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Picture Books - Middle Grade - Young Adult

Picture Books

Momma's Christmas Gift

Kao Kalia Yang, Jacqueline Tam

Jia Has a Dog Problem

Stephanie Ellen Sy, Isabella Kung

Tasting Words

Dezh Azaad, Nelly Buchet, Sara Palacios

Sister Scribbles

Lenny Wen, Lenny Wen

Together for Mama

Pooja Makhijani, Nadia Alam

Taking Flight

Kashmira Sheth, Nicolò Carozzi

Action Jasmine

Kristen Mai Giang, A. N. Kang

Hold

Randy Ribay, Zeke Peña

Music of the Bells

Anitha Rao-Robinson, Chaaya Prabhat

Mr. Chow's Night Market

Emily Sun Li, Yu Ting Cheng

Watermelon Pool

Bonsoir Lune, Bonsoir Lune, Frances Cha

Habbi's Treasures

Yoojin Grace Wuertz, Dung Ho

Where Do Stories Live?

Meenal Patel

Ama's Purse

Charlotte Cheng, Xindi Yan

Faraway Family

Padma Venkatraman, Nicole Wong

The Magnificent Banyan and the Green Tong Lau

Stephanie Ellen Sy, Ishita Jain

The River of Caregiving

Jocelyn Chung, Sarah Gonzales

Happy Songkran Day!

Dow Phumiruk, Dow Phumiruk

Nisha Knows Best

Maryann Jacob Macias, Maithili Joshi

Gwei the Hungry Ghost

Emeline Lee, Basia Tran

Ai & Aiko and the Dinosaur Hug

Peter Draw, Peter Draw

My Love for You Is Always

Gillian Sze, Michelle Lee

The Ocean Calls

Tina Cho, Jess X. Snow

Danbi Leads the School Parade

Anna Kim, Anna Kim

The Weather's Bet

Ed Young, Ed Young

This Is Our Baby, Born Today

Varsha Bajaj, Eliza Wheeler

Superheroes Are Everywhere

Kamala Harris, Mechal Renee Roe

Coolies

Yin, Chris Soentpiet

The Bracelet

Yoshiko Uchida

Yeh-Shen

Ai-Ling Louie

Lon Po Po

Ed Young

Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent

Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas

This Is Music: Drums

Rekha S. Rajan, Tania Yakunova

Nana, Nenek & Nina

Liza Ferneyhough, Liza Ferneyhough

You Are My Favorite Color

Gillian Sze, Nina Mata

Kapaemahu

Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Daniel Sousa

Who Was Bruce Lee?: A Who Was? Board Book

Lisbeth Kaiser, Who HQ, Stanley Chow

Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country

Kelly Yang

My Love for You Is Always

Gillian Sze, Michelle Lee

Tomatoes for Neela

Padma Lakshmi, Juana Martinez-Neal

A Boy Named Isamu

James Yang

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race

Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas

Fatima's Great Outdoors

Ambreen Tariq, Stevie Lewis

Laxmi's Mooch

Shelly Anand, Nabi H. Ali

Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story

Adib Khorram, Zainab Faidhi

Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu

Ying Chang Compestine, Crystal Kung

Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief

Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas

This Is Music: Voice

Rekha S. Rajan, Tania Yakunova

Who Is Malala Yousafzai?: A Who Was? Board Book

Lisbeth Kaiser, Who HQ, Risa Rodil

This Is Music: Strings

Rekha S. Rajan, Tania Yakunova

I Want to Be Spaghetti!

Kiera Wright-Ruiz, Claudia Lam

Night Market Rescue

Charlotte Cheng, Amber Ren

Danbi's Favorite Day

Anna Kim, Anna Kim

Nuestra piel: una primera conversación sobre la raza

Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas, Isabel Mendoza

Amazing

Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, Dane Liu, Aaliya Jaleel

The Knowing

Ani DiFranco, Julia Mathew

My Paati's Saris

Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Art Twink

This Is Music: Horns

Rekha S. Rajan, Tania Yakunova

Lunch from Home

Joshua David Stein, Jing Li, Niki Russ Federman, & more...

