Dr. Michael Levy
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Bibliography of Southeast Asian Children's Books

by Michael M. Levy

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The following bibliography is mostly taken from my  book Portrayal of Southeast Asian Refugees in Recent American Children's Books  (Mellen) 2000, with New Materials added as of February 17, 2006.  It's a working bibliography and I'd welcome additions and corrections. Please send them to me at levym@uwstout.edu. One of the goals of my book is to examine not only the best material available, but also a variety of works with serious problems. Therefore inclusion on this list should not necessarily be taken as a recommendation. Opinions may differ, and again I welcome input, but I've placed a next to books that, in my opinion, are of unusual merit. It should be further noted, however, that even the best books from a visual or literary perspective, may occasionally contain errors of fact or interpretation, especially when the author is dealing with a culture not his/her own. I would appreciate having any such errors brought to my attention, especially if they're mine!

Picture Books

Arcellana, Francisco and Hermes Alegre  The Mats, 1999. Filipino.  

Astudillo Gilles, Almira. Willie Wins. New York: Lee & Low, 2001. Filipino. 

Bang, Molly. The Paper Crane (1985), Tus Noog Qej Qawg Ntawv, translated into Hmong by Mao J. Vang. Hmong edition Edina, MN: Burgess Publishing, 2000.  

Breckler, Rosemary. Hoang Breaks the Lucky Teapot. Illustrated by Adrian Frankel. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Vietnamese.

__________. Sweet Dried Apples, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Vietnamese. Living through the war years.

Campbell, Rod and Blia Xiong.  I Won't Bite! Kuv tsis tom!  Union City, CA: Pan Asian Publications, 1996. Hmong. Essentially Pat the Bunny with SE Asian animals. Fun book for smaller children. 

Cha, Dia. Dia's Story Cloth, illustrated by Cue and Nhia Thao Cha. New York: Lee & Low, 1996. Hmong. The history of the Hmong, illustrated by beautiful story cloths.

Chiemruom, Sothea. Dara's Cambodian New Year, illustrated by Dam Nang Pin. Simon & Schuster, 1994. Get used to living in America.

Coutant, Helen. First Snow, illustrated by Vo-Dinh.  New York: Knopf, 1974.

Garland, Sherry. The Lotus Seed, illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1993. Vietnamese. A grandmother tells about her life.

__________. My Father's Boat, illustrated by Ted Rand. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Vietnamese. Living in Texas, a fisherman wishes for home.

Golden Gelman, Rita and Yangsook Choi.  Rice is Life.  2000. Indonesia. 

Hanslin, Jean. Finding Me. nc: np, 1992. Hmong. 

Hathorn, Libby.  The Wishing Cupboard. Melbourne, Australia: Lothian, 2002. Vietnamese. NEW
On-line activities for this book are available at: <http://www.libbyhathorn.com/lh/Wishing/Default.htm>

Ho, Minfong.  Hush! illustrated by Holly Meade. New York: Orchard, 1996. Thai. Caldecott Honor Book.

__________. Peek! A Thai Hide and Seek!, illustrated by Holly Meade. Candlewick, 2004. Thai. NEW

Knight, Margy Burns. Who Belongs Here?, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Gardiner, MN: Tilbury, 1993. Cambodian and others. Who is an American?

Lee, Jeanne M. Silent Lotus. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. Cambodian. Historical fiction about a deaf girl who becomes a great dancer.

Lipp, Frederick. The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh, illustrated by Ronald Himler. New York: Holiday, 2001.  Cambodian. 

Lobel, Arnold. Ming Lo Moves the Mountain (1982), Ming Lo Txav Lub Pob Tsuas, translated into Hmong by Mao J. Vang. Hmong edition Edina, MN: Burgess Publishing, 2000.  

Marchant, Brian and Heather. A Boy Named Chong, illustrated by Ya Lee. Green Bay, WI: Project Chong, 1992. Hmong. Deals with post traumatic stress disorder.

__________. I Don't Wanna Be A Onomatopoeia. Green Bay, WI: Project Chong, 1998. Hmong. 

__________. The World Without F:  Chong Learns the Alphabet, illustrated by Ya Lee. Green Bay, WI: Project Chong, 1996. Hmong.

McKay, Jr., Lawrence. Journey Home, illustrated by Dom & Keunhee Lee. New York: Lee & Low, 1998. Vietnamese. An American girl and her Vietnamese-born mother return to Vietnam to look for their family.

