Hit: Books about Asian Children

[Sue La Violette <slaviolt@DWAVE.NET>]

We have a strong contingency of southeast Asains in our city so most of
the books I have on my list deal with that segment of the population. I
hope this helps!


         Millett, Sandra.  The Hmong of Southeast Asia.  1st American ed.
                Minneapolis, MN : Lerner, 2002.  Offers a brief introduction
                to the history and culture of the Hmong people of Southeast
                Asia.

           Murphy, Nora.  A Hmong family.  Minneapolis : Lerner
                Publications, c1997.  Depicts the history and culture of the
                Hmong, a unique ethnic group living in Southeast Asia, and
                describes the experiences of a Hmong family who left Laos to
                rebuild their lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

           Goldfarb, Mace.  Fighters, refugees, immigrants : a story of the
                Hmong / by Mace Goldfarb.  Minneapolis : Carolrhoda, 1982.

           Folk stories of the Hmong : peoples of Laos, Thailand, and
                Vietnam / [compiled by] Norma J. Livo, Dia Cha.  Englewood,
                Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1991.

           Cha, Dia, 1962-.  Dia's story cloth.  1st ed.  New York : Lee &
                Low Books, c1996.  The story cloth made for her by her aunt
                and uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family
                in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the
                United States.

           Betancourt, Jeanne.  More than meets the eye.  New York : Bantam,
                1990.

           Crew, Linda.  Children of the river.  Dell, 1991, c1989.

           Okimoto, Jean Davies.  Molly by any other name.  New York :
                Scholastic, 1990.

           Shea, Pegi Deitz.  The whispering cloth : a refugee's story /
                written by Pegi Deitz Shea ; illustrated by Anita Riggio ;
                stitched by You Yang.  1st ed.  Honesdale, Penn. : Boyds
                Mills Press, c1995.


Sue La Violette
Library Media Specialist
Horace Mann Middle School
slaviolt@dwave.net

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