The Chinese New Year Helper

Ying Chang Compestine, Ginnie Hsu

The One & Only Googoosh

Azadeh Westergaard, Azadeh Westergaard

Play Games with Me

Kat Chen, Lorraine Nam

Sari Sisters

Anitha Rao-Robinson, Anoosha Syed

When Love Is More Than Words

Jocelyn Chung, Julia Kuo

Quiet Karima

Nidhi Chanani, Nidhi Chanani

Meena's Saturday

Kusum Mepani, Yasmeen Ismail

Birthday Soup

Grace Seo Chang, Jaime Kim, David Chang

I Miss You Most

Charlotte Cheng, Xindi Yan

World of Wonder

Valarie Kaur, Cynthia Alonso

The Seasons of Parastoo

Rashin Kheiriyeh, Rashin Kheiriyeh

Bijan Always Wins

Adib Khorram, Michelle Tran

Play Outside with Me

Kat Chen, Lorraine Nam

A Garland of Henna

Varsha Bajaj, Archana Sreenivasan

Zuni and the Memory Jar

Aisha Saeed, Neha Rawat

Caged

Kao Kalia Yang, Khou Vue

Growing Up under a Red Flag

Ying Chang Compestine, Xinmei Liu

Roar-Choo!

Charlotte Cheng, Dan Santat

Play with Me

Kat Chen, Lorraine Nam

The House Before Falling into the Sea

Ann Suk Wang, Hanna Cha

Sparkles for Sunny

Sylvia Chen, Thai My Phuong

Tea Is Love

Adib Khorram, Hanna Cha

Family of Friends

Varsha Bajaj, Ishaa Lobo

The Biker Girls

Shehzil Malik, Shehzil Malik

Bela and Lily

Natasha Khan Kazi

Home, Home

Sibu T. P., Sibu T. P.

Ai & Aiko and the Little Curve

Peter Draw, Peter Draw

Mustafa's Mithai

Sana Rafi, Nabi H. Ali

Binna's Dalgona

Sojung Kim-McCarthy, Sojung Kim-McCarthy

Icy Fruit

Charlotte Cheng, Vivian Mineker

Incredible

Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, Dion MBD

Little Bird Laila

Kelly Yang, Xindi Yan

The One and Only Rumi

Rabiah York, Maneli Manouchehri

A Vaisakhi to Remember

Simran Jeet Singh, Japneet Kaur

This Is Ballet

Rekha S. Rajan, Chris Park

Our Lake

Angie Kang, Angie Kang

Middle Grade

All That Chandni Knows

Khushboo Patel

Roar

Varsha Bajaj

The Shark Prince

Malia Maunakea

Song of the Yellow Dragon

Ying Ping Low

Hafsa's Way

Aisha Saeed

Goodbye, French Fry

Rin-rin Yu

The Moon Without Stars

Chanel Miller

A Year Without Home

V. T. Bidania

The Bridge Home

Padma Venkatraman

Amal Unbound

Aisha Saeed

See You in the Cosmos

Jack Cheng

Born Behind Bars

Padma Venkatraman

Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: New School Skirmish

Zoe Tokushige, Jennifer Naalchigar

The Many Meanings of Meilan

Andrea Wang

Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation

Sylvia Liu

We Belong

Cookie Hiponia

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear

Trang Nguyen, Jeet Zdung, Jeet Zdung

The Legend of Auntie Po

Shing Yin Khor

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

Jessica Kim

Count Me In

Varsha Bajaj

Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop

Krystal Sutherland, Martin Seneviratne

The Diamond Explorer

Kao Kalia Yang

Amil and the After

Veera Hiranandani

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

Chanel Miller

Summer at Squee

Andrea Wang

On Thin Ice

Jessica Kim

Safe Harbor

Padma Venkatraman

Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: International Menace

Zoe Tokushige, Jennifer Naalchigar

Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel

Mai K. Nguyen, Mai K. Nguyen

Make a Move, Sunny Park!

