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Picture Books Featuring Asian American Children
Cleversticks
by Bernard Ashley; illustrated
by Derek Brazell
Ling Sung happily teaches
his classmates how to use chopsticks.
Matthew’s
Truck
by Katherine Ayres; illustrated by Hideko Takahashi
Matthew has many adventures with his toy truck.
Maxwell’s
Mountain
by Shari Becker; illustrated by Nicole Wong
Maxwell prepares to climb
the mountain in the park.
Halmoni's
Day
by Edna Coe Bercaw; pictures
by Robert Hunt
Jennifer is worried that her Korean grandmother will
embarrass her on Grandparents' Day at school.
The
Bus for Us
by Suzanne Bloom
Tess pesters her older brother with the same question
over and over again while waiting for the school bus.
Ruby’s
Wish
by Shirin Yim Bridges; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read and write, Ruby
dreams of going to university with her brothers and male cousins.
Grandfather
Counts
by Andrea Cheng; illustrations
by Ange Zhang
When Helen's Chinese grandfather
comes to live with her family, the two begin
to overcome their language barrier.
My
Family Is Forever
by Nancy Carlson
A young girl recounts how she came to be part of an adopted family.
Halmoni
and the Picnic
by Sook Nyul Choi; illustrated
by Karen M. Dugan
A Korean-American girl's
third grade class helps her grandmother feel
more comfortable with her new life in the United
States.
Yunmi
and Halmoni's Trip
by Sook Nyul Choi; illustrated
by Karen Dugan
Yunmi's grandmother returns to Korea for a visit and
takes Yunmi along to meet her Korean relatives.
The
Name Jar
by Yangsook Choi
After Unhei moves from Korea
to the United States, she is embarrassed by
her Korean name and invites her classmates to
help her choose a name.
Only
You
by Robin Cruise; pictures by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
A parent describes everything there is to love about a child from morning
to night.
My
Father's Boat
by Sherry Garland; illustrated
by Ted Rand
A Vietnamese-American boy
spends a day fishing with his father on their
shrimp boat.
Henry
and the Kite Dragon
by Bruce Edward Hall; illustrated by William
Low
Henry helps make peace between the children of Chinatown
and the children of Little Italy in 1920’s New York City.
Jamaica
and Brianna
by Juanita Havill; illustrated
by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Jamaica hates wearing hand-me-down boots when her friend
Brianna has fuzzy pink ones.
In
the Snow
by Huy Voun Lee
A boy and his mother practice
writing Chinese characters in the snow.
I
Hate English!
by Ellen Levine; illustrated
by Steve Björkman
When her family moves to
New York from Hong Kong, Mei Mei doesn't want
to speak English.
I
Love You Like Crazy Cakes
written by Rose Lewis;
illustrated by Jane Dyer
A woman tells the story of
going to China to adopt a special baby girl.
Dim
Sum for Everyone!
by Grace Lin
A young girl and her family
enjoy dim sum at a restaurant in Chinatown.
Chinatown
by William Low
A boy and his grandmother
enjoy the sights and smells of Chinatown, especially
on the Chinese New Year.
The
Last Dragon
by Susan Miho Nunes;
illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
A boy finds an old ten-man
dragon and wants to repair it.
Dear
Juno
by Soyung Pak; illustrated
by Susan Kathleen Hartung
Juno, a Korean-American boy,
creatively figures out the meaning of his grandmother's
letter to him.
The
Have a Good Day Cafe
by Frances Park and Ginger Park; illustrations
by Katherine Potter
Mike's grandmother, who has moved from Korea to live
with Mike and his family in the United States, inspires him to suggest
an idea to help their floundering food cart business.
The
American Wei
by Marion Hess Pomeranc;
illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
Wei Fong loses his first tooth while going to his family's
naturalization ceremony.
Emma's
Rug
by Allen Say
A young artist struggles
to draw when her inspirational rug is taken
away.
A
River Dream
by Allen Say
While sick in bed, a boy
opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a
fantastical fishing trip.
Yoko
by Rosemary Wells
Yoko's sushi for lunch first brings laughter, then
delight, as one of her classmates tries it.
Yoko's
Paper Cranes
by Rosemary Wells
Yoko makes origami cranes,
just like her grandfather taught her, to send
to her beloved grandmother in Japan.
This
Next New Year
by Janet S. Wong; pictures
by Yangsook Choi
A boy and his family prepare
to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Umbrella
by Taro Yashima
Momo eagerly awaits the rain so she can use her new
umbrella and red boots.
Sand
Castle
by Brenda Shannon Yee;
pictures by Thea Kliros
As Jen builds a sand castle, others join in to help.
My
Mei Mei
by Ed Young
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home
a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
More Books of Asian Interest
Grandfather's
Dream
by Holly Keller
Nam shares his grandfather's dream of bringing the
cranes back to the Mekong Delta.
The
Royal Bee
by Frances Park and Ginger
Park; illustrations by Christopher Zhong-Yuan
Zhang
A poor Korean boy is determined
to win a spelling bee.
Ma
Jiang and the Orange Ants
by Barbara Ann Porte;
illustrated by Annie Cannon
Ma Jiang finds a unique way to trap the orange ants
that her mother sells in order to make a living.
Mei-Mei
Loves the Morning
written by Margaret
Holloway Tsubakiyama
paintings by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa
Hu
A young Chinese girl enjoys a morning bike ride with
her grandfather.
The
Trip Back Home
written by Janet S. Wong;
illustrated by Bo Jia
A young girl and her mother travel to Korea to visit
relatives.
