Shake Up Your Shelves this AAPI Heritage Month

 

Searching for some books to add to your TBR pile this month? Look no further! We’ve curated a list of books for all ages perfect for AAPI Heritage Month programming and curriculum.


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Early Readers


Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

written by Joanna Ho
illustrated by Dung Ho






Eyes That Speak to the Stars

written by Joanna Ho
illustrated by Dung Ho






Punky Aloha

written and illustrated by Shar Tuiasoa




It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

written by Kyo Maclear
illustrated by Julie Morstad




When Lola Visits

written by Michelle Sterling
illustrated by Aaron Asis





Grandfather's Journey

written and illustrated by Allen Say



A Normal Pig

written and illustrated by K-Fai Steele





Hundred Years of Happiness

written by Thanhhà Lại
illustrated by Phung Nguyên Quang & Huyanh Kim Liê
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Bee-bim Bop!

written by Linda Sue Park
illustrated by Ho Baek Lee




Thank You, Neighbor!

written and illustrated by Ruth Chan




The Grandmaster's Daughter

written and illustrated by Dan-ah Kim




Gigi and Ojiji

written and illustrated by Melissa Iwai




Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey

written and illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly






Surely Surely Marisol Rainey

written and illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly



Middle Grade


Red, White, and Whole

written by Rajani LaRocca




Prairie Lotus

written by Linda Sue Park





A Duet For Home

written by Karina Yan Glaser





Hello, Universe

written by Erin Entrada Kelly






Finding Junie Kim

written by Ellen Oh





Inside Out and Back Again

written by Thanhhà Lại





Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero

written by Saadia Faruqi





Measuring Up

written by Lily LaMotte
illustrated by Ann Xu





The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

written by Karina Yan Glaser





Dragonwings

written by Laurence Yep




Young Adult

We Are Not Free

written by Traci Chee





This Place is Still Beautiful

written by Xixi Tian




Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

written and illustrated by Laura Gao





The Silence That Binds Us

written by Joanna Ho




Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

written and illustrated by Robin Ha






A Thousand Steps Into Night

by Traci Chee




Like a Love Story

written by Abdi Nazemian





A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman




Parachutes

written by Kelly Yang





It's Not Like It's a Secret

written by Misa Sugiura




Ichiro

written and illustrated by Ryan Inzana