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Even though Zia loves the Cantonese food her parents prepare at home, she is embarrassed to eat it at school, but when she realizes each meal has a special meaning, she begins to look forward to lunchtime. Includes a recipe for Zia's lucky yi mein.

2) Long Goes to Dragon School

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Wu, Helen H

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Wrapped in Eastern and Western dragon lore, this fantasy tale celebrates perseverance, cultural inclusion, and self-discovery. It's the first day of Dragon School, where all the young dragons must learn how to harness their fire-breathing skills. Today's lesson? Using it to cook food! All the dragons are excited to test their powers . . . except Long. Long is from the East and can only breathe out water. No matter how hard he huffs and puffs, he...

3) Dim sum, here we come!

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Lam, Maple

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"Today is Sunday and that means its dim sum time with my whole family! I can't wait to see everyone, especially Grandma. I'm going to eat lots of shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, egg tarts, and my favorite--char siu buns. We will have to order enough for us all to share. So what are you waiting for? Dim sum, here we come!"--

4) Hot Pot Night!

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Chen, Vincent

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Hot pot, hot pot! Hits the right spot! What's for dinner? A Taiwanese American child brings his diverse neighbors together to make a tasty communal meal. Together, they cook up a steaming family dinner that celebrates community, cooperation, and culture. Includes a family recipe for hot pot!

5) Eyes that kiss in the corners

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Ho, Joanna

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A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes--and so much more--with her mother, her amah and her little sister.

6) Eyes that speak to the stars

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Ho, Joanna

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A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men in his family, he recognizes his...

7) One day

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Ho, Joanna

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In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.

8) playing at the border a story of yo yo ma

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9) Gibberish

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Vo, Young

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When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.

10) Ramen for everyone

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Tanumihardja, Patricia

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"A young boy aspires to make a bowl of ramen as delicious as his dad's, and runs into some surprises--both delightful and disastrous--on his first attempt"--

11) The Most Beautiful Thing

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Yang, Kao Kalia

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A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States. When Kalia becomes unhappy...

12) Bilal cooks daal

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Saeed, Aisha

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Bilal and his father invite his friends to help make his favorite dish, daal, then all must wait patiently for it to be done.--

13) 'Ohana means family

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Loomis, Ilima

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Live Oak Media eReadalong

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In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.

14) The big bath house

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Maclear, Kyo

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Soon after a young girl arrives in Japan, she, her grandmother, her aunties, and some cousins celebrate cultural traditions together while visiting a bath house.

15) Punky Aloha

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Tuiasoa, Shar

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"Punky loves to do a lot of things--except meeting new friends. She doesn't feel brave enough. So when her grandmother asks her to go out and grab butter for her famous banana bread, Punky hesitates. But with the help of her grandmother's magical sunglasses, and with a lot of aloha in her heart, Punky sets off on a BIG adventure for the very first time"--

16) Amah faraway

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Greanias, Margaret Chiu

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Nervous about visiting her grandmother in Taipei, Taiwan, a young girl soon adjusts to her unfamiliar surroundings and enjoys the adventure.

17) My name is Yoon

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Recorvits, Helen

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Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom, " refers to herself as "cat, " "bird, " and "cupcake, " as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.

18) The perfect seat

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Lê, Minh

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Eager to read together, a parent and child search for the perfect seat.

19) Lift

Author

Lê, Minh

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From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons! Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she...

20) Drawn together

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Lê, Minh

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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

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