Audience: Adult
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Deep Dive: Tết Nguyên Đán
Commonly called Tết, Tết Nguyên Đán is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. It’s the most important Vietnamese holiday and is celebrated between late January and mid February, marking the beginning of the lunar new year. As a time to celebrate with family and honor ancestors, Tết is a festive affair filled with wishes for health…
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Deep Dive: Lunar New Year
Families all over the world in countries such as China, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and more celebrate the Lunar New Year. To prepare for an auspicious year, families clean the house, feast, hang lanterns, and more! Read on to learn more about this very important tradition – specifically, the Year of…
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Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice
A memoir of Eddie Ahn’s life as an environmental justice lawyer and activist serving diverse communities in San Francisco for environmental catastrophes, and racial and economic inequality.
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A Duet for Home
Last year, June Yang’s father spent months saving to buy her a viola, but her father has died in an accident, and the family has been evicted. They find a place at Huey House, a homeless shelter, but June isn’t allowed to bring her viola in to practice.
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Dream Annie Dream
Brown sensitively portrays Annie’s shift from a girl who changes to fit in with the majority culture to a person who is fully aware of racial prejudice.This highlights issues faced by many Asian Americans fighting for justice.
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A Kid Like Me
Ethan doesn’t want to stand out, he just wants to fit in. fitting in is tough when you have an old cell phone, broken backpack, and thrift shop clothing.
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Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School
Mamie wanted to go to school, but Chinese children weren’t allowed. She showed up anyway. When she was turned away at the schoolhouse door, her parents sued the San Francisco school board and the case made it all the way to the California Supreme Court, which ruled that children of Chinese heritage had the right…
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The Rock in My Throat
Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee who refuses to speak at school because of the prejudice her parents experienced when trying to speak English.
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Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai’i
Sara Kehaulani Goo was enchanted by her family’s land in Hawaii. The vast area on the rugged shores of Maui’s east side—given by King Kamehameha III to her family in 1848. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500 percent increase, Sara and her family members are forced to decide whether to fight for…
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At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom
At Last She Stood describes World War II in the Philippines, Joey’s spying, Louisiana, immigration, a person with leprosy, racism, and a peacemaker.
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Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers
A comprehensive biography that covers the trauma of his early childhood through his criminal career, and prison time, then his later conversion to Islam and civil rights work. The biography continues through his assassination and continuing legacy.
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Human Rights
“All people deserve to be respected and valued. Regardless of where we were born, how much we have, what we believe or think, or our age or the color of our skin–all lives are important and we deserve to live them with satisfaction, justice, safety, and freedom. There are many different kinds of human rights…