Pham, LeUyen. Big Sister, Little Sister.  New York: Hyperion, 2005.  Vietnamese.  Beautifully done story of sibling relationships. NEW.

Shea, Pegi Deitz. The Whispering Cloth, illustrated by Anita Riggio and You Yang. Honesdale, PN: Boyds Mill, 1995. Hmong. A child in a refugee camp yearns for American and discovers her heritage.

Surat, Michele Maria. Angel Child, Dragon Child, illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. New York: Scholastic, 1983, rpt. 1989. Vietnamese. New immigrants must adjust to life in America, including racism.

Trân Khánh Tuyêt The Little Weaver of Thai-Yen Village, translated by Christopher N.H. Jenkins and the author, illustrated by Nancy Hom. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1977, rev. 1987. Vietnamese. Wounded in a bombing raid, a little girl must come to America for an operation.

Tran Kim-Lan. Têt: The New Year, illustrated by Mai Vo-Dinh. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Vietnamese.

Tran Ngoc-Dung To Swim in Our Own Pond: A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs, illustrated by Xuan-quang Dang. Arcadia, CA: Shen, 1998.

Xiong, Ia. The Gift, The Hmong New Year, illustrated by Gou Run-Lin. Los Angeles: Pacific Asia Press, 1996. Possibly the first American picture book written entirely by a Hmong author. See teacher's guide by Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie under Secondary Sources: Books

Folktales

Beard, Tim and others, eds. In the Old, Old Days (Loz-Hnoi, Loz-Hnoi Uov). Berkeley, CA: Laotian Handcraft Project, 1993. , Volume 1 in the Traditional Stories of the Iu-Mienh. Mien.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. Angkat, The Cambodian Cinderella, illustrated by Eddie Flotte. Arcadia, CA: Shen's Books, 1998. Beautiful art, Buddhist perspective.

__________. Encircled Kingdom: Legends and Folktales of Laos, illustrated by Nena Grigorian Ullberg.Thousand Oaks, CA: Burn, Hart , 1979; revised edition 1994.

__________. Khmers, Tigers and Talismans: From the History and Legends of Mysterious Cambodia, illustrated by Nena Grigorian Ullberg. Thousand Oaks, CA: Burn, Hart, nd.

__________. Lani and the Secret of the Mountain. Thousand Oaks, CA: Burn, Hart, 1996. A traditional Chinese tale, also known as "The Long Haired Girl," here presented in English, Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese, Khmer, Chinese, and Spanish.  

__________ and Duong Van Quyen. Beyond the East Wind: Legends and Folktales of Vietnam, illustrated by Nena Grigorian Ullberg. Thousand Oaks, CA: Burn, Hart, 1976.

__________ with Tzexa Cherta Lee. Jouanah, A Hmong Cinderella, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Arcadia, CA: Shen's Books, 1996. Beautiful art. The tale has been slightly rewritten to avoid offending Americans. See study guide under Cook, Sharon in Secondary Sources: Books.

__________ with Tzexa Cherta Lee. Ntsuag Nos, Ib Tug Cinderella Hmoob, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Arcadia, CA: Shen's Books, 1996 (Hmong language version of Jouanah).

de la Paz, Myrna J. Abadeha, The Philippine Cinderella, illustrated by Youshan Tang. Auburn, CA: Shen's Books, 2001. 

Epstein, Steven. Lao Folktales: Tales of Turtles, Tigers and Toads. Vientiane, Laos: Vientaine Times, 1999. Lao. 

__________. Lao Folktales: Xieng Mieng: The Cleverest Man in the Kingdom. Vientiane, Laos: Vientaine Times, 1998. Lao. 

Garland, Sherry.  Children of the Dragon:  Selected Tales from Vietnam, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. 2001 NEW.

Garland, Sherry. Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg, illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng. New York: Scholastic, 1993. Vietnamese.

Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie, ed. Stories from Laos: Folktales and Cultures of the Lao, Hmong, Khammu, and Iu-Mien. Los Angeles: Pacific Asia, 1995.

__________. The Story of Mah, A Hmong "Romeo and Juliet" Folktale, illustrated by Lillian Shao. Los Angeles: Pacific Asia Press, 1997. See teacher's guide under Giacchino-Baker in Secondary Sources: Books.

Graber-Wilson, G. and Xia Moua. The Farmer's Son and the Gourd. Spokane, WA: Vanger Books, 1994. Hmong.   

