Asian American Month

Always come home to me

Yang, Belle,


A pair of young twins, living with their parents in a small town in northern China, are devastated when the doves they love and care for are given to their uncle and determine to find a way to get them back.
Date Published:2007

Bruce Lee

Pawlak, Debra Ann,


Examines the life and career of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, and discusses his childhood, personal setbacks, professional accomplishments, and other related topics.
Date Published:2009

Bruno Mars : singer and songwriter /

Rajczak Nelson, Kristen,


Profiles the life and career of musician, performer, and songwriter Bruno Mars.
Date Published:2017

Extraordinary Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Sinnott, Susan,


Rev ed. of: Extraordinary Asian Pacific Americans. 1993. Davida Malo, 1795-1853 -- Yung Wing, 1828-1912 -- Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, 1838-1917 -- Travelers to Gold Mountain, 1848 -- Polly Bemis (Lalu Nathoy), 1853-1933 -- Chinese laundry workers, 1850s -- Chinese railroad workers, 1860s -- Sugarcane workers in Hawaii, 1870s -- Prisoners of Angel Island -- D.T. Suzuki, 1870-1966 -- Mary Kawena Pukui, 1895-1986 -- Chiura Obata, 1888-1975 -- "Sessue" Kintaro Hayakawa, 1890-1973 -- Pablo Manlapit 1891-1969 -- James Wong Howe, 1899-1976 -- Dalip Singh Saund, 1899-1973 -- Isamu Noguchi, 1904-1988 -- Philip Vera Cruz, 1904-1994 -- Anna May Wong, 1905-1961 -- S.I. Hayakawa, 1906-1992 -- Hiram Leong Fong, 1906- -- Toshio Mori, 1910-1980 -- Bienvenido Santos, 1911-1996 -- Carlos Bulosan, 1911-1956 -- Ahn Chang-Ho, 1878-1938 -- Philip Ahn, 1905-1978 -- Chien-Shiung Wu, 1912-1997 -- Minoru Yamasaki, 1912-1986 -- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga, 1916-1990 -- I.M. Pei, 1917- -- Joyce Chen, 1918-1994 -- An Wang, 1920-1990 -- Sammy Lee, 1920- -- Yoshiko Uchida, 1921-1992 -- Jade Snow Wong, 1922- -- Daniel K. Inouye, 1924- -- Tsung Dao Lee, 1926- ; Chen Ning Yang, 1922- -- Patsy Takemoto Mink, 1927-2002 -- K.W. Lee, 1928- -- Gerard Tsai Jr., 1928- -- Toshiko Akiyoshi, 1929- -- Chang-Lin Tien, 1935- -- Norman Mineta, 1932- -- Nam June Paik, 1932- -- Yoko Ono, 1933- -- Seiji Ozawa, 1935- -- Zubin Mehta, 1936- -- Allen Say, 1937- -- Betta Bao Lord, 1938- -- Maxine Hong Kingston, 1940- -- Bruce Lee, 1940-1973 -- Dith Pran, 1942- -- Internment camp inmates, 1942-1945 -- Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui, Internment resistance fighters -- Ellison S. Onizuka, 1946-1986 -- Connie Chung, 1946- -- Lawrence Yep, 1948- -- June Kuramoto, 1948- -- Wayne Wang, 1949- -- Vera Wang, 1949- -- Gary Locke, 1950- -- Eugene H. Trinh, 1950- -- Amy Tan, 1952- -- Myung-Whun Chung, 1953- -- Elaine Chao, 1953- -- Ang Lee, 1954- -- Yo-Yo Ma, 1955- -- Gish Jen, 1955- -- David Henry Hwang, 1957- -- Maya Ying Lin, 1959- -- Greg Louganis, 1960- -- Jerry Yang, 1968- -- Midori, 1971- -- Kristi Yamaguchi, 1971- -- Michael Chang, 1972- -- Vietnamese boat people, 1970s -- Hmong refugees, 1970s -- Tiger Woods, 1975- -- Michelle Kwan, 1980- -- Anoushka Shankar, 1982-. Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans, from the nineteenth century up to the present.
Date Published:2003

