Latest posts tagged with #AAPIbooks on Bluesky
First love. First language. First time lying about your dating experience so you can flirt in Mandarin.
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Stefany Valentine’s debut is heartfelt, awkward, and full of real teen charm.
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#YAfiction #booktok #AAPIbooks #romcom #BestNewAuthors
MONGREL is an emotionally layered, multi-timeline story that follows 3 Japanese women. Its rawness, lyrical prose & masterful writing at a line level make it a powerful experience. It will stick with you. #booksky #litfic #aapibooks #substack
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Today’s featured book is The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. The cover features a young Korean girl with a bob pulling slips of paper out of a jar.
May 30: Today’s featured book is The Name Jar by @yangsookchoi.bsky.social Yangsook Choi. Unhei, after moving to the US, worries her friends can’t pronounce her name, so she asks her new peers to suggest “American” names for her. Does she need to have an American name? #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks
This is the book cover for Looking for Palestine: Growing up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said. The cover features an old photo of Said from her childhood in purple hues.
May 28: I know many academics have heard of Palestinian American scholar Edward Said, but did you know he has a daughter Najla Said? This is her memoir: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
We're back with more more AAPI Heritage Month reads recommended by your favorite authors ✨
Swipe to see Axie Oh’s recs + click here to get yourself a copy of her newest book, THE FLOATING WORLD: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
#axieoh #aapiheritagemonth #aapireads #aapibooks #yafantasy #yabooks
Thank you, insta @maistorybooklibrary , for including Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope in this #AANHPI Trailblazers’ selection! ❤️📚🌱. @albertwhitman.bsky.social
@picturebookgold.bsky.social
#aapi #aapibooks #bio #nonfiction #k12 #women
This is the book cover for Tala Learns to Siva written by Native Hawaiian and Samoan author Kealani Netane and illustrated by Vietnamese illustrator Dung Ho. The cover features Tala, a young Samoan girl dressed in traditional clothing, dancing. There are two people dressed up, wearing leis, and the man is playing a guitar.
May 26: Today’s book is Tala Learns to Siva is about a Samaoan girl learning how to perform the taualuga like her Aunty written by Native Hawaiian and Samoan author Kealani Netane and illustrated by Vietnamese illustrator Dung Ho. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Bone Talk by Filipino author Candy Gourlay. The cover features Samkad, a young Bontoc boy in the Philippines gazing into the distance while standing near a forested area. There is a girl behind him, smaller in the background.
May 25: Today’s novel Bone Talk is by Filipino author @candygourlay.bsky.social Candy Gourlay! This book, set during the period of American colonialism of the Philippines follows Samkad, a young Bontoc boy who is waiting to be initiated into manhood. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
As you probably know, I'm always reading for my work but haven't talked much about which ones I actually recommend. I'm gonna start posting lists of recs like this every once in a while, let me know what you'd like to see! #aapiheritagemonth #aanhpiheritagemonth #asianamerixan #aapibooks #booksky
This book is about Samira, a Rohingya refugee living in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh who takes up surfing after her family flees Myanmar. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks
This is the book cover for You Are Here: Connecting Flights (written by Ellen Oh with Randy Ribay, Meredith Ireland, Mike Chen, Christina Soontornvat, Susan Tan, Erin Entrada Kelly, Grace Lin, Traci Chee, Linda Sue Park, Minh Lê, Mike Jung) features children from various Asian cultures and ethnicities walking together through an airport. Some are carrying items like a guitar, one boy is chasing his little sister, another girl is listening to headphones. Several boys are dressed in a sports uniform.
May 23: A middle grade book of connected short stories all taking place in an airport written by East Asian and Southeast Asian authors: You Are Here: Connecting Flights. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for A Dog Named Haku written by Margarita Engle, her daughter Nicole Karanjit and Nepalese son-in-law Amrish Karanjit and illustrated by South Asian author Ruth Jeyaveeran. The cover features a small black dog laying on his back and looking playfully towards us with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.
May 22: Today’s featured book is A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal written by @margaritaengle.bsky.social Margarita Engle, her daughter Nicole Karanjit and Nepalese son-in-law Amrish Karanjit and illustrated by South Asian author Ruth Jeyaveeran. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Brown is Beautiful written by Indian American author Supriya Kelkar and Kashmiri-American Noor Sofi. The cover features a young brown-skinned girl of South Asian descent holding a brown leaf which covers part of her face. She is smiling and is surrounded by flowers.
May 20: Today’s featured book is an affirming book for Brown children: Brown Is Beautiful written by Indian American author @supriyakelkar.bsky.social Supriya Kelkar and Kashmiri-American Noor Sofi. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Everything We Never Had written by Randy Ribay. The cover features a grumpy-looking Filipino grandfather walking a black-colored dog followed by his son looking away from his father. They are followed by their grandson/son who has his hands in the pockets of his red hoodie.
May 19: Today’s featured book is Everything We Never Had written by Filipino American @randyribay.bsky.social Randy Ribay. The book examines the relationships between a Filipino grandfather, Emil, his son, Chris, and grandson, Enzo. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Messy Roots written and illustrated by Laura Gao. The cover features Laura, the author and illustrator, standing with her left hand to her head. The scenery behind her is divided into two with the Golden Gate Bridge on the right and the skyline of Wuhan on the left.