Ho, Minfong. The Two Brothers, illustrated by Jean & Mou-Sien Tseng. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1995. Cambodian.

__________ and Saphan Ros. Brother Rabbit, A Cambodian Tale, illustrated by Jennifer Hewitson. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1997.

Johnson, Charles and Ava Dale Johnson, eds. Six Hmong Folk Tales Retold in English, illustrated by Xiong Lia Vang. St. Paul, MN: Macalister College Lingquistics Department, 1981.

__________ and Se Yang, eds. Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos, Second Edition. St. Paul, MN: Linquistics Department, Macalester College, 1985, 1992. The standard anthology of Hmong folktales.

Kha, Dang Manh and Ann Nolan Clark. In the Land of Small Dragon: A Vietnamese Folktale, illustrated by Tony Chen. New York: Viking, 1979.

Kraus, Robert and Debyy Chen.  The Making of Monkey King. Illustrated by Wenhai Ma. Union City, CA: Pan Asian Publications, 1998. Chinese tale in English/Hmong translation. Beautiful art.

Krudop, Walter Lyon.  The Man Who Caught Fish. 2000. Thai.  

Lee, Jeanne M. Toad is the Uncle of Heaven. New York: Henry Holt, 1985. Vietnamese.

Lee, Kou L. The Owl and Mrs. Wren. Chico: CA, NKL Multicultural Education Co., 1995. Hmong. 

Lewis, Beverly. Cows in the House, illustrated by Chi Chung. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1998. Hmong clothes, but the story may not be authentic.

Livo, Norma J. and Dia Cha. Folk Stories of the Hmong Peoples of Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991.

Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella Story from China, illustrated by Ed Young. New York: Philomel, 1982. Superbly illustrated.

Lucas, Alice. How the Farmer Tricked the Evil Demon, illustrated by Kosal Kong, translated by Ia Xiong. Los Angeles: Pacific Asia Press, 1994. Cambodian/Hmong.

Lucas, Alice. Folk Stories from the Philippines. 1995.  

Lum, Darrel. The Golden Slipper, illustrated by Makiko Nagano. Nc: Troll, 1994. Vietnamese.

MacDonald, Margaret Read and Supaporn Vathanaprida. The Girl Who Wore Too Much, illustrated by  Yvonne Lebrun Davis. Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1998. Thai.

Mathews, Peggy and Va Vang. Tub Qoob Tub Loo. Farmer Boy. Covina, CA: Pacific Asia Press,1994. Hmong. 

Neak, Touch. The Mountain of the Men & the Mountain of the Women, retold by Alice Lucas. San Francisco: Voices of Liberty, 1990. Cambodian.

Nielsen, Kay. The Wishing Pearl and Other Tales of Vietnam, trans. by Lam Chan Quan. Irving-on-Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1969.

Numrich, Charles H. Living Tapestries, Folk Tales of the Hmong. Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1985.

Oliviero, Jamie. Som See and the Magic Elephant, illustrated by Jo'Anne Kelly. New York: Hyperion, 1995. Thai. 

Paterno, Maria Elena and Albert Gamos. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. 1993. Filipino. 

Raines Day, Nancy. Piecing Earth and Sky Together: A Creation Story from the Mien Tribe of Laos, illustrated by Genna Panzarella.  Fremont, CA:  Shen Books, 2001.  Mien.  NEW

Romulo, Liana and Joanne de Leon  Filipino Children's Favorite Stories, 2000. 

Sayavong, James, ed. Asian Folktales Retold by Asian Bilingual Students from Room #17. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Public Schools, 1991.

Shepard, Aaron. The Crystal Heart, A Vietnamese Legend, illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler. New York: Atheneum, 1998. Beautifully illustrated tale.

Siera, Judy. The Gift of the Crocodile, A Cinderella Story, illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Indonesian. 

Spagnoli, Cathy. Asian Tales and Tellers. Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1998. Spagnoli is the most important popularizer of SE Asian folktales.

__________. Judge Rabbit Helps the Fish, illustrated by Kat Thacker. Bothel, WA: The Wright Group, 1995. Cambodian.

__________. Kantjil and Tiger, illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broek. Bothel, WA: The Wright Group, 1995. Indonesian.

__________. Thao Kham, the Pebble Shooter, illustrated by Chi Chung. Bothel, WA: The Wright Group, 1995. Cambodian.

Terada, Alice M. ed. Under the Starfruit Tree: Folktales from Vietnam. Honolulu:  University of Hawaii Press, 1989. 