Rev ed. of: Extraordinary Asian Pacific Americans. 1993. Davida Malo, 1795-1853 -- Yung Wing, 1828-1912 -- Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, 1838-1917 -- Travelers to Gold Mountain, 1848 -- Polly Bemis (Lalu Nathoy), 1853-1933 -- Chinese laundry workers, 1850s -- Chinese railroad workers, 1860s -- Sugarcane workers in Hawaii, 1870s -- Prisoners of Angel Island -- D.T. Suzuki, 1870-1966 -- Mary Kawena Pukui, 1895-1986 -- Chiura Obata, 1888-1975 -- "Sessue" Kintaro Hayakawa, 1890-1973 -- Pablo Manlapit 1891-1969 -- James Wong Howe, 1899-1976 -- Dalip Singh Saund, 1899-1973 -- Isamu Noguchi, 1904-1988 -- Philip Vera Cruz, 1904-1994 -- Anna May Wong, 1905-1961 -- S.I. Hayakawa, 1906-1992 -- Hiram Leong Fong, 1906- -- Toshio Mori, 1910-1980 -- Bienvenido Santos, 1911-1996 -- Carlos Bulosan, 1911-1956 -- Ahn Chang-Ho, 1878-1938 -- Philip Ahn, 1905-1978 -- Chien-Shiung Wu, 1912-1997 -- Minoru Yamasaki, 1912-1986 -- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga, 1916-1990 -- I.M. Pei, 1917- -- Joyce Chen, 1918-1994 -- An Wang, 1920-1990 -- Sammy Lee, 1920- -- Yoshiko Uchida, 1921-1992 -- Jade Snow Wong, 1922- -- Daniel K. Inouye, 1924- -- Tsung Dao Lee, 1926- ; Chen Ning Yang, 1922- -- Patsy Takemoto Mink, 1927-2002 -- K.W. Lee, 1928- -- Gerard Tsai Jr., 1928- -- Toshiko Akiyoshi, 1929- -- Chang-Lin Tien, 1935- -- Norman Mineta, 1932- -- Nam June Paik, 1932- -- Yoko Ono, 1933- -- Seiji Ozawa, 1935- -- Zubin Mehta, 1936- -- Allen Say, 1937- -- Betta Bao Lord, 1938- -- Maxine Hong Kingston, 1940- -- Bruce Lee, 1940-1973 -- Dith Pran, 1942- -- Internment camp inmates, 1942-1945 -- Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui, Internment resistance fighters -- Ellison S. Onizuka, 1946-1986 -- Connie Chung, 1946- -- Lawrence Yep, 1948- -- June Kuramoto, 1948- -- Wayne Wang, 1949- -- Vera Wang, 1949- -- Gary Locke, 1950- -- Eugene H. Trinh, 1950- -- Amy Tan, 1952- -- Myung-Whun Chung, 1953- -- Elaine Chao, 1953- -- Ang Lee, 1954- -- Yo-Yo Ma, 1955- -- Gish Jen, 1955- -- David Henry Hwang, 1957- -- Maya Ying Lin, 1959- -- Greg Louganis, 1960- -- Jerry Yang, 1968- -- Midori, 1971- -- Kristi Yamaguchi, 1971- -- Michael Chang, 1972- -- Vietnamese boat people, 1970s -- Hmong refugees, 1970s -- Tiger Woods, 1975- -- Michelle Kwan, 1980- -- Anoushka Shankar, 1982-. Biographical sketches of notable Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans, from the nineteenth century up to the present.

Date Published:2003

Eyes that weave the world's wonders

Ho, Joanna,


"A companion to ... Eyes that Kiss in the Corners"--Cover. "...comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what makes her beautiful. She learns to appreciate the differences in her family and celebrate them."--
Date Published:2024

"A companion to ... Eyes that Kiss in the Corners"--Cover. "...comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what makes her beautiful. She learns to appreciate the differences in her family and celebrate them."--

Date Published:2024

Finally heard

Yang, Kelly,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Ten-year-old Lina Gao learns the rewards and perils of social media and online forums after she helps her mother create a video for her bath bomb business and receives unfettered access to her smartphone.
Date Published:2024

Finally seen

Yang, Kelly,


Booklist starred, December 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2023. Horn Book, January 2023. Kirkus Review, December 2022. School Library Journal starred, September 2023. When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
Date Published:2024

Booklist starred, December 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2023. Horn Book, January 2023. Kirkus Review, December 2022. School Library Journal starred, September 2023. When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.

