Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

A great way to celebrate and acknowledge Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is by reading literature with meaningful and diverse representation of AAPI people. The scope of representing the entirety of AAPI diversity is too large to fit into four suggestions, and we do not suggest that these four books account for the great diversity that exists within Asia. These books feature stories of different ethnic backgrounds, diverse family structures, intergenerational relationships, a multitude of passions, and positive messaging about our differences and similarities.

While we only choose four books to introduce to our libraries, we have so many more stories for our students to explore. Just ask the librarian! We hope you can either check these stories out from our school libraries or purchase them and add them to your own library. Diversifying our libraries and literature is important when we are learning about the world we live in, where we come from, and the different people and cultures we will interact with. 

Happy reading! 

Ursula Chan 

Below are links to Chaucer’s Books and Amazon.

Holding On, Sophia N. Lee  Chaucer's Books Amazon

Ramen for Everyone, Patricia Tanumihardja Chaucer's Books Amazon

Where the Wildflowers Grow, Hà Dinh Chaucer’s Books Amazon

Finally Heard, Kelly Yang Chaucer’s Books Amazon

Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun, Misa Sugiura Chaucer’s Books  Amazon

The Partition Project, Saadia Faruqi Chaucer’s Books Amazon

Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero, Saadia Faruqi  Chaucer’s Books Amazon

The Silence that Binds Us, Joanna Ho Chaucer’s Books Amazon

The Queens of New York, E. L. Shen Chaucer’s Books Amazon

Magic Has No Borders, edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra Chaucer’s Books Amazon

Americanized, Sara Saedi Chaucer’s Books Amazon