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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

13 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

I've gotten so spoiled that I have to have Malcolm Gladwell read his books to me [in true groupie mode, we not only have the audible.com download, turns out we also own two copies of Tipping, including one that's actually been signed by Gladwell!]. As this is the...

32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine

05 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

You've gotta love this boxed set of eight little mini-comic books. As a not-so-cool high school student (the first picture you see once you slide out the contents) who didn't have much of a social life, Adrian Tomine had quite the cool other-life, inking comics...

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

24 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

Who doesn't want to be happy? This so-called "modern classic" examines the different ways people can achieve "optimal experience" through a powerful combination of challenge, engagement, and an ultimate sense of accomplishment. Can't argue with that ...

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

19 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

So I'm getting on the Gladwell bandwagon a little late – and seemingly going backwards, too. Outliers floored me last month. And I'm hoping to get to The Tipping Point by next month. But timing is everything: I think I was meant to read Blink now because I have...

Ash by Malindo Lo

19 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

The good news is you will probably find  Malindo Lo's young adult debut hard to put down. The bad news is that you will probably find it hard to find at all. At least for awhile ...

Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan

10 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

We listen to a lot of recorded books, shuttling the kids here and there. Every once in awhile, you get an unforgettable one like Edward's Eyes. It's not very long, but wow is it memorable, especially for parents! Jake and Edward are two especially bonded brothers...

When the Moon Forgot by Jimmy Liao, English text adapted by Sarah L. Thomson [in Bloomsbury Review]

08 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

When the moon fails to rise one night – and continues to stay away – many moons are manufactured so everyone can have one of their own. But only one boy carefully nurtures his moon which beams with the boy’s unwavering love, until eventually, the...

Claire and the Bakery Thief and Claire and the Water Wish by Janice Poon [in Bloomsbury Review]

08 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

City-girl Claire reluctantly moves to the country, where her parents open an all-organic bakery. During her first summer in the country, she saves her kidnapped mother with the help of her new best friend Jet. When the school year begins, she helps expose toxic dumping...

Homegrown House by Janet S. Wong, illustrated by E.B. Lewis [in Bloomsbury Review]

18 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

While Grandmom has had only two houses in her 65 years – and 40 years to make her current house "homegrown" – a little 8-year-old girl already has lived in three. Now that she's made five best friends and finally put her bookshelf in alphabetical order,...

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

13 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Clearly, this is one of those books that will change the way you think about the world. Forget the 'rags to riches' stories out there, the lone 'self-made man' who rises to the top from nowhere. Gladwell, in his third intriguing book, argues that outliers...

The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim [in Bloomsbury Review]

13 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

From two of the most successful names in contemporary graphic novels – Gene Luen Yang, whose multi-award-winning American Born Chinese was the first-ever graphic novel to be a finalist for the National Book Award, and Derek Kirk Kim, the equally multi-award-winning author of groundbreaking Same Difference and...

Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Australian, Australian Asian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Short Stories

From the genius mind that brought you the wordlessly breathtaking bestseller, The Arrival, comes a collection of 15 short stories for all ages, uniquely illustrated in Tan's signature enigmatic style. The second story, "Eric," about the visit by a foreign exchange student like no one has...

The Snow Day by Komako Sakai

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific, Translation

Told with evocative, gentle pictures, The Snow Day opens with a young bunny who wakes up to a snow day – which means no kindergarten! Afraid that her little one might catch cold, the Mommy bunny asks him to wait until the snow stops. But...

The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs, translated by Hester Velmans [in San Francisco Chronicle]

30 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Translation

angel-maker1Belgian-born Stefan Brijs' novel The Angel Maker seemingly has all the necessary elements to be a success with U.S. readers. It's already an international bestseller, with 80,000 copies sold in Holland alone, according to the pre-publication...

Who Discovered America? by Valerie Wyatt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

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Of course, there's no simple answer for who really discovered America. With lively humor and cartoon fun, Wyatt examines all the other explorers – Portuguese, Chinese, Norse, maybe even the Irish! – who reached American...

Alicia Afterimage by Lulu Delacre [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

alicia-afterimageA mourning mother remembers the brief life of her vibrant 16-year-old daughter who was tragically killed in a car crash. She gathers the voices of her daughter’s friends and schoolmates through snippets of shared memories to...

Rosie and Buttercup by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

rosie-and-buttercupRosie has a near-perfect life, even an adorable little sister. But as Buttercup gets older, Rosie sometimes finds it challenging to get along with her. One day she takes her sister to their neighbor, offering her...

The Blue Stone: A Journey Through Life by Jimmy Liao [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Blue Stone“A beautiful blue stone lies peacefully in the heart of a forest” for thousands of years until someone decides he wants it, splits it in two and takes half away. The separated half will travel...

Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

zen-tiesI confess: I’m a Muth addict, even though technically my kids are too old for his picture books. But really, his books are ageless and we can all learn some major life lessons from them. Zen...

Mia and Bravo, Mia! by Laurence Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

miabrave-mia The ever-prolific Laurence Yep has penned a brand-new American Girls series featuring Mia, a talented skater who chooses figure skating over the ice hockey she’s grown up playing with her three older brothers. Dedicated and tenacious,...

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