Children of Asian America
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1879965151 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
120 pages, hardbound with paper jacket; with black and white photographs.. An anthology of children's stories and poems about the experiences of being an Asian American child from ten different Asian ethnic communities: Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Pakistani, Thai, Vietnamese, plus bi-racial and pan-Asian American
The best Asian American children's book ever! Can't emphasize enough how much this book meant to me. The stories eloquently explore the diversity within our Asian American community and the photographs show regular, everyday, Asian American children as normal kids, not exoticized creatures in traditional garb. Every story in this book was one that my friends and I could relate to and wish we'd had when we were children. This book really tells it like it is about what it is to be Asian American. Some people might find it uncomfortable to read about Asian American kids who aren't just shy and re
Johnny Wu is too young to work at his family's new Chinese restaurant but not too young to entice people with its menu. Mayeda representing a wide variety of Asian ethnicities and religions, as well as those who are multiethnic, multi-racial, and physically challenged. -- Midwest Book ReviewPick of the Lists -- American Bookseller, March, 1996This book captures in words and pictures the diversity of the Asian American community in the U.S. They face real problems and resolve them in ways that are positive and constructive. Cambodian Savath questions this "land of opportunity" as he faces racism in his new town. They are easy to read and understand. "Contemporary poems and children's stories blend with black and white photography by Mayeda to explore Asian chi