A River Dream by Allen Say [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
04 Mar, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
Mark is in bed with a high fever. His Uncle Scott sends him a metal box for trout flies, which brings back memories of Mark’s first fishing trip. He’s transported to a sparkling river,...
Taro is known throughout the village as its laziest citizen. When a rich merchant moves into town, he hatches a plan to ensure an easy life by convincing...
A hardworking, childless elderly couple are led to the fountain of youth by a mysterious bluebird and warned to take just a sip. Their greedy neighbor hears about their discovery, rushes to the magic...
"Shorty," a young Japanese American boy, and his family are forcibly relocated to an American concentration camp during World War II. There, in order to help the children survive the barbed wire...
Donnie’s friends always force him to play the enemy because, as a Japanese American, he looks like "them." But Donnie’s valiantly father served in World War II and his uncle fought in Korea. His friends want...
Every year, the extended Yang family gathers from all over the Hawaiian island of Oahu at Grandma’s house to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This year, young Marisa will help make the dumplings for Grandma’s...
In spite of the wicked machinations of her stepmother, the beautiful young Yeh-Shen manages to survive her deprived life. With the help of a beloved fish and a mysterious old sage, she even marries...
When the world’s first atomic bomb detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, young Mii was sitting at breakfast with her mother and father. Remarkably, the family survived the blast that day,...
Beautiful Lotus is unable to hear or speak. Ostracized by the other children, she is lonely and sad. Her parents take her to the local temple where she sees temple dancers for the first...
Tiffany and Kevin, two Japanese American children, move to Japan because of their father’s job. While they might look like "chopsticks among other chopsticks," they are American, which proves to be very...
The story of the gifted young Prince Siddhartha who leaves his life of luxury and forsakes everything on this earth to seek the Truth of life over death. His search leads him to the path of...
A poor widow in southern China spends years weaving a tapestry so spectacular that the fairies of Sun Mountain steal it away. She sends each of her three sons one by one to retrieve...
Yunmi’s grandmother (her "Halmoni," in Korean) has recently arrived from Korea and has difficulty adjusting to life in America. With the help of her friends, Yunmi persuades her grandmother to...
It’s Chinese New Year and Sam is excited about spending his lucky money – New Year’s gifts of money in red envelopes called leisees. But everything he wants...
Erica visits Nancy’s house where she tastes almond cookies and dragon well tea, sees a family altar, and hears a Chinese zither – all for the...
The story of a young Chinese American boy growing up in a small produce town in California is told through wonderful sketches that capture the places, faces, and...
Disguised as a man, Hua Mu Lan takes her elderly father’s place in the Emperor’s army and becomes a legendary warrior. Even after years of fighting, none of her comrades realize her...
A collection of original stories about growing up as an Asian American child, centered around the diverse ethnic Asian communities of Chicago – featuring Asian Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian,...
The emperor levies a new tax on his subjects – to be paid in crickets because he loves to watch cricket matches. The farmer Cheng Ming finds a promising cricket, but his son, Wei...
Told not to touch anything in either her grandmother’s or her uncle’s adjacent Chinatown stores, a little girl still manages to have fun.
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