Audience: Adult
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Saving Five
“Nguyen’s narrative cuts back and forth in time, from her childhood growing up with a violently abusive father, to the landmark moment in 2016 when the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act was passed in Washington, to the vantage point of the adult Amanda, who eventually becomes an astronaut. Throughout, the author’s central task is to…
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Fitting Indian
This highschool graphic novel shines a light on how harmful the stigma of mental illness is and how lifesaving a community that is honest about mental health can be. All Nitasha’s parents want is for her to be the perfect Indian daughter. Everything she does seems to disappoint them, especially her mom. They just don’t…
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Everything We Never Had
Four generations of boys in a Filipino-American family deal with prejudice, and family issues. Francisco, a migrant farm worker, organizes the farm workers in his area. Emil refuses to follow in the footsteps of his labor organizer father, Francisco, and is determined to make it on his own. Chris is determined to prove that his…
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Tall Water
Nimmi wants to travel to Sri Lanka to confront the mother who refused to leave the island during a war. Her father is going back for the first time as a reporter on assignment, but he refuses to take her, because Sri Lanka is too dangerous. Nimmi buys her own ticket for her father’s flight.…
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Rick Kotani’s 400 Million Dollar Summer
Rick is a baseball-obsessed twelve-year-old who moves to Oregon to help take care of his grandfather, but ends up learning unexpected truths about his family and how they mysteriously parallel the Japanese folktale of the fisherman Urashima Taro.
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Incredible: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World
Incredible introduces some of the vast number of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders who have made significant and lasting change in the world, including groundbreaking journalist Connie Chung, first Asian American Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, and renowned singer/activist Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole.
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The Jade Bracelet
The Jade Bracelet is based on the author’s own experience of being the new kid at school and wanting to blend in. Now an elementary teacher, Hà Dinh encourages her immigrant students to share and honor their family’s traditions. She is a valued member of the TeachAAPI Educator Circle. Checkout her other titles: Ly-Lan and…
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Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery
Christine has always felt she is just half: Half American, half Japanese. As a biracial Japanese American who was born in Tokyo but raised in the US, she knows all too well what it’s like to be a part of two different worlds but never feeling as though you belong to either. Christine decides to…
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Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka
Wat was a college student when the US government forced more than 122,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast into incarceration camps during WWII. He overcame racism and segregation to join his college’s basketball team, but he was treated as an outsider because he was Japanese American. After helping Utah University’s basketball team win…
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A Kids Book About Diversity
Diversity is what makes the world such a beautiful and interesting place. Help kids understand what diversity is and how to actively embrace it in every aspect of their lives. Designed to initiate positive conversations around inclusivity and diversity, it’s the ideal starting point for young minds to learn about togetherness and respect for everyone…
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Passage of the Sun: Songkran
Every year, on April 13th, the people of Thailand bring out the water hoses. Songkran is all about making a fresh start with a splash. Songkran comes from the Sanskrit language meaning “passage of the sun” marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year.
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Every Body: A Celebration of Diverse Abilities
Celebrating children of different abilities, in images of children moving around their community, using scooters, wheelchairs, walkers, and more. The text presents their experiences navigating the world, from the park to the beach, with simple relatable language. Every Body celebrates children with varying abilities, covering neurological differences, physical differences, and health challenges.