May 18: I LOVE memoirs. If all you know about Wuhan is the COVID-19, pandemic, I recommend Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American written and illustrated by Laura Gao as a counterstory. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Thukpa for All written by Indian author Praba Ram and Sheela Preuitt with Indian illustrator Shilpa Ranade. The cover features the Ladakhi people in the story, including Tsering, the blind boy making his way home for thukpa. A bowl of thukpa sits in the center of the cover.
May 17: Today’s featured book is Thukpa for All written by Indian author Praba Ram and Sheela Preuitt with Indian illustrator Shilpa Ranade. This book follows a Ladakhi boy named Tsering who is blind as he goes home anticipating eating a hot bowl of thukpa. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
Beautiful! ❤️❤️ #aapibooks
we are thrilled to have C.B. Lee, the author of #CoffeeshopinanAlternatueUniverse, list some of their favorite reads for AAPI Heritage Month! ✨
which book are you picking up first?
#fiercereads #AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIbooks #AAPIreads #AAPIauthors #AAPIHeritageMonthBooks #CBLee
This is the book cover for The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story written Afghani Dezh Azaad and illustrated by Nan Cao. The cover features an Afghan family: mom, dad, three young children, and a baby being held by the mom. One of the boys holds a photograph. They are surrounded by a beautifully patterned carpet.
May 16: Today’s featured book focuses on how one Afghan family connects over their family carpet in The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story written Afghani Dezh Azaad and illustrated by Nan Cao. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
Happy #aapiheritagemonth ! ❤️🎉Check out these 15 beautiful #aapibooks , including Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope and Tu Youyou’s Discovery @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
#aanhpi #kidlit #ownvoices #diversereads
✨Since it’s AAPI Heritage Month, I thought it’ll be fun to highlight a few AAPI comics I’ve created over the years! Check out these Hmong-American stories!
✨Learn more here: duachakaher.com/books/
#aapimonth #aapibooks #aapicomics #hmongartist #hmongauthor #hmongamerican #diversebooks
This is the book cover for The Paper Kingdom written by Korean American author Helen Ku Rhee and illustrated by Pascal Campion. The cover features a young Korean boy wearing a yellow crown sitting on a pile of books. Papers fly through the air while his parents mop and vacuum in the bathroom. A red dragon soars above.
May 15: The Paper Kingdom, written by Korean American author Helen Ku Rhee and illustrated by Pascal Campion, shows how Daniel’s parents who the night custodians entertain their son with stories when their babysitter can’t watch him that night. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for My Name is as Long as a River written by Indian (Kannadiga) American Suma Subramaniam and illustrated by Indian American Tara Anand. On the cover is a young Indian girl wearing a half saree, the blue pallu (end of the saree) extends out framing the title and containing small drawings of fish to reinforce the title.
May 14: My Name Is Long as a River is about a little Tamil girl who is frustrated by her long name until her relatives explain the meaning of her names to her. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Himawari House written by Japanese American Harmony Becker. The cover features three Asian girls standing on a balcony in Japan, drying laundry flaps in the breeze, mugicha (barley tea) appears to be next to one of the girls situating this story during the summer time.
Himawari House follows the lives of Nao, a Japanese American, Hyejung, a Korean, and Tina, a Singaporean who meet living in Himawari House as they attend Japanese language school and adjust to Japanese society. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks
This is the book cover for We are Big Time written by Pakistani American Hena Khan and illustrated by Safiya Zerrougui who is of Kabyle heritage. The cover features five female basketball players who are all dressed in a uniform and wearing differently styled hijabs. Their team name reads: “Peace.”
May 12: Based off a true story of an all-hijab basketball team, We Are Big Time: (A Graphic Novel) written by Pakistani American Hena Khan and illustrated by Safiya Zerrougui who is of Kabyle heritage. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School written by Chinese American Traci Huahn and illustrated by Chinese American Michelle Jing Chan. The subtitle reads: “Based on a true story.” Mamie Tape, a young Chinese American girl stands clutching books to her chest in front of a schoolhouse where a white teacher welcomes four white children .
Read about one family’s fight for a more equitable education in Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School: Based on a True Story written by Chinese American @tracihuahn.bsky.social Traci Huahn and illustrated by Chinese American @michellejingchan.bsky.social Michelle Jing Chan. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks
This is the book cover for Drawn Together by Vietnamese American author Minh Lê and illustrated by Thai American Dan Santat. The cover features a young boy hugging his elderly grandfather. In the background is a colorful background and warrior-like figures.
May 10: Drawn Together is about a child and his grandfather who cannot speak the same language. How can they relate? Vietnamese American author @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social Minh Lê and illustrated by Thai American @dansantat.bsky.social Dan Santat show us. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks #BookSky
This is the book cover for The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island written by Marni Fogelson and Mahani Teave with illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns. The cover features Mahani Teave sitting at a large black grand piano wearing a flower crown (haku lei). In the reflection of the piano, the majestic moai can be seen. There are also birds flying into the air.
Read about the life of Rapa Nui Mahani Teave in The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island written by Marni Fogelson and Mahani Teave with illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIBooks
Happy Asian Heritage/AAPI Month!
Looking for books by AAPI authors to read with your kids? We have you covered!
Swipe through to find out more about the topics in each of our carefully curated books.
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