Recommended Books

Asian 

The Paper Kingdom 

Ocean Meet Sky 

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

Our Lunar New Year by Yobe Qiu 

Arab 

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali

Chinese 

A Big Moon Cake for Little Star by Grace Lin

A Friend For Henry by Jenn Bailey

Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet Wong

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang

Brandon Makes Jiaozi by Eugenia Chu

Bruce Lee by Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Eyes that kiss the Corners by Joanna Ho

I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne and Julia Kuo

My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee and Elaine Chen

The Ugly Vegetable by Grace Lin

Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic by Ginnie Lo

Paper Son by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki

Playing with Lanterns by Wang Yage

Queen of Physics by Teresa Robeson

Watercress by Andrea Wang

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look

Indian

Laxmi's Mooch

Japanese

A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina

Fish for Jimmy by Katie Yamasaki

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say

Hello Maggie by Shigeru Yabu

Niki Nakayama,  A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites, by Jamie Michalak

Sumo Joe by Mia Wenjen

The Favorite Daughter by Allen Say

Write to Me by Cynthia Grady

Korean

The Invisible Boy

Juna's Jar

Tomorrow Is New Year's Day by Aram Kim

Multicultural

Shante Keys and the New Year's Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport & Marion Eldridge

The Phillippines

Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina Gilmore

Vietnam

A Different Pond by Bao Phi