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Asian Heritage Month

GRADES K–3
Chopsticks by Jon Berkeley

Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley
Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
Happy New Year! Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'Ai! by Demi
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Kites by Demi
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Night of the Ninjas by Mary Pope Osborne
The Prince Who Ran Away by Anne Rockwell; illustrated by Fahimeh Amiri
The Silver Charm by Robert D. San Souci; illustrated by Yoriko Ito
The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer
Tasty Baby Belly Buttons by Judy Sierra; illustrated by Meilo So
Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne

GRADES 4–5
Echoes of White Giraffe by Sook Nyul Choi
Breath of the Dragon by Gail Giles
The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman
Goodbye Vietnam by Gloria Whelan
The Iron Dragon Never Sleeps by Stephen Krensky
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
See Saw Girl by Linda Sue Park
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers by Lensey Namioka
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

GRADES 6–8
Children of the River by Linda Crew
China's Son by Da Chen
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples
I Am An American By Jerry Stanley

Mismatch by Lensey Namioka
An Ocean Apart, a World Away by Lensey Namioka
One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Spring Tone by Kazumi Yumoto
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka
Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Wandering Warrior by Da Chen
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

GRADES 9–12
China's Son by Da Chen
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
Wandering Warrior by Da Chen

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