Say, Allen. El Chino. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American bullfighter in
Spain.
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Chinese Americans.
General Nonfiction
Chu, Daniel and Chu, Ch:ang_ling.. Passage to the Golden Gate; A
History of the
Chinese in America to 1910. Ill. by Earl Thollander. Garden
City, NJ: Doubleday, 1967. Owned at UVA library.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Celebrating Chinese New Year.
Illustrated by Lawrence Migdale. Holiday House, 1998. Ages 9-12
Ryan, a young Chinese-American living in San Francisco,
and his family prepare for Chinese New Year. Reviews available at Amazon Book Company
Moy, Tina.
Chinese Americans New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995.
Wilson, John. Chinese Americans. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke, 1991.
103p.
Fiction & Picture Books
Bunting, Eve. The Happy Funeral.Ill. by Vo-Dinh Mai. New York:
Harper & Row, 1982
A young Chinese American girl pays tribute to her grandfather
as she helps
prepare his
funeral.
Carlson, Lori, ed. American Eyes: New Asian American Short
Stories for Young Adults. Econo-Clad, 1999. Young Adults
Booklist recommends grades 8-12. Ten young
Asian-Americans re-create the conflicts that all young people feel
living in two distinct worlds. Reviews at Amazon
Chinn, Karen. Sam and the Lucky Money. Illustrated by
Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. pa. Lee & Low, 1997.
Sam must decide how he will spend the lucky money he got
for Chinese New Year<. Review at Barnes & Noblebr>
Coerr, Eleanor.
Chang's
Paper Pony. Ill. by Deborah Ray. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, son of
Chinese
immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend thinks of
a way.
Eisemann, Henry. SU-SU: The Chinese New Year Panda. 2nd ed.
Emprise, 1997. Ages 5 to 11.
Hall, Katherine. Christie and Company in the Year of the
Dragon, Vol. 3. 1st ed. William Morrow, 1997.
Three roommates and amateur sleuths try to deal with a
Chinese gang that is threatening the family of a friend. Reviews
at Barnes & Noble
Krieger,
Ellen. Shannon: The Schoolmarm Mysteries
San Francisco, 1880, Vol 3. Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. pa. 1st
ed. Simon & Schuster, 1997. Ages 8 to 10
A recent immigrant from Ireland to San Francisco in
1880, Shannon is ready to start school, but is dismayed that her
Chinese friend is forbidden by law to attend and that many of her
classmates are prejudiced against the Irish as well. Review at Barnes & Noble
Kuklin,
Susan. How My Family Lives in America. pa. 1st Aladdin ed. Simon &
Schuster, 1998. Ages 5 to 7
Sanu (African American), Eric (Hispanic American) and
April (both parents born in Taiwan) live in New York City. Their
families live with one foot in America and one in another country.
These first-person accounts illuminate the uniqueness of ethnic
tradition and reveal how it is fostered and adapted within a family.
Full-color photos. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Lee,
Milly. Nim and the War Effort. Illustrated
by Yangsook Choi. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. Grades 2-5.
Nim, a young Chinese-American girl, lives with her
multigenerational family in San Francisco's Chinatown during World
War II. She is determined to collect more papers to help the war
effort than the school bully. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Lee, Voun Lee. At the Beach. pa. Reprint ed. Henry Holt, 1998.
Ages 4-8
Sketching in the sand, Xiao Ming's mother introduces
her to Chinese characters and the objects they resemble. Reviews at
Amazon
Levine, Ellen.
I Hate English! Ill. by Steve Bjorkman. Scholastic, 1989.
When her family moves from Hong Kong to New York, Mei Mei
finds it
difficult to adjust to school and learn the alien sounds of
English.
Lin, Grace. The Ugly Vegetables. Charlesbridge, 1999. Ages 5
ti 8
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest
in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and
smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes
a recipe. Reviews at Barnes &
Noble
Look, Lenore. Love as Strong as Ginger. Illustrated by
Stephen T. Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 1999. Grades 1-4
A Chinese American girl comes to realize how hard her
grandmother works to fulfill her dreams when they spend a day
together at the grandmother's job cracking crabs. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Lord, Bette
Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
Illus. by Marc Simont. Santa Barbara, CA: Cornerstone Books, 1990.
169p.
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes
Americanized at school, in her apartment building and by her love of
baseball.
McCunn, Ruthanne L. Pie-Biter. Ill. by You-shan
Tang. San Francisco: Design Enterprises of San Francisco, 1983.
A Chinese boy who comes to the U.S. to work on the railroad
develops a
fondness for pies that becomes legendary.
