Asian or Asian-American Characters In Picture Books Youth Services Section, Collins Main Library LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System (4/07/dt) 606-2665 www.leoncountylibrary.org (When available, the nation of heritage characterized in the story is noted in italics.) Me and Alves: A Japanese Journey (by Terumasa Akio) Japan E Aki Tiger (by Judy Allen) China E All The Mats (by Francisco Arcellana) Philippines E Arc Rockaby Crocodile (by Jose Arueg) Philippines E Aru Aani and the Tree Huggers (by Jeannie Atkins) India E Atk Mystery Bottle (by Kristen Balouch) E Bal Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale (by Ehud Ben-Exer) Arabia E Ben Halmoni’s Day (by Edna Coe Bercaw) Korea E Ber Cherry Tree (by Ruskin Bond) Japan E Bon The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend (by Dave Bouchard) China E Bou The Bee Tree by Stephen Buchmann E Buc Jin Woo (by Eve Bunting) Korea E Bun One Green Apple (by Eve Bunting) Middle Eastern E Bun Smoky Night (by Eve Bunting) E Bun So Far From the Sea (by Eve Bunting) Japan E Bun Trubloff: the Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika (by John Burningham) Russia E Bur Mama and Papa have a Store (by Amelia Lau Carling) China E Car On My Way to Buy Eggs (by Chih-Yuan Chen) E Che Little Eagle (by Jiang Hong Chen) China E Che Guji Guji (by Zhiyuan Chen) E Che Goldfish and Chrysanthemums (by Andrea Cheng) China E Che Grandfather Counts (by Andrea Cheng) China E Che Shanghai Messenger (by Andrea Cheng) China E Che Sam and the Lucky Money (by Karen Chinn) China E Chi Halmoni and the Picnic (by Sook Nyul Choi) Korea E Cho Yunmi and Halomoni’s Trip (by Sook Nyul Choi) Korea E Cho The Name Jar (by Yangsook Choi) Korea E Cho New Cat (by Yangsook Choi) Korea E Cho Peach Heaven (by Yangsook Choi) Korea E Cho Chang’s Paper Pony (by Eleanor Coerr) China E Coe (Reader) The Runaway Rice Cake (by Ying Chang Compestine) China E Com The Story of Chopsticks (by Ying Chang Compestine) China E Com The Story of Noodles (by Ying Chang Compestine) China E Com First Snow (by Helen Coutant) Vietnam E Cou Three names of Me (by Mary Cummings) China E Cum An American Face (by Jan M. Czech) Korea E Cze The Coffee Can Kid (by Jan M. Czech) Korea E Cze Nadia’s Hands (by Karen English) Pakistan E Eng Okino and the Whales by Arnica Esterl Japan E Est Butterflies for Kiri (by Cathryn Falwell) Japan E Fal Clever Ali (by Nancy Farmer) Egypt E Far How My Parents Learned to Eat (by Ina R. Friedman) Japan E Fri There Was Magic Inside (by David Galchutt) E Gal The Turtle and the Monkey by Paul Galdone (Philippines) E Gal The Lotus Seed (by Sherry Garland) Vietnam E Gar My Father’s Boat (by Sherry Garland) Vietnam E Gar Sky Sweeper (by Phillis Gershantor) Japan E Ger Lights for Gita (by Rachna Gilmore) India E Gil Roses for Gita (by Rachna Gilmore) India E Gil Chopsticks for My Noodle Soup (by Susan E. Goodman) Malaysia E Goo Ten Oni Drummers (by Matthew Gollub) Japan) E Gol Tangerines and Tea: My Grandparents and Me (by Ona Gritz) E Gri Henry and the Kite Dragon (by Bruce Edward Hall) China E Hal Bebop-a-do-walk! (by Sheila Hamanak) Japanese E Ham Elephant Dance: Memories of India (by Theresa Heine) India E Hei One Sunday Morning (by Yumi Heo) E Heo Girl from the Snow Country (by Masako Hidaka) E Hid Hush! A Thai Lullaby (by Minfong Ho) Thailand E Ho Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek (by Minfong Ho) Thailand E Ho The Color of Home (by Mary Hoffman) Somalia E Hof Magic horse of Han Gan (by Chen Jiang Hong) China E Hon Two Mrs. Gibsons (by Toyomi Igus) Japan E Igu The Way We Do It In Japan (by Geneva Cobb Iijima) Japan E Iij Romina’s Rangoli (by Malathi Michelle Iyengar) India E Iye Fishing Sunday (by Tony Johnston) Japan E Joh One Night: A Story from the Desert (by Cristina Kessler) Saraha E Kes The Greatest of All: A Japanese Folktale (retold by Eric A. Kimmel) Japan E Kim Bringing Asha Home (by Uma Krishnaswami) India E Kri Chachaji’s Cup (by Uma Krishnaswami) East India E Kri Happiest Tree (by Uma Krishnaswami) E Kir Monsoon (by Uma Krishnaswami) India E Kri Closet Ghosts (by Uma Krishnaswami) Indi) E Kri Pink Paper Swans (by Virginia L. Kroll) Japan E Kro Selvakumar Knew Better (by Virginia Kroll) India E Kro The Seven Gods of Luck (by David Kudler) Japan E Kud Eyes of the Dragon (by Margaret Leaf) China E Lea 1, 2, 3, Go! (by Huy Voun Lee) China E Lee At the Beach (by Huy Voun Lee) China E Lee In the Leaves (by Huy Voun Lee) China E Lee In the Park (by Huy Voun Lee) China E Lee Bitter Dumplings ( by Jeanne M. Lee) China