A 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...
What’s wrong with this picture? An Australian journalist spends two years living in Tokyo and writes her first novel, which the PR materials refer to as “an intoxicating...
A lyrical debut novel about a young Muslim Indian woman, who returns to her ancestral home to fulfill her destiny of marrying her betrothed. But from the very beginning, the...
A Legacy of Change
‘Write what you know best’ is the advice that writers probably hear most often. And for Franklin Odo, activist, academic, and museum curator extraordinaire, that’s exactly what he does. His latest...
Writing from a Different Place: A Profile of 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award Winner Sabina Murray
When Sabina Murray first heard that she had won the prestigious 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award for her short story collection The Caprices, she thought...
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez
Finding My Hat by John Son
The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
With the exception of the Native Americans—and some may still argue that they walked over the...
The adventures of the reluctantly Chinese American boy, Lo, and his favorite sidekick, Behold the Dragon, continue with lessons in eating – and appreciating...
Oh, if only my thick fingers were so deft! Here’s 80 new creations to try, divided into four sections: Part 1 has basic pieces; Part 2 introduces all sorts of living things;...
An adoption story for slightly older kids that not only acknowledges the love and support of adoptive families, but also deals with the bittersweet questions and doubts about...
A lovely picture book that celebrates differences found in all sorts of families. Whatever a family’s genesis, the love and acceptance among the members is what makes a...
A family saga, set in Meiji Japan of the 1880s to the end of World War II, that weaves together the country’s tumultuous history with the story of...
Absolutely stunning collection of black-and-white photographs that document the lives of the Sera Jey monks of Tibet. Their Sera Monastic University, one of three great monasteries near Lhasa, Tibet, is now reestablished in South India.
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Journalist Kalita looks at three waves of immigration since the 1965 immigration law changes by examining the lives three immigrant Indian families in Middlesex County, New Jersey, home of one of the largest Indian...
A multifaceted look at the lasting effects of what has become an iconic event – the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor – which has been brought back to...
An anthology of ‘autobiographies as activisms’ by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and self-identified ‘queer’ Asian Pacific Americans, Restoried Selves also provides young gay APAs a tool for empowerment and finding community.
Review: "New...
A simple counting book to celebrate the Vietnamese new year, or Tet, which begins on the first day of the lunar calendar. At the book’s end is a section that...
Filled with whimsical paintings by various Chinese peasants who work in Jinshan County near Shanghai, China, Moon is a thoughtful, poignant series of questions-without-answers that encourage adopted children to begin...
The latest in the First Person Fiction series, Goddess tells the story of a young dancer-in-training and her family living in Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia, resulting in...
Based on the experiences of the author’s great-grandmother-in-law in Japan, Seam is a touching tale about a young girl named Michi who is apprenticed to the House of Mistress Shinyo, once renowned for creating...
An anthology of writings from a vast, diasporic group of women of Filipino descent, comprised mostly of new pieces from established authors and new voices.
Review: "New...
