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What Ever: A Living Novel by Heather Woodbury + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

whateverListening to the Voices on the Street: A Profile of Performance Artist & Novelist Heather Woodbury What would eventually become What Ever: A Living Novel first began as a behemoth dare. In 1994, Heather Woodbury, a performance...

Three Wise Old Women by Elizabeth T. Corbett, illustrated by Yu-Mei Han [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Taiwanese American

Three Wise Old WomenA whimsical nonsense tale about three old women out on an anything-but-wise adventure, who may or may not ever make it home ...

While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Repost

While We Were OutA whimsical tale about the mischievous adventures that a pet rabbit has while her family is away … you may never look at your pet quite the same way again...

The Guin Saga | Book Two: Warrior in the Wilderness by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Guin Saga2The fantasy epic, begun in Book One: The Leopard Mask, about the platinum-haired orphaned royal twins protected by the mysterious man-beast Guin, continues into Nospherus, a no-man’s land into which the twins...

Bollywood Boy by Justine Hardy [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, Indian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

Bollywood BoyCapturing her rollicking journey through India’s phenomenal Bollywood industry, journalist Hardy recounts the glitz and glitter of stars, their starlets, directors and various groupies as she searches for elusive pretty-boy, mega heartthrob Hrithik Roshan. Review:...

Ping-Li’s Kite by Sanne te Loo [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Fiction, Repost

Ping-Li's KiteIn his excitement over building his new kite, young Ping-Li flies his creation unfinished. The emperor of the sky tells Ping-Li his unpainted, undecorated kite is the most boring in the sky, so Ping-Li...

The Guin Saga | Book One: The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith and Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Guin SagaMove over, Harry Potter – here’s a totally different kind of fantasy series. While this is the first available installment in English, the Japanese version has up to 89 titles! [Publisher Vertical, Inc. has...

Bunker 13 by Aniruddha Bahal [in AsianWeek]

27 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Bunker 13A testosterone-driven adventure about a journalist with a military past who has a heyday tracking down drug smugglers, guerrillas, mobsters, and nuclear missiles. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, June 27, 2009 Readers: Adult Published:...

Busy, Busy Mouse by Virginia Kroll, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka [in AsianWeek]

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

Busy, Busy MouseWhile the human family goes through their day, the mouse sleeps well tucked away. As the family prepares for bed, the mouse prepares for his lively night adventures ahead. Review: "New...

Lakas and the Manilatown Fish by Anthony D. Robles, illustrated by Carl Angel with translation by Eloisa D. de Jesus and Magdalena de Guzman [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Repost

Lakas and the Manilatown FishThe first-ever bilingual English-Tagalog story set in the United States, this book takes readers on a magical adventure through the streets of San Francisco's Manilatown to the San...

Polly Bemis: A Chinese American Pioneer by Patricia Wegars [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Polly BemisA children’s version of the Polly Bemis story – called the Pacific Northwest’s most famous Chinese American pioneer – released in time for the 150th anniversary of Bemis’ birth in 1853. Review: "New...

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

14 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

All Over CreationThe Creation of Fiction Time for true confessions: When I read Ruth Ozeki's first novel, My Year of Meats, a quirky, rollicking, memorable adventure about a documentary filmmaker who exposes the abuses in...

Wandering Warrior by Da Chen + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Wandering WarriorChasing the Wandering Warrior With unabashed pride, I readily admit that I’m a Da Chen groupie. I’ve been one since reading and writing about his two luminous bestselling memoirs, Colors of the Mountain (HarperCollins, 2000),...

Series Profile: The Girls of Many Lands [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, British, Chinese, Chinese American, European, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

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Isabel: Taking Wing by Annie Dalton Cécile: Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova Spring Pearl: The Last Flower by Laurence Yep Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway by Kirkpatrick Hill Neela: Victory Song by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Move over, Barbie...

The Khan’s Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Mongolian, Repost

Khan's DaughterLively tale of a poor man’s son who wins the hand of the Khan’s daughter through pure luck, faith, and eventually humility, in spite of demons, enemy armies, a mysterious warrior, and of course,...

Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki, illustrated by Shelly Shinjo [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Ghosts for BreakfastA humorous, adorable tale set in a Japanese American farming community in the 1920s, about a father and son who go out to Farmer Tanaka’s fields in search of the ghosts that...

The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Royall Tyler [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Tale of Genji.TylerPerhaps the biggest news in translated Asian titles is the rebirth of the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, translated for the third time into English, this...

Coolies by Yin, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

CooliesA memorable husband/wife collaboration rendered again with astonishing images by Chris Soentpiet, Coolies captures the story of two Chinese brothers who courageously, tenaciously help build the challenging, dangerous transcontinental railroad. Review: "Young Reads,"...

Monkey King by Ed Young [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Monkey KingMultiple Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young is back with Monkey King, a just-right child's intro­duction to the classic epic, Journey to the West. Review: "Young Reads," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, August/September 2001 Readers:...

Engines, Engines: An Indian Counting Rhyme by Lisa Bruce, illustrated by Stephen Waterhouse [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian, Repost

Engines, EnginesHere's the best stamp of approval: my 3-year-old recites from this book with such glee – "Engine, engine number two, past the Temple of Vishnu." Review: "Young Reads," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, August/September...

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