Lynnfield Public Library: Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Children's And YA Books

Press release from Lynnfield Public Library:

Alexandra Lambright

May 21, 2021

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

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho, illustrated by Dung Ho

Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho, illustrated by Holly Meade

Bindu’s Bindis by Supriya Kelkar, illustrated by Parvati Pillai

Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim, illustrated by the author

A Different Pond by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui

Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan, illustrated by Lillian Hsu-Flanders

Fish for Jimmy by Katie Yamasaki, illustrated by the author

The Twins’ Blanket by Hyewon Yum, illustrated by the author

Children’s Fiction

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Dumpling Days by Grace Lin

The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

Any Day With You by Mae Respicio

Stargazing by Jen Wang

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Young Adult Fiction

A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai 

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi

Parachutes by Kelly Yang

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

This press release was produced by Lynnfield Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.