The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

Asian Americans

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Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome. Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Powells.com (an independent, unionized bookstore) and/or Bookshop (indie bookstore platform). A small percentage from book sales through these links goes to Teaching for Change. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).

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For further reading, we recommend:

Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian America by Wayne Au and Moé Yonamine in Rethinking Schools
Teaching Asian American History through Children's Literature NCSS 2016 presentation by Noreen Naseem Rodriguez, Iowa State University
In Search of Mirrors: An Asian Critical Race Theory Content Analysis of Asian American Picturebooks from 2007 to 2017 by Noreen N. Rodriguez and Esther J. Kim in the Journal of Children's Literature, 2018
15 Titles for Young Readers Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage by Sarah Park Dahlen and Noreen Naseem Rodríguez May 26, 2020 in School Library Journal
Addressing Anti-Asian Bias from Learning for Justice.
Asian American and Pacific Islander people’s history at the Zinn Education Project.

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