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[General Nonfiction]
[Fiction]
General
Nonfiction
*Lee, Lauren. Korean Americans New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995.
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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Fiction
& Picture Books
Balgassi, Haemi. Tae's Sonata. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Ages 9
to 12
Tae, a Korean American eighth grader, tries to sort out
her feelings when she is assigned a popular cute boy as a partner for
a school report and later has a falling out with her best friend.
Reviews at Barnes &
Noble. Related pages: Haemi
Balgassi Teacher Resource File
Choi, Sook Nyul.
Halmoni and the Picnic
Ill. by Karen Milone. Houghton Mifflin, 1993. (8) Picture book.
A Korean American girls' third grade class helps her newly
arrived grandmother fell more comfortable in the United States. Review
at Barnes & Noble. Related pages: Sook Nyul
Choi Teacher Resource File
Choi, Yangsook. New Cat. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. Ages
5 to 8
Shortly after coming to America, Mr. Kim, owner of a
tofu factory in the Bronx, gets a fluffy silver cat that makes her
home in his factory and one night saves it from burning down.
Reviews at Barnes &
Noble. Related pages: Yangsook Choi Teacher Resource
File
Czech, Jan M. An American Face. Illustrated
by Frances Clancy. Child Welfare League of America, 2000. Ages 4-8
"What will my new face look like?" Jessie wondered
excitedly. He stood on the plastic stool by the sink and traced his
eyes with his finger. Jessie, adopted from Korea, eagerly waits for
the day he will get his American citizenship and, he thinks, and
American face. The big day brings more surprises than Jessie expects.
Review at Amazon
Heo, Yumi.
Father's Rubber Shoes Orchard, 1995.
Yungsu misses Korea until he begins to make friends in
America. Related pages: Yumi Heo Teacher Resource File
Kline, Suzy.
Song Lee in Room 2B Ill. by Frank Remkiewicz.
Viking, 1993. picture book.
Spring becomes a special time for Miss Mackle's second grade
class due to the antics of Horrible Harry and the insights of quiet Song
Lee. Related pages: Suzy Kline Teacher Resource File
Kline, Suzy. Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt. Illustrated by
Frank Remkiewicz. Reprint ed. pa. Penguin Putnam, 1996. Ages 7 to 10.
When Song Lee's hampster escapes from its cage in Room
2B, the class members and other students in South School become
involved in the search for him. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Kline, Suzy. Song Lee and the I Hate You Notes. Illustrated
by Frank Remkiewicz. Penguin USA, 1999. Ages 7 to 10
Song Lee is upset when she receives hateful notes in
class, but she finds an appropriate and positive way to deal with
them. Reviews at Barnes &
Noble
Lee, Marie G. F Is for Fabuloso. William Morrow, 1999.
Ages 12 up. Seventh grader Jin-Ha, a Korean American, finds
her adjustment to
life in America complicated by her mother's difficulty in learning to
speak English. Related pages: Marie G.
Lee Teacher Resource File
Lee, Marie G. Finding My Own Voice. pa. ed. HarperCollins, 2001.
Grades 7 to 12. Pressured by
her strict Korean immigrant parents to get into Harvard, high school
senior Ellen Sung tries to find some time for romance, friendship and have
fun in her small Minnesota town; but the simmering racism from some of her
classmates, and even from a teacher, becomes impossible to ignore.
Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Lee, Marie G. If It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun. pa. ed. Avon Books,
1995.
Ages 9 to 12. Alice, who is Korean American, considers
herself 100% American. So, when her father insists that she be friends
with Yoon Jun, a geeky-looking Korean kid who's just come to America from
Korea, Alice is very upset. How can she risk her friends and popularity
by befriending Yoon Jun? Reviews at Barnes and Noble
Lee, Marie G. Necessary Roughness. pa. ed. HarperCollins, 1998.
Grades 8 to 12. Chan and his sister Young move from Los
Angeles to a small Minnesota tow. Entering their junior year of high
schook, they face numerous obstacles. Chan must cope not only with
racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his
relationship with his strict father. An ALA Best Book for YAs. Reviews
at Barnes and Noble
Lee, Marie G. Night of the Chupacabras. pa ed. William Morrow,
1999.
When Mi-Sun and her younger brother spend the summer in Mexico
with their friend Lupe, they become convinced that there is a mysterious
vampire-like monster killing Taio Haector's goats. Review at Barnes & Noble
Lee, Marie G.
Saying Goodbye. Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Grades 8 to 12. In this sequel to "Finding My Voice," Ellen
Sung explores her
interest in creative writing and in her Korean heritage during her
freshman year at Harvard. Review at Barnes and Noble
Paek,
Min. Aekyung's Dream San Francisco: Children's Press, 1988.
A young Korean immigrant learns to adjust to her new life in America by
heeding the words of an ancient Korean king. [Owned by JMU].
* Pellegrini, Nina. Families are Different. Holiday Houe,
1991.
An adopted Korean girl finds her classmates have different
types of families.
Rattigan, Jama Kim. Dumpling Soup, Vol. 1. Illustrated by
Lillian Hsu-Flanders. pa. Reprint ed. Little, Brown, 1997. Ages 5 to 8
This picture book set in Hawaii tells of seven-year-old
Marisa's attempts to make dumplings for the New Year's Eve party.
Marisa's extended family is Korean, but there are Japanese, Chinese,
Hawaiian and kaole (white) relatives as well. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
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Bibliography prepared by Wendy Lanehart & Inez Ramsey.
LSEM 511. Resources for Children. James Madison University.
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