E Lee I Once Was A Monkey: Stories Buddha (told by Jeanne M. Lee) E Lee Silent Lotus (by Jeanne M. Lee) Cambodia E Lee Earthquake (by Milly Lee) China E Lee Nim and the War Effort (by Milly Lee) China E Lee Sori’s Harvest Moon Day (by Uk-Bae Lee) Korea E Lee A Place Where Sunflowers Grow by (by Amy Lee-Tai) Japan (Bi-Lingual) E Lee I Hate English (by Ellen Levine) China E Lev Our Home is the Sea (by Riki Levinson) Hong Kong E Lev Big Jimmy’s Kum Kau Chinese Take Out (by Ted Lewin) China E Lew Dim Sum for Everyone! (by Grace Lin) China E Lin Fortune Cookie Fortunes (by Grace Lin) China E Lin Kite Flying (by Grace Lin) China E Lin The Ugly Vegetables (by Grace Lin) China E Lin Caged Birds of Phnom Penh (by Frederick Lipp) Cambodia E Lip Love as Strong as Ginger (by Lenore Look) China E Loo Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding (by Leonore Look) China E Loo Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin (by Michelle Lord) Cambodia E Lor Raymond’s Perfect Present (by Therese On Louie) China E Lou The Black Geese:A Baba Yaga Story from Russia (Retold by Alison Lurie)Russia E Lur The Girl Who Wore Too Much (by Margaret R. MacDonald) Thailand E Mac Bon Odori Dancer (by Karen Kawamoto McCoy) Japan E McC Baya Baya Lulla-By-A (by Megan McDonald) India E McD Tunjur Tunjur tunjur: Palestinian Folktale (Marbaret Read MacDonald) E Mac Journey Home (by Lawrence McKay) Vietnam E McK Elmer’s Weather (by David McKee) China E McK George’s Garden (by Mandy and Ness) Chinese E Man How Mama Brought the Spring (by Fran Manuskin) Russia E Man The Sheep of the Lal Bagh (by David Mark) India E Mar The Stars in my Geddoh's Sky (by Claire Sidholm Matze) Middle East E Mat Kaito’s Cloth (by Glenda Millard) E Mil Baseball Saved Us (by Ken Mochizuki) Japan E Moc An Mei’s Strange and Wondrous Journey (by Stephan Molnar-Fenton) China E Mol Mouse’s Marriage (by Junko Morimoto) Japan E Mor My Hiroshima (by Junko Morimoto) Japan E Mor Show and Tell (by Robert Munsch) E Mun Zen Shorts (by Jon Muth) E Mut Sumo Boy (by Hirotaka Nakagawa) Japan E Nak The Hungriest Boy in the World (by Lensey Namioka) Japan E Nam The Laziest Boy in the World (by Lensey Namioka) China E Nam Loyal Cat (by Lensey Namioka) Japan E Nam The Five Sparrows:a Japanese Folktale (by Patricia Montgomery Newton) Japan E New Pet Dragon (by Christoph Niemann) China E Nie Haiku Picturebook for Children (by Keisuke Nishimoto) Japan E Nis Flowers from Mariko (by Rick Noguchi & Deneen Jenks) Japan E Nog Grandpa’s Town (by Takaaki Nomura) Japan E Nom Red Butterfly (by Deborah Noyes) China E Noy The Last Dragon (by Susan Miho Nunes) China E Nun Sitti’s Secrets (by Naomi Shihab Nye) Palestine E Nye White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption (by Jean Davies Okimoto) China E Oki The Hundredth Name (by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim) Egypt E Opp Suho and the White Horse: A Legend of Mongolia by Yuzo Otsuka E Ots Dear Juno (by Soyung Pak) Korea E Pak A Place To Grow (by Soyung Pak) E Pak Sumi’s First Day of School Ever (by Soyung Pak) Korea E Pak Good-bye: 382 Shin Dang Dong (by Frances Park) Korea E Par The Have A Good Day Cafr (by Frances and Ginger Park) Korean E Pak My Freedom Trip (by Frances and Ginger Park) Korea E Par The Royal Bee (by Frances Park and Ginger Park) Korea E Par Where On Earth Is My Bagel? by Frances Park and Ginger Park) Korea E Par Bee-bim Bop! (by Linda Sue Park) Korea E Par The Firekeeper’s Son (by Linda Sue Park) Korea E Par Have A Good Day Café (by Frances Park) Korea E Par Kogi’s Mysterious Journey (by Elizabeth Partridge) Japan E Par Oranges on Golden Mountain (by Elizabeth Partridge) China E Par The Tale of the Mandrin Ducks (by Katherine Paterson) Japan E Pat Mommy Far, Mommy Near (by Carol Antoinette Peacock) China E Pea The Warlord’s Puzzle (by Virginia Walton Pilegard) China E Pil Turtle Bay (by Saviour Pirotta) Japan E Pir Families are Different (by Nina Pellegrini) Korea E Pel Mr. Fong’s Toy Shop (by Leo Politi) China E Pol The American Wei (by Marion Hess Pomeranc) China E Pom The Can-Do Thanksgiving (by Marion Hess Pomeranc) E Pom Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee (by Barbara Ann Porte) China E Por The Master Swordsman & the Magic Doorway (by Alice Provensen) China E Pro Dumpling Soup (by Kim Jama Rattigan) Hawaii E Rat My Name is Yoon (by Helen Recorvitis) Korea E Rec Dragon Kite of the Autumn Moon (by Valerie Reddix) Taiwan E Red I feel a Foot by Maranke Rinck (Arabia) E Rin Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel (by Anthony D.