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The Mystery of Dragon Bridge: A Peach Blossom Village Story by Ann Howard

12 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Taiwanese American

Welcome to Peach Blossom, a faraway ancient farming village known for its peaches and almonds. The inhabitants rely on Dragon Bridge to get in and out, especially during the harvest season when they sell or trade their bounty in the neighboring town. One autumn, disaster occurs: Dragon...

God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld

11 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Indian American, Memoir, Short Stories, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

Here's a book you just have to hold and feel and breathe in. Although the snapshot of the cover offers a hint of its unique size, not until you're gently flipping through the pages can you appreciate that you're clasping Toronto-based music/performance/literature/film artist Vivek Shraya’s precious little gem. Poignantly...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Winifred Conkling’s Sylvia & Aki

11 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Japanese American, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014

In Clothes Called Fat by Moyoco Anno, translation by Vertical, Inc.

08 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Holy moly, what a difference a book makes ...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Gene Luen Yang’s Shadow Hero

08 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Malaysian, Middle Grade Readers, Singaporean, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014, Young Adult Readers

APABookClub Exclusive Review: “Pioneer Girl Examines What It Really Means to be American”

07 Aug, by SIBookDragon in BookClub Exclusive, BookDragon Book Club

Resource: “The ‘Pioneer Girl’ Project: The Long Road to Bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1930 Autobiography into Print”

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in BookDragon Book Club

Resource: The Pioneer Girl Project of the South Dakota Historical Society Press

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in BookDragon Book Club

Resource: “Wilder Women: The mother and daughter behind the Little House stories”

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in BookDragon Book Club

Resource: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in BookDragon Book Club

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Lenore Look’s Ruby Lu series

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014

The Hunt Series: The Hunt, The Prey, The Trap by Andrew Fukuda

06 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese American, Young Adult Readers

So maybe I'm getting older faster, but oh my goodness, I'm surprised this trilogy is rated for kids – ages 12+ and grade 7+! Fair warning from this parent: the violence is graphic, the body count immeasurable, and by the end, most of the main characters...

Mr. Frank by Irene Luxbacher

05 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Canadian author/artist Irene Luxbacher found the inspiration for her latest title from her own "childhood memories of watching her father at work in his tailor shop." That reality clearly infuses her story with heart-warming poignancy, highlighting multi-generational family bonds. "Mr. Frank was a tailor," the book begins. Throughout the...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Justina Chen Headley’s Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies)

04 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014, Young Adult Readers

Marina: A Gothic Tale by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves

04 Aug, by SIBookDragon in European, Fiction, Spanish, Translation, Young Adult Readers

If you're looking for a feel-good love story, this won't be it. If three separate tragic romances connected by heart-thumping, horrifying adventures sounds about right, then here it is – supercharged adrenaline rush most definitely guaranteed. First comes young love. While exploring an older section of 1970s Barcelona,...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Sara Farizan’s If You Could Be Mine

01 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014, Young Adult Readers

what did you eat yesterday? (vols. 2-3) by Fumi Yoshinaga, translated by Maya Rosewood

01 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Hungry? Then don't read this ...

Surprise by Mies van Hout

31 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Translation

A baker's dozen of perfect active verbs, measured out sparingly just one at the time, culminating in a final two words together. Twelve dazzlingly expressive illustrations of different birds in various stages of anticipation (the adults) and growth (the chicks) on stark black backgrounds that make the...

Review: “a truly imaginative novel”

31 Jul, by SIBookDragon in BookDragon Book Club

We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

30 Jul, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

"Once upon a time, there was a family with two daughters, and a mother and father who promised to love them both exactly the same." "She was my twin, my fun-house mirror, my whirlwind other half. It's important to note that I was also all those...

BookDragon Books for the Diverse Reader

The Mystery of Dragon Bridge: A Peach Blossom Village Story by Ann Howard

God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Winifred Conkling’s Sylvia & Aki

In Clothes Called Fat by Moyoco Anno, translation by Vertical, Inc.

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Gene Luen Yang’s Shadow Hero

APABookClub Exclusive Review: “Pioneer Girl Examines What It Really Means to be American”

Resource: “The ‘Pioneer Girl’ Project: The Long Road to Bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1930 Autobiography into Print”

Resource: The Pioneer Girl Project of the South Dakota Historical Society Press

Resource: “Wilder Women: The mother and daughter behind the Little House stories”

Resource: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Lenore Look’s Ruby Lu series

The Hunt Series: The Hunt, The Prey, The Trap by Andrew Fukuda

Mr. Frank by Irene Luxbacher

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Justina Chen Headley’s Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies)

Marina: A Gothic Tale by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Sara Farizan’s If You Could Be Mine

what did you eat yesterday? (vols. 2-3) by Fumi Yoshinaga, translated by Maya Rosewood

Surprise by Mies van Hout

Review: “a truly imaginative novel”

We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Smithsonian Institution
Asian Pacific American Center

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