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Newbery award winner Cynthia Kadohata talks about her latest book, Cracker!, drawing inspiration from her heritage, and more...

Rose Kent spices up the world of young adult books with Kimchi & Calamari, a coming-of-age tale about a Korean boy adopted to an American family of Italian descent. Read the interview and find out for yourself why her voice is here to stay...

Meilo So's illustrations have for many years been drawing out praise from one and all...


	Yoshiko Jaeggi's illustrations (including samples from her first picture book, My Dadima Wears a Sari) display plenty of talent and sensitivity...

American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices
Laurence Yep, illus. by Kam Mak (Harper Teen, 1995).

Not a new title... but a must read for young adults, Laurence Yep's American Dragons is a compilation of short stories by talented Asian American voices, including Maxine Hong Kingston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, and Lensey Namioka.

In one story, a Chinese American girl struggles to find her place in a suburban high school without denying her true intelligence... in another, a twenty-first-century teenager and his aging grandfather learn that it is possible to live in the future without losing touch with the past. These plus twenty-three more glimpses of relationships with parents and grandparents, internment camp experiences, and other dilemmas of identity, offer a timeless spectrum of Asian-American voices that should be heard by all.


			May/June 2007 The celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May reminds us about the contributions of Asian Pacific Americans to every arena of life in the United States and throughout the world. The experiences that double the richness of their lives are reflected in many children's books... but do we have enough narratives?... Check the interviews, illustrators' galleries, 'personal views' articles, as well as the book reviews, resources and reading lists sections: there's much to add depth and breath to the question... Personal Views: In this bimonthly update we highlight two powerful personal views to get you thinking and rethinking: More Stories About Our American Experience, Please by Ken Mochizuki The Extra Adjective: How I Came To Terms With Being a Multicultural Author by Grace Lin Resources: AskAsia 'We The People' Bookshelf As Simple As That Our Voices Together Smithsonian Education (includes links to a special "Heritage Teaching" section) and more... Book reviews from PaperTigers, CCBC, Books for Keeps, and other trusted sources: Shaun Tan's graphic powerhouse, *The Arrival, Cynthia Kadohata's Cracker! The Best Dog In Vietnam, Janet Wong's Twist: Yoga Poems; plus Kimchi & Calamari,* My Dadima Wears a Sari, The Bee Tree, Three Names of Me, A True Person, Celebrate! It's Cinco de Mayo, Sky Sweeper; Nana's Big Surprise (bilingual), We and more... Reading lists: About Asians and Asian Americans, including: Asian American Booklist by NEA (National Education Association) China and the Chinese-American Life: Books for Children and Young Adults by the Cary Memorial Library South Asian Books for Children and Young Adults by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium Bibliography of Asian Pacific Americans on K-12 and Higher Education by EDEN (Equity Through Distributed Education Network)


			NEW ::PaperTigers Blog:: Speaking of multicultural books for children and young adults... NEW PT Outreach~ Connecting children to authors and illustrators: check out Mitali Perkins' visit to the San Francisco Waldorf School. And keep your eyes peeled: in June we will feature Cynthia Chin-Lee's visit to a Bay Area non-profit, community-based school...


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