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Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, with photographs by Peter Greste [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

owen-mzeeWritten for an older audience of grade-school children, the recent sequel to Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (February 2006) continues the inspiring story through fabulous photographs that follow the remarkable relationship...

The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

real-story-of-stone-soupOne too many uses of what my kids call ‘the s-word” – as in ‘stupid’ – somewhat mars an otherwise entertaining tongue-in-cheek version of an age-old tale, this time narrated by a Chinese fisherman and his...

Akira to Zoltán: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

akira-to-zoltan1This welcome companion title to Chin-Lee’s Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World (2005) features child-size portions of world-changing, peace-toting, life-affirming men from Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa to U.S. Senator Hiram Fong...

A Mama for Owen by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by John Butler [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

mama-for-owenA beautifully illustrated, lullaby-like retelling of baby hippo Owen, who lost his entire family pod in the great tsunami of December 2004, and chose a 130-year-old giant tortoise named Mzee, meaning “old man” in Swahili, to...

So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

so-totally-emily-ebersThe final installment of a highly entertaining trilogy set in the same town, over the same three months, about the same three characters – each with three different perspectives about ‘how I spent my summer vacation.’...

Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bangladeshi, Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

rickshaw-girlA sweet story about a young Bangladeshi girl who’s determined to help her impoverished family. While her incredible spunk and spirit initially gets her in trouble, her tenacity and talent find a way to help her...

First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Pakistani American, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

first-daughterextreme-american-makeoverWith her Republican front-runner father, Sameera “Sparrow” Righton just might be headed to the White House. That is, if her father’s PR spinners can make her more ‘all-American,’ given her Pakistani heritage as the beloved adopted...

The Jade Dragon by Carolyn Marsden and Virginia Shin-Mui Loh [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

jade-dragonAlthough based in part on the real-life experiences of Virginia Loh’s childhood in Northern Virginia, something about Dragon just doesn’t ring true. The premise seems unique and most definitely worthwhile – I can’t remember another middle-grade...

The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indonesian, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

killing-seaAmerican teenager Sarah would much rather be hanging out with her friends back home in an air-conditioned mall than being stuck with her family vacationing in faraway Indonesia. When the massive tsunami of 2004 hits the...

Hail Caesar by Thu-Huong Ha [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Repost, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

hail-caesarAnother precocious debut – this one by a Princeton freshman who began the novel at 15 and won the PUSH Novel Contest at 17. Big Man on Campus-Caesar (real name John, but called Caesar because all...

Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan, illustrations by Mark Zug [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

She’s 13 now, but the exceedingly precocious Nancy Yi Fan was just 11 when she first wrote this fantasy adventure about warring cardinals and blue jays who must unite against the evil hawk who has...

Strike a Pose: The Planet Girl Guide to Yoga by Karen Birkemoe, illustrated by Heather Collett [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

strike-a-poseThe multi-millennia-old South Asian discipline gets a hip new twist for a teenage audience, complete with inviting step-by-step drawings of how-tos and must-dos. Makes the perfect no-occasion gift, too. Review: "In Celebration of Asian Pacific American...

Broken Moon by Kim Antieau [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Pakistani, Repost, Young Adult Readers

broken-moonA harrowing story about Nadira, a Pakistani teenager who is considered damaged goods, having paid for a crime that her older brother never committed, leaving her with a scarred face and abused young body. When her...

The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma by Thant Myint-U [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost

river-of-lost-footsteps1Interweaving his own multigenerational family history, Thant thoughtfully presents the troubled story of his homeland from ancient times to its colonized modern legacy. Thant’s grandfather, U Thant, figures prominently in the title, once a small town...

Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

stealing-buddhas-dinnerUsing food as an engaging trope to tell her poignant story – from Pringles to Big Macs to Bubble Yum and Little Debbies – Nguyen takes the reader on a vicarious munching session, recounting her experiences...

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

climbing-the-mango-treesThe renowned cooking guru and award-winning actress presents an inviting memoir – complete with family recipes, of course! – about growing up in the sprawling family compound in Delhi, surrounded by extended family members, literally climbing...

The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century edited by Zhang Zhen [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost

urban-generationA collection of 13 illuminating essays about the so-called “Urban Generation” of young filmmakers who came of age in post-Tiananmen Square China, creating an alternative, independent cinema eschewing the demands of the still-powerful state-owned studios. Zhang...

Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah and Sun Yung Shin [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Nonfiction, Repost

outsiders-within“This book is a corrective action,” insist the three adoptee editors of this recent collection of essays and memoirs about growing up as a transracial adoptee. “Over the past fifty years, white adoptive parents, academics, psychiatrists,...

Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom by Daisuke Miyao [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

sessue-hayakawa1The long-awaited biography – even if it’s a tad bit on the academic side – on Hayakawa, a trailblazing Asian American film pioneer, who in his silent heyday was one of the most recognizable, lauded actors,...

Origins: The Creative Spark Behind Japan’s Best Product Designs by Shu Hagiwara, photography by Masashi Kuma, translated by Philip Price [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

originscreative-sparkA spectacularly rendered coffee-table collection of the history of how some the best designed Japanese products – from furniture to appliances to toys to even the ubiquitous drip-free soy sauce bottle – ever got made. My...

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