Molnar-Fenton, Stephan. An Mei's Strange and Wondrous
Journey. Illustrated by Vivienne Flesher. 1st ed. 1998
Six-year-old An Mei tells the story of how she was
born in China and came to live in America. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Namioka,
Lensey. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear Ill. by
Kees de Kiefte. Little, Brown. 134p. fiction
Yang, a recent immigrant from China, is musically
untalented but is expected to give a violin performance to help his
father draw students. Really, he'd rather play baseball and make friends.
His plan backfires.
Porte, Barbara Ann. Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee.
Illustrated by Donna Ruff. HarperCollins, 1993. Ages 4 to 7
One night as he was going to bed, Alan Lee heard an
unfamiliar sound--cree, cree, cree. "It's just a cricket
singing," his mother said. When his uncle told him that in China
merchants sold special cages in which to keep crickets as pets,
Alan Lee was determined to catch the cricket. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Vaughan,
Marcia. The Dancing Dragon. Illustrated
by Stanley Wong Hoo Foon. pa. Mondo Publishing, 199+. Ages 5 ti 7
A rhyming story that describes a typical Chinese New
Year celebration. [Fold out cardboard book] Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Wallace, Ian.
Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance. New York: Atheneum, 1984.
Chin Chiang dreams of someday dancing the Dragon Dance but on
the first
day of the Year of the Dragon when he is to dance with his grandfather,
he is afraid he will disgrace his family and bring bad luck.
Canadian-Chinese. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Waters, Kate & Madeline Slovenz-Low. Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's
Chinese New Year. Photos by Martha Cooper. New York: Scholastic, 1990.
Describes how six-year-old Ernie Wan prepares for Chinese
New Year.
Yee, Paul. Ghost Train. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Publishers
Group West, 1996. Grades 3 to 6.
Twelve-year-old Choon-yi although born with only one arm
is a gifted artist. Journeying to America to join her father, she
finds that he has died while working on the railroad. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Yee, Paul.
Later, Gator, Vol. 1. Illustrated by Eric
Valasquez. pa. 1st ed. Hyperion Books for Children, 1997. Ages 8 to 12.
Teddy gives his irritating little brother a surprise birthday
gift--a jaw-snapping baby alligator. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Yee, Paul. Roses Sing on New
Snow. Macmillan, 1991. Picture
Book.
Despite a greedy father and a lazy brothers, Maylin, the real
cook in the family restaurant gets the recognition she deserves.
Yee, Paul. Tales from Gold Mountain; Stories of the Chinese in the
New World Macmillan, 1989. 64p.
Collection of eight short stories reflecting the grit and
determination of Chinese immigrants to North America.
Yee, Paul. For other books by Paul Yee, see Paul
Yee at Amazon Books
Yep, Laurence. The Amah. Putnam, 1999.
Grades 4 to 7
Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities
growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes
a job outside the home. Reviews at Barnes & Noble.
Yep, Laurence.
Yep, Laurence. Cockroach Cooties. 1st ed/ Hyperion,
2000. Ages 9-12
Tedy and his little brother Bobby devise
strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully. Reviews
at Barnes &
Noble
Dragonwings:
Their Dream Was to Fly. pa. Harper Collins, 1977. Ages 9 to 12
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his
father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a
flying machine. Newbery Honor Book, 1975.
Yep, Laurence. The IMP That Ate My Homework: He's Lean,
Green-andMean. Illustrated by Benrei Huang. pa. HarperCollins, 2000.
Grades 3-5
Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is know as the meanest
man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Yep, Laurence. For other
books by Laurence Yep, see Laurence
Yep from Barnes & Noble
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Folktales
Yep, Laurence. The
Rainbow People. Illus. by David Wiesener. HarperCollins, 1992.
Ages 9-12. Boston Globe Horn Book Award.
A collection of folktales passed down by word of mouth as
recounted by older Chinese American immigrants from a WPA project
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Poetry
Wong, Janet S. Good Luck Gold and Other Poems. 1st ed. Simon
& Schuster, 1994. Ages 12 up
This collection of poems will speak directly to the many
children in this country who come from Asian-and other-cultures and
are often subjected to some form of prejudice. Young readers with
more traditional backgrounds will gain new insights about their peers
who come from different backgrounds. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Wong, Janet S.
A Suitcase of
Seaweed, and Other Poems. 1st ed. Simon & Schuster, 1996. Grades 3=6
A collection of poems that reflect the experiences of Asian
Americans, particularly their family relationships. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
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