Thao, Cher. Only a Toad, adapted by Brian & Heather Marchant, illustrated   by Ya Lee. Green Bay, WI:  Project Chong, 1993. Hmong.

Toyed, Vangtou Xiong X and G. Graber-Wilson.  The Stepmother and theThree Children.Spokane, WA: Vanger Books, 1994. Hmong.   

Tran Van Dien. Once in Vietnam (Ngay Xua O Que Huong Toi), illustrated by Kim Bang. Lincolnwood, IL:  National Textbook, 1994.

Vathanaprida, Supaporn. Thai Tales, Folktales of Thailand, ed. by Margaret Read MacDonald, illustrated by Boonsong Rohitasuke. Englewood,  CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.

Vang, Lue and Judy Lewis. Grandmother's Path, Grandfather's Way. Rancho Cordova, CA: Vang and Lewis, 1990. Hmong.

Vuong, Lynette Dyer. The Brocade Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales, illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. (1982). New York: Harper Trophy, 1992.

__________. The Golden Carp and Other Tales from Vietnam, illustrated by Manabu Saito. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1993.

Wall, Lina Mao. Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit, A Folktale from Cambodia, adapted by Cathy Spagnoli, illustrated by Nancy Hom. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1991.

Xiong, Blia. Nine-in-One, Grr! Grr!, adapted by Cathy Spagnoli, illustrated by Nancy Hom. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1989. Hmong. First Hmong children's book generally available.

Yang, May, Phoua Thao and Se Yang. Yer and the Tiger, edited by Ava-Dale Johnson, illustrated by Danny Rodriquez. St. Paul: Free People Publications, 1981. Hmong. Crudely made but charming tale the parallels "Little Red Riding Hood."

Zhang, Song Na.  The Ballad of Mulan. Union City, CA: Pan Asian Publications, 1998.  Chinese tale retold in English/Hmong translation Beautiful art.

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Non-Fiction for Children

Allard, Denise. Postcards from Vietnam. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughan, 1997. Part of the Postcards series.  

Blanc, Felice. I Am Vietnamese American. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press. Part of the Our American Family series.

Brittan, Dolly. The Hmong. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1997. Part of the Celebrating the People and Civilizations of Southeast Asia series. Good series for the youngest children.

__________. The People of Cambodia. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1998. This book has been criticized for mistakenly identifying Khmer as a tonal language.

__________. The People of Laos. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1998

__________. The People of the Philippines. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1998.

__________.   The People of Thailand.New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1997.

__________. The People of Vietnam. New York: Rosen/PowerKids Press, 1998

Bryan, Nichol.  Hmong Americans. Edina, MN:  ABDO, 2004.

Chan, Anthony. Hmong Textile Designs, with an Introduction by Norma Livo. Owings Mills, Maryland: Stemmer House, 1990. Part of the International Design Library.

Cohen, Sheila.  Mai Ya's Long Journey. Madison, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2005.  Hmong  NEW

Ganeri, Anita. Southeast Asia. New York: Franklin Watts, 1995. Part of the Places and People series.

Garland, Sherry. Vietnam, Rebuilding a Nation. Minneapolis: Dillon, 1990. Part of the Discovering Our Heritage series.

Gogol, Sara. A Mien Family. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1996. Part of the Journey Between Two Worlds series. The Mien are closely related to the Hmong.

Goldfarb, Mace. Fighters, Refugees, Immigrants, photographs by the author. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1982. Hmong.

Graff, Nancy Price. Where the River Runs, photographs by Richard Howard. New York: Scholastic, 1993. Cambodian.

Hansen, Ole Steen. Vietnam.  Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn, 1997. Part of the Economically Developing Countries series.

Holter, Mai and Jan Goethel. While I Am Here. One Woman's Journey to Freedom. Davenport, IA:  Midland Press, 1993. Vietnamese. For older readers. 

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Hoang Anh, A Vietnamese-American Boy, photographs by Lawrence Midgale. New York: Holiday House, 1992.

Huynh Quang Nhuong. The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.

__________. Water Buffalo Days, illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Vietnamese. First hand account of growing up in Vietnam prior to and at the beginning of the war. This autobiography partly overlaps with Nhuong's earlier volume.

Jacobsen, Karen. Laos. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1991. Part of the New True Book series.

