by Lauren Fox, Head of Youth Services, and Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Check out these recommendations for books for children and teens. Don’t worry if you don’t get to them all in May – these books are great all year long! All of the books are available in our catalog. Email lfox@noblenet.org for more children’s and young adult recommendations.
Children’s Picture Books
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura
I Am Golden by Eva Chen, illustrated by Sophie Diao
Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho, illustrated by Dung Ho
Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes by Mahak Jain
Bindu’s Bindis by Supriya Kelkar, illustrated by Parvati Pillai
Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim, illustrated by the author
I’ll Go and Come Back by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Sara Palacio
Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura
Gibberish by Young Vo
Snow Angel, Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
Children’s Fiction
Dream, Annie, Dream by Waka T. Brown
Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year by Nina Hamza
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
Any Day With You by Mae Respicio
The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Wang
Stargazing by Jen Wang
New From Here by Kelly Yang
Young Adult Fiction
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao, with color and art assistance by Weiwei Xu
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sanji Patel
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Adult Fiction
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
Angel & Hannah by Ishle Park
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Adult Nonfiction
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E. J. Koh
The Body Papers by Grace Talusan
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
