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Filipino Children's Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales (Favorite Children's Stories)
Title: Filipino Children's Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales (Favorite Children's Stories)
Reading Age: 5 - 10 years
Author: Liana Romulo
Illustrator: Joanne De Leon
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Year: March 3, 2020
Pages: 34 pages
Type: Hardcover
Condition: New
ISBN: 9780804850216
Dim Sum, Here We Come!
Title: Dim Sum, Here We Come!
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years
Author: Maple Lam
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: January 3, 2023
Pages: 40
Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780062396983
Condition: New
The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements
Author: Kai Naima Williams
Publisher: Kapernick Publishing: 2024
Format: Hardcover
Condition: New
ISBN: 9781960571007
Young Readers: Ages 5-8.
Description
Debut children's picture book author Kai Naima Williams -- great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama -- intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories, and people and places that shaped Yuri's life and influenced her activism. From Yuri's incarceration in a Japanese-American concentration camp during World War II to her participation in movements organizing for better schools in Harlem to her close friendship with Malcolm X, Yuri never wavered in her belief in the power of the people -- especially young people -- to bring about social change.
Through imaginative writing and vibrant illustrations by Anastasia Magloire Williams, THE BRIDGES YURI BUILT is sure to inspire young readers to embrace Yuri's unwavering belief that together we can build a bridge to a better world.
"The legacy I would like to leave is that people try to build bridges and not walls." -- Yuri Kochiyama
Almost Sunset: A Graphic Novel
Wahab Algarmi
HarperAlley: 2025
Paperback: New
9780063355668
In a contemporary middle grade graphic novel debut that Gene Luen Yang calls "funny, endearing, and an intimate look at a Muslim family," Almost Sunset follows a young Muslim American boy during Ramadan as he finds the balance between his family traditions and his secular middle school life. Perfect for fans of Swim Team and Chunky.
It's almost sunset, and Hassan has been dreaming about eating since the sun came up. The month of Ramadan has begun, and not eating until sundown intensifies his already busy days full of homework, soccer, and gaming. And since his teachers and friends at school barely understand Ramadan and its traditions, it's easier to just...not mention it.
As the month stretches on, Hassan's family and community grow closer together. They wake up before sunrise every morning, feast when the sun goes down, and attend mosque in the evenings. Can Hassan balance it all during the hectic holy month--faith, tradition, school, and fun, too?
Wahab Algarmi is a writer and comic artist. He has been creating comics and a community space for other artists in the San Francisco Bay Area for years. Some of his past comic work includes The Society of Unordinary Young Ladies, which has been well reviewed by numerous news outlets, including the Comics Beat, Newsarama, and USA Today. He was also a recent recipient of one the inaugural grants from the city of Oakland's Cultural Affairs Division, the Akonadi Foundation, and the East Bay Community Foundation for his comic work Town Force 1 and the Battle for East Oakland. For years, he also worked with another arts nonprofit, Kearny Street Workshop, to spotlight emerging Asian American artists. He currently lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and children.
American Born Chinese
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: FirstSecond: 2023
Format: Paperback
Condition: New
ISBN: 9781250891396
Asian Children's Favorite Stories: Folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines and Other Asian Lands
Contributors: David Conger, Patrick Yee, Romulo, Liana, Joan Suyenaga
Tuttle: 2019
Hardcover: New
9780804850230
Each country has its own set of fascinating stories, and learning those from another part of the world is both entertaining and educational. This collection contains seven Asian folk tales from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. Full color.
David Conger was born in Tacoma, Washington. He studied electrical engineering and Japanese at Brigham Young University. He first became interested in Asian history and folklore while living in Japan for two years.
Marian Davies Toth's work has achieved national recognition in the United States. She has an abiding fascination in folklore and during her stay in Thailand, she collected and compiled enchanting tales and legends of old Siam. While there, she taught creative writing at the International School in Bangkok.
Joan Suyenaga, born and raised in Hawaii, grew up with Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, the first title in this popular series, on her family bookshelf. She has been writing, translating and editing for the past twenty years in Indonesia. Her three children were the first to hear the stories featured in this volume.