Kalman, Bobbie. Vietnam: The Culture. New York: Crabtree, 1996. Part of The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures series.

__________. Vietnam: The Land. New York: Crabtree, 1996.

__________. Vietnam: The People. New York: Crabtree, 1996.

Kilbourne, Sarah S. Leaving Vietnam, The True Story of Tuan Ngo, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Aladdin, 1999.

Krasno, Rena and Illeana Lee.  Kneeling Carabao and Dancing Giants: Celebrating Filipino Festivals. 1997.  Filipino.

Krishnaswami, Uma. Chachaji's Cup. Children's Book Press, 2004. Indian.

Lau, Barbara and Kris Nesbitt. Sokita Celebrates the New Year: A Cambodian American Holiday.  Greensboro, NC: Greensboro Historical Society, 2005. NEW.

Layton, Lesley and Pang Guek Cheng.  Singapore.  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002. Part of the Cultures of the World series. NEW.

Lorbiecki, Marybeth. Children of Vietnam, photographs by Paul P. Rome. Minneapolis:  Carolrhoda Books, 1997. Part of The World’s Children series. 

Luangpraseut, Khamchong. Laos and the Laotians, illustrated by HalinkaLuangpraseut. El Monte, CA, 1995. Laotian.

MacMillan, Dianne and Dorothy Freeman. My Best Friend, Duc Tran: Meeting a Vietnamese-American Family. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Part of the My Best Friend series.

McKay, Susan. Vietnam. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1997. Part  of the 
Festivals of the World  series.

McLeod, Marc W. & Nguyen Thi Dieu.  Culture and Customs of Vietnam.  Westport, CN: Greenwood, 2001. For older children. NEW

McNair, Sylvia. Malaysia. New York: Children's Press, 2002. Part of the Enchantment of the World series. NEW.

__________. Thailand. New York: Children's Press, 2002. Part of the Enchantment of the World series. NEW.

Melchizedek, Solis and Leo Partible. Philipinas A to Z. 1995.

Millett, Sandra.  The Hmong. Minneapolis:  Lerner, 2002. First Peoples series.  NEW

Mirpuri, Gouri and Robert Cooper.  Indonesia. New York, Marshall Cavendish, 2002. Part of the Cultures of the World series. NEW

Morey, Janet Nomura & Wendy Dunn. Famous Asian Americans. New York:  Cobblehill Books, 1992.

Munan, Heidi and Foo Yuk Yee.  Malaysia.  New York:  Marshall Cavendish, 2002. Part of the Cultures of the World series. NEW.      

Murphy, Nora. A Hmong Family. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1997. Part of the Journey Between Two Worlds series. Fine non-fiction.

Nguyen, Hop Thi and Selina Yoon. Sing'n Learn Vietnamese. 1998.

O'Connor, Karen. Dan Thuy's New Life in America, photographs by the author. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1992. Vietnamese.

__________. A Ticket to Vietnam. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1999.

Olesky, Walter. The Philippines. New York, Children's Press, 2002. Part of the Enchantment of the World series. NEW.

Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish. Children's Book Press, 2005. English/Tagalog. Filipino. NEW.

Rutledge, Paul. The Vietnamese in America. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1987.

Schemenauer, Elma. The Philippines. nc: Children's World, 2000. Part of the Faces and Places series.

Schmidt, Jeremy and Ted Wood. Two Lands, One Heart. An American Boy's Journey to His Mother's Vietnam. New York: Walker, 1995.

Shalant, Phyllis. Look What We've Brought You from Vietnam: Crafts, Games, Recipes, Stories, and Other Cultural Activities from New Americans. New York: Messner, 1988.

Sheehan, Sean. Cambodia.  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1996. Part of the Cultures of the World series.

Sponsel, Leslie E., ed. Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia:  Struggles to Survive and Thrive. Westport, CN:  Greenwood Press, 2000. Book for older children and adults covers a wide range of ethnic groups, including the Batak of the Philippines, the Batek, the Semai, and the Rungus Dusun of Malaysia, the Bulusu' and Kubu of Indonesia, the Karen of Burma and Thailand, and others.  

St. Pierre, Stephanie. Teenage Refugees from Cambodia Speak Out. New York: Rosen, 1995. Part of the In Their Own Voices series, several of which may be of interest.

Stanke, Muriel. We Came from Vietnam, photography by Wm. Franklin McMahon. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1985.

