Recommended Books by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors

May 10

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Froggy Goes to Hawaii
By: Jonathan London (Author), Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 3-6

The Name Jar
By: Yangsook Choi (Author, Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-10

Apple Pie Fourth of July
by Janet S. Wong (Author), Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-7

Baseball Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki (Author), Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 6-9

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
By: by Amy Lee-Tai (Author), Felicia Hoshino (Illustrator)
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 6-9

Ohana Means Family
by Ilima Loomis (Author), Kenard Pak (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
by Kat Zhang (Author), Charlene Chua (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

The Mountains of Mumbai
by Labanya Ghosh (Author), Pallavi Jain (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

I Dream of Popo
by Livia Blackburne (Author), Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

Too Many Mangos
by Tammy Paikai (Author), Don Robinson (Illustrator)
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 6-8

A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
by Bao Phi (Author), Thi Bui (Illustrator)
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 6-8

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
by Paula Yoo (Author), Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 6-9

The Bracelet
by Yoshiko Uchida
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
By Julie Leung (Author), Chris Sasaki (Illustrator)
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 4-8

Where's Halmoni?
by Julie Kim (Author, Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 5-9

Going Home, Coming Home
by Truong Tran, Ann Phong
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 6-9

Chachaji's Cup
by Uma Krishnaswami (Author), Soumya Sitaraman (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 6-9

MIDDLE SCHOOL

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord (Author), Marc Simont (Author)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 8-12

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain
by Katrina Saltonstall Currier (Author), Gabhor Utomo (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 9-12

Dumpling Days (part of 3-book series)
By Grace Lin (Author, Illustrator)
Genre: fiction
Age Level: 8-12

The Night Diary Paperback
by Veera Hiranandani
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 8-12

AHIMSA
by Supriya Kelkar
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 9-12

Listen, Slowly
by Thanhhà Lai
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 8-12

A Place to Belong
by Cynthia Kadohata (Author), Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 10-14

Dust of Eden
By Mariko Nagai
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 9-12

The Best We Could Do
by Thi Bui
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 8+

Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 10-14

HIGH SCHOOL

They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei (Author), Justin Eisinger (Author), Steven Scott (Author), Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 12-17

The Downstairs Girl
by Stacey Lee
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 12+

American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 12-18

Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
by David H.T. Wong
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 12+

The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community, Vision, and Power
by Michael Liu, Kim Geron, Tracy Lai
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 16+

This Time Will Be Different
by Misa Sugiura
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 13-17

American Panda
by Gloria Chao
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 12+

A Step from Heaven
by An Na
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 12+

The Astonishing Color of After
by Emily X.R. Pan
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 12+

Butterfly Yellow
by Thanhhà Lai
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 13-17

A Very Large Expanse of Sea
by Tahereh Mafi
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 13-17

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong
Genre: Non-Fiction
Age Level: 16+

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