Liana Romulo spends much of her free time traveling, scuba-diving, and hunting through new and unusual bookstores. A dedicated yoga practitioner, she lives mostly in the Philippines but has also lived in Thailand, Belgium, and the United States. Having grown up in different parts of the world, she knows how important it is to preserve her own heritage and share it with others throughout the world. Her first picture book, Filipino Children's Favorite Stories, was a national bestseller in the Philippines.
Artist Patrick Yee holds a degree in Graphic Design, specializing in illustrations from Camberwell College of Arts, London Institute, and a Masters Degree from Brighton University. He has won the MacMillian Children's Picture Book Award (England) twice, and has illustrated more than 100 books. Yee is a part-time lecturer in LaSalle SIA, Nayang Academy Of Fine Arts, AWWA Special School and Frobel Academy.
Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods
Author: Lin, Grace
Publisher: Little Brown: 2023
Format: Hardcover
Condition: New
ISBN: 9780316486002
Target Age Group: 09 to 12: 288 pages
Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year Lift-The-Flap Book
Contributor(s): Joan Holub (Author), Benrei Huang (Illustrator)
Publisher: Puffin Books: 2003
Format: Paperback: New
ISBN: 9780142400005
DESCRIPTION
A great introduction to the customs of Lunar New Year. This interactive lift-the-flap book is perfect for parents and early readers to enjoy together!
Note. This book is interactive and suited for ages 2-4. There are 17 beautifully designed pages with flaps for young readers to lift and read more. Last page has a Chinese astrology chart to cross-check animals with birth years. Also included are instructions to design your own dragon puppet!
It's Chinese New Year and there are so many fun things to do! Shopping at the outdoor market for fresh flowers, eating New Year's dinner with the whole family, receiving red envelopes from Grandma and Grandpa, and best of all-watching the spectacular Chinese New Year's parade! Introduce the customs of Chinese New Year to even the youngest readers with this festive new lift-the-flap book.
CONTRIBUTOR
Joan Holub. New York Times best-selling author and award winner Joan Holub has written 220+ books for children from age two through middle school age. Joan’s books have been named Junior Library Guild Selections and Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year. Zero the Hero is a Mathical Book Prize Honor Award and Little Red Writing is a School Library Journal Best Children’s Books of the Year, with starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, and School Library Journal.
Benrei Huang studied fine art at National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and received a MFA in Illustration at the school of Visual Arts in New York in 1992. From 1988 to 2008 Benrei worked primarily as a children’s book illustrator.
Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture
Title: Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture
Author: Rosemary Gong
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Publish Date: January 25, 2005
Pages: 270 pages
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780060735364
Condition: New
Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora
Nicole Wong
Hardie Grant: April 8, 2025
Hardcover: New
9781958417638
A step-by-step guide to Mahjong for new and seasoned players alike.
For many third-culture kids in the Asian diaspora, the sight and sound of clacking mahjong tiles conjures deep-seated memories. Some learned to play alongside elders, while others watched from afar. Maybe you only distantly know of the game through movies or articles about pop-up mahjong nights. Whether you are looking to reconnect with the game, pick up a new hobby, or introduce others to a favorite pastime, Mahjong is a step-by-step guide for new and seasoned players alike.
With vibrant photography and detailed instructional diagrams, author Nicole Wong walks you through gameplay, just how her grandfather would have. In addition, Mahjong delves into the strategy, history, and design of the game and discusses various popular styles of play (American mah-jongg, Japanese riichi mahjong, and more). A bonus essay also breaks down the mahjong hands in the pivotal scene from the 2018 hit film Crazy Rich Asians, and snippets of the author's family history are sprinkled throughout, telling a story of diaspora through mahjong and showcasing mahjong culture, past and present.
With Mahjong as your guide, learn the history and evolution of this beautiful game while you connect with friends, family, and culture. You may even write your own house rules--just don't forget the snacks!
Nicole Wong is a writer and audio producer based in Oakland, California. She started The Mahjong Project in 2019--part instructional guide, part oral history project, to document her family's house rules and place them in the broader history and diaspora of the game itself.