Snooze-a-Palooza: More than 100 Slumber Party Ideas by American Girl, illustrated by Carol Yoshizumi [in AsianWeek]
31 Mar, by in Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers
What’s a slumber party without special, cool things to do? This little handbook adds pizzazz to your overnight girlfriend fun – from spa treatments to crafts to cooking to playing games to...
A beautifully rendered, haunting autobiographical story about a young boy coming of age during China’s Cultural Revolution, a time marked with incomprehensible, dangerous, chaotic change. Absolutely breathtaking.
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A small boy creates perfect little moments of love for everyone around him – for his pets, his siblings, his grandmother and, of course, his parents.
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Who doesn’t want to spend all day in their pajamas? Nakata superbly captures the energy of a little boy as he grows month to month, marking each memorable occasion – from a January snow...
As the only South Asian in her middle school, Maya knows all about being different in her tiny Canadian town. She doesn’t speak Bengali, she’s at that awkward stage of pimples and endless limbs,...
Novelist and essayist (and frequent New York Review of Books contributor) Mishra adds to what seems to be a growing hybrid genre of memoir infused with history, philosophy, and politics. What begins...
If you understand the word “otaku” (and if you don’t, you’ll have to read this to find out), then this book’s for you: the first insider’s guide in English to...
In this updated 25th-anniversary edition of how to read your personal horoscope, you’ll find a lot of “Uh-huh,” and “Oh, wow – that’s so true!” going on. Lau even cross-tabulates...
Everything you ever needed to know about celebrating the good life like a real Chinese American – from the New Year to dragon boats to weddings and even funerals. And just in...
The detailed, illustrated chapters on Kabuki, Bunraku, Nō, Kyōgen, and contemporary theater (with even a theater listings guide), make me wish this book was around when I was...
Billed for “the general reader and student alike,” this compilation is a noteworthy introduction to “the essence of Chinese poetry.” Beginning with the Book of Songs (allegedly collected...
This is one of those perfect little books that fit right in your pocket, to whip out when you have a few minutes to daydream. This slim volume offers bite-size portions of...
In the wake of the devastation caused by the Cultural Revolution and the government corruptions of the Open Door Policy, the Chinese people can do little more than just survive – and some are...
Undoubtedly, this 29-year-old author can write. His story is a little too convoluted, but it’s well worth the read. Gabriel Guttman (in German, ‘Gutmann’ is literally “good man”), a grisled Korean War veteran...
The Best Wake-up Call of All
Calls coming in at 4:26 a.m. don’t usually make most people just jump up and down and scream for joy. But Cynthia Kadohata, still half-asleep in her Los Angeles home, had...
An award-winning writer, activist, musician, and professor, Julian Lester uses his own personal story as an African American to engage young readers in exploring what makes each of us unique...
With all the endless shelves of parenting titles, why not tout one that champions Asian influences? One major diversion, however, from traditional discipline tactics attributed to Confucius: While...
A lively sourcebook filled with compelling essays that look at the Asian Pacific American experience through the experiences of APA youth – a group marked more by diversity than easy-to-define labels.
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Discovered over the last quarter-century in China and posited as the foundational text for early Taoism, Inward Training is composed of compact poetic verses written on silk and bamboo that were entombed for over...
WOW! A gorgeous photographic essay of the world’s second-largest economy that captures its ultimately high-tech contemporary achievements, sharply juxtaposed with striking images of a strongly traditional society of timeless beauty.
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