Date Published:2024

From the tops of the trees

Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Picture book tracking the true story of the author, Kao Kalia Yang, and her experiences growing up in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand holding many thousands of Hmong families who had to flee after the Secret War in Laos, which was fought during the Vietnam War. Four-year-old Kalia, never having known life outside the camp, one day is taken to climb a tree with her father, who shows her the world beyond the fence.
Date Published:2021

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Picture book tracking the true story of the author, Kao Kalia Yang, and her experiences growing up in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand holding many thousands of Hmong families who had to flee after the Secret War in Laos, which was fought during the Vietnam War. Four-year-old Kalia, never having known life outside the camp, one day is taken to climb a tree with her father, who shows her the world beyond the fence.

Date Published:2021

Front desk

Yang, Kelly,


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal Starred, Mia Tang and her immigrant parents are not exactly living the American dream since moving here from China--they live in the Calivista Motel, and Mia must tend to its guests. Her parents, meanwhile, have been hiding illegal immigrants in the motel's empty rooms, risking the wrath of the owner, Mr. Yao. On the personal life front, Mia wants to become a writer, but her mother is being very discouraging because she is better at math and English is not her first language. No matter what, however, Mia vows to follow her dreams.
Date Published:2019

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal Starred, Mia Tang and her immigrant parents are not exactly living the American dream since moving here from China--they live in the Calivista Motel, and Mia must tend to its guests. Her parents, meanwhile, have been hiding illegal immigrants in the motel's empty rooms, risking the wrath of the owner, Mr. Yao. On the personal life front, Mia wants to become a writer, but her mother is being very discouraging because she is better at math and English is not her first language. No matter what, however, Mia vows to follow her dreams.

Date Published:2019

Hannah is my name

Yang, Belle,


School Library Journal, November 2004. Horn Book, April 2005. Kirkus Review, September 2004. Library Media Connection, January 2005. Multicultural Review, March 2005. A young Chinese girl and her parents emigrate to the United States and try their best to assimilate into their San Francisco neighborhood while anxiously awaiting the arrival of their green cards.
Date Published:2004

Jake skates

Blackaby, Susan,


Jake loves to skate so much that he skates nearly everywhere he goes.
Date Published:2007

Kamala Harris : Vice President /

Neuenfeldt, Elizabeth,


"Kamala Harris is the first female, Black, and Asian American vice president! But how did she accomplish all that she has? In this leveled title, young readers are introduced to the life and work of Kamala Harris"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Lives of notable Asian Americans : business, politics, science

Ragaza, Angelo,


The Asian Americans profiled here have achieved success in fields as diverse as politics, architecture, journalism, fashion design, and astrophysics.
Date Published:1995

New from here

Yang, Kelly,


School Library Journal starred, March 2022. Booklist starred, February 2022. Library Media Connection starred, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. New York Times, March 2022. Horn Book, May 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), March 2022. Kirkus Review, January 2022. Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
Date Published:2023

School Library Journal starred, March 2022. Booklist starred, February 2022. Library Media Connection starred, March 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. New York Times, March 2022. Horn Book, May 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), March 2022. Kirkus Review, January 2022. Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.

Date Published:2023

Secret coders

Yang, Gene Luen,


"Get with the program!"--Front cover. School Library Journal, September 2015. Publisher's Weekly, June 2015. Booklist, August 2015. New York Times, August 2015. Horn Book, November 2015. Kirkus Review, June 2015. "Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2015

"Get with the program!"--Front cover. School Library Journal, September 2015. Publisher's Weekly, June 2015. Booklist, August 2015. New York Times, August 2015. Horn Book, November 2015. Kirkus Review, June 2015. "Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes!"--Amazon.com.

Date Published:2015

Three keys

Yang, Kelly,


Booklist starred, August 2020. Pub Weekly, July 2020. Kirkus Starred, June 2020. Horn Book, November 2020. "Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Booklist starred, August 2020. Pub Weekly, July 2020. Kirkus Starred, June 2020. Horn Book, November 2020. "Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Tricky twins

Blackaby, Susan,


Ricky and Nicky are twins, and even though they are like two peas in a pod, it is not as hard to tell them apart as it could be.
Date Published:2007

You are here : connecting flights /

You Are Here (Oh)


School Library Journal starred, April 2023. Booklist starred, December 2022. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, May 2023. Pub Weekly, January 2023. Kirkus Starred, January 2023. Horn Book, May 2023. "Twelve young Asians Americans cross paths, meeting challenges and victories, in a busy airport"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023