Asian American Heritage Month

	Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Asian Americans. All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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	Babies Can't Eat Kimchee! Nancy Patz and S.L. Roth (Bloomsbury Children's Books, c2007) Shelf Number: EASY/PAT When a baby sister is just TOO LITTLE to do anything, what's her big sister to do but wait and wait and WAIT . . . and dream about what's to come.
	Behind the Mask Yangsook Choi (Farrar, c2006) Shelf Number: EASY/CHO With vibrant illustrations, Yangsook Choi joins Korean and American folk traditions in her story about a boy who finds a link to his grandfather, behind the mask.
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	The Best Winds Laura E. Williams (Boyds Mills Press, c2006) Shelf Number: EASY/WIL Young Jinho does not like to listen to the boring childhood stories that his grandfather tells, but as the two build a kite together, Jinho sees the old man in a new light.
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	Bringing Asha Home Uma Krishnaswami (Lee & Low Books, c2006) Shelf Number: EASY/KRI A biracial Asian Indian American boy finds his own special way to bond with his sister while the family awaits her adoption from India.
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	Brothers Yin (Philomel Books, c2006) Shelf Number: EASY/YIN The visually stunning follow-up to "Coolies" finds Ming leaving Chinatown to see his Irish friend, Patrick.
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	The Closet Ghosts Uma Krishnaswami (Children's Book Press, c2006) Shelf Number: EASY/KRI Moving to a new place is hard enough without finding a bunch of mean, nasty ghosts in the closet. This looks like a job for Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god who can change shape in the blink of an eye and chase goblins and demons away with his thundering voice. When Hanuman answers Anu's plea for help, she rejoices — until she realizes those pesky ghosts don't seem to be going anywhere.
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	Dragon Dancing Carole Lexa Schaefer (Viking /Penguin, c2007) Shelf Number: EASY/SCH This picture book shows young children the wonder and fun of learning. After their teacher reads them a story about dragons, a group of inventive preschoolers decides to make their own dragon out of colored paper, yarn, feathers, and themselves.
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