest Chapter Book is Her Best Ever!
Grace Lin’s newest chapter book, Starry River of the Sky, is the companion book to Newbery Honor winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. I actually think this book is her best work to date.
Top 10: Best Asian American Books by CoolAsianKids
Best multicultural books for kids. Book reviews by kids; Cool Asian Kids to be exact!
Exploring Vietnam: Culture and KidLit
For children’s literature, I picked two books, one picture and one chapter book, that really seem evoke the culture and spirit of Vietnam. Both have a Zen quality to their story: spare, eloquent, and powerful. And both stories recall the terrible war but also the ability of the Vietnamese to transcend and make peace with it.
Top 10: Best Books by My Son in 1st Grade
What is the most surprising is how these books make us both laugh and laugh. They are really funny! Ok, maybe not the Ninjago series … that’s more action/adventure, but Dragonbreath, Alvin Ho, Frankie Pickle and Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever are snuggle up and crack up together.
More 2012 KidLit and YA Awards: Sibert, Stonewall, Morris and YALSA
Here are the rest of the 2012 Children’s and Young Adult book awards…”The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.”