Jessica Kim

The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

Jack Cheng

Fake Chinese Sounds

Jing Jing Tsong, Jing Jing Tsong

Lucky Scramble

Peter Raymundo

Saving H'Non: Chang and the Elephant

Trang Nguyen, Jeet Zdung, Jeet Zdung

Airi Sano, Prankmaster General: Public Enemy Number One

Zoe Tokushige, Jennifer Naalchigar

Omar Rising

Aisha Saeed

Thirst

Varsha Bajaj

She Persisted: Kamala Harris

Raakhee Mirchandani, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Jessica W. & more...

She Persisted: Kalpana Chawla

Raakhee Mirchandani, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Maya Lin

Grace Lin, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai

Aisha Saeed, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

She Persisted: Patsy Mink

Tae Keller, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint

Young Adult

Kill Your Darlings

Yuvashri Harish

The Celestial Seas

T. A. Chan

The Secret World of Briar Rose

Cindy Pham

The Hardest Ones to Fool

Christina Li

An Auction of Souls

Amber Chen

Fleet of Wonders

Erin Hànyù Lynch

Heirs of Infamy

Kyla Zhao

Heir

Sabaa Tahir

Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel

Adeline Kon, Adeline Kon

Sibylline (A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick)

Melissa de la Cruz

To the Death

Andrea Tang

The Oks Are Not OK

Grace K. Shim

Defying China

Tsultrim Dolma, Rebecca Wei Hsieh

Prodigal Tiger

Samantha Chong

Gods & Comics

Kat Cho

The Encanto's Curse (The Encanto's Daughter, 2)

Melissa de la Cruz

First Love Language

Stefany Valentine

You've Found Oliver

Dustin Thao

The Blood Phoenix

Amber Chen

No Rules Tonight

Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada

Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit: A Graphic Novel

Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada

Spin of Fate

A. A. Vora

Wheel of Wrath

A. A. Vora

The Truths We Hold

Kamala Harris

Patron Saints of Nothing

Randy Ribay

Smoke in the Sun

Renée Ahdieh

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Deserves Better

Adib Khorram

The Breakup Lists

Adib Khorram

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Julie C. Dao

Flame in the Mist

Renée Ahdieh

Written in the Stars

Aisha Saeed

A Time to Dance

Padma Venkatraman

The Wrath & the Dawn

Renée Ahdieh

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

Climbing the Stairs

Padma Venkatraman

We Shall Be Monsters

Tara Sim

Wish You Weren't Here

Erin Baldwin

From Little Tokyo, with Love

Sarah Kuhn

Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

Mae Coyiuto

The Noh Family

Grace K. Shim

The Last Tiger

Julia Riew, Brad Riew

Not Your Average Jo

Grace K. Shim

Nightbreaker

Coco Ma

Chasing Pacquiao

Rod Pulido

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

A Line in the Dark

Malinda Lo

A Scatter of Light

Malinda Lo

Love, Decoded

Jennifer Yen

A Taste for Love

Jennifer Yen

A Sky Beyond the Storm

Sabaa Tahir

The Beautiful

Renée Ahdieh

The Righteous

Renée Ahdieh

The Damned

Renée Ahdieh

The Ruined

Renée Ahdieh

Rebelwing

Andrea Tang

Everything We Never Had

Randy Ribay

Just Another Epic Love Poem

Parisa Akhbari

These Deadly Prophecies

Andrea Tang

This Moth Saw Brightness

A. A. Vacharat

Rules for Rule Breaking

Talia Tucker

The Lost Queen

Aimee Phan

The Encanto's Daughter

Melissa de la Cruz

Heir (A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick)

Sabaa Tahir

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

Preeti Chhibber

Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

Sonia Patel