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BOOK LIST:

Asian Pacific Islander Children's Nonfiction

Updated: April 20, 2023

Book cover for Angel Island
Angel Island
Freedman, Russell
Call Number: x 979.4 F853

An account of "the other Ellis Island"—Angel Island, California, the entry point for one million Asian immigrants in the early 20th century.


Book cover for Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
Call Number: x 92 C545Ma

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.


Book cover for Drawing From Memory
Drawing From Memory
Say, Allen.
Call Number: x 92 S274 GN

Book cover for Fred Korematsu speaks up
Fred Korematsu speaks up
Atkins, Laura
Call Number: x 92 K837At

Book cover for I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
Martha Brockenbrough, with Grace Lin
Call Number: x 92 A721Br

Book cover for It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Maclear, Kyo
Call Number: x 92 F961Ma

Book cover for The last princess : the story of Princess Kaʻiulani of Hawaiʻi
The last princess : the story of Princess Kaʻiulani of Hawaiʻi
Stanley, Fay.
Call Number: x 92 K13St 2001

Book cover for A life made by hand : the story of Ruth Asawa
A life made by hand : the story of Ruth Asawa
D'Aquino, Andrea
Call Number: x 92 A798Da

Book cover for Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
Harvey, Jeanne Walker
Call Number: x 92 L735Ha

Book cover for Mountain Chef
Mountain Chef
Pimentel, Annette Bay
Call Number: x 92 S6165Pi

Book cover for Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Leung, Julie
Call Number: x 92 W8725Le

Book cover for Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
Robeson, Teresa
Call Number: x 92 W959Ro

Book cover for Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal
Partridge, Elizabeth
Call Number: x 940.53 P275

Book cover for Sixteen years in sixteen seconds : the Sammy Lee story
Sixteen years in sixteen seconds : the Sammy Lee story
Yoo, Paula.
Call Number: xz

(Gr. 2-5)  A biography of Korean American diving champion Sammy Lee, focusing on how his childhood determination and his father's dreams set the stage for a medical career as well as his athletic achievements which earned him Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952.  


Book cover for Stories for South Asian supergirls
Stories for South Asian supergirls
Khaira, Raj Kaur
Call Number: x 920 K45

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