Tooze, Ruth. Our Rice Village in Cambodia, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. New York: Viking, 1963.

Tope, Lilly Rose R. and Detch P. Nonan-Merchado.  Philippines. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002. Part of the Cultures of the World series. NEW.

Viesti, Joe and Diane Hall. Celebrate! in Southeast Asia. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996.

Warren, Andrea.  Escape from Saigon:  How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004.

Willis, Terri. Vietnam.  New York: Children's Press, 2002. Part of the Enchantment of the World series.  NEW

Yin, Chamroeun. In My Heart I Am a Dancer.  Philadelphia: Philadelphia Folklore Project, 1997. Cambodian.

Children's Chapter Books, Young Adult Novels, and Anthologies

Anderson, Rachel. Warlands. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000 (Vietnamese). 

__________.  The War Orphan (1984), Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000. Vietnamese.                    

Baillie, Allan. Little Brother (1985). New York: Puffin, 1992. Cambodian.

Bennett, Jack. The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon. New York: Prentice-Hall,  1981. Vietnamese.

Beyer, Elmira K. My Lee Comes to America. Unionville, NY: Royal Fireworks Press, 1997. Hmong 

Brown, Jackie. Little Cricket. New York:  Hyperion, 2004.  Hmong. NEW

Clark, Ann Nolan. To Stand Against the Wind. New York: Viking, 1978.

Crew, Linda. Children of the River. New York: Delacorte, 1989. Cambodian.

Edwards, Michelle. Pa Lia's First Day. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Hmong. Possibly the  first chapter book in English with a Hmong protagonist. Aimed at a second grade audience. 

Gallo, Donald, ed. First Crossings: Stories About Teen Immigrants. Candlewick, 2004. Short stories by Minfong Ho and others. NEW.

Garland, Sherry. Shadow of the Dragon. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1993.   Vietnamese.

__________. Song of the Buffalo Boy. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1992.  Vietnamese.

Gilson, Jamie. Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs, illustrated by John Wallner. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1985. Vietnamese.

Glass, Tom. Even A Little is Something. Stories of Nong, illustrated by Elena Gerard. North Haven, CN: Linnet, 1997. Thai?

Graham, Gail. Crossfire: A Vietnam Novel, illus. by David Stone Martin. New York: Pantheon, 1972.

Ho, Minfong. The Clay Marble. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1991. Cambodian.

__________. Rice Without Rain. HarperCollins, 1990. Thai.

__________. The Stone Goddess.  New York: Scholarstic, 2003. Cambodian. NEW

Holmes, Mary Z. Dust of Life, illustrated by Geri Strigenz. Austin, TX: Raintree, 1992. Vietnamese . Coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Kidd, Diana. Onion Tears, illustrated by Lucy Montgomery (1989). New York: Orchard, 1991. Vietnamese

Le, Thi Diem Thuy. The Gangster We Are All Looking For. New York: Knopf, 2003. Vietnamese. NEW

Gadbow, Kate. Pushed to Shore. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2003. Published as an adult book, but readable by older YA's, this short novel won the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.  Vietnamese, Hmong. NEW.

Marsden, Carolyn.  Silk Umbrella.  Candlewick, 2004. Thai.  NEW

Mosher, Richard.  Zazoo.  New York: Clarion, 2001. A Vietnamese teenager lives with her adoptive grandfather in France. NEW

Pastore, Clare. Voyage from Cambodia in 1975:  Chantrea Conway's Story. 2001. Cambodian.  

Paterson, Katherine. Park's Quest. New York: Penguin, 1988. Vietnamese.

Pevsner, Stella and Fay Tang. Sing for Your Father, Su Phan. New York: Clarion, 1997. Vietnamese

Rempel, Leah.  Hey, Hmong Girl, Whassup?  The Journal of Choua Vang.  St. Paul, MN: Hamline University Press, 2005. NEW.

Richardson, Judith Benet. First Came the Owl. New York: Dell, 1996. Thai

Shea, Pegi Dietz.  Tangled Threads:  A Hmong Girl's Story.  New York:  Clarion, 2003. NEW.

Wartski, Maureen Crane. A Boat to Nowhere. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980. Vietnamese.

__________. A Long Way from Home. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980. Vietnamese

Whelan, Gloria Goodbye, Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1992.

Secondary Sources: Articles and Shorter Works

Baillie, Allan. "Allan Baillie's Cambodia" in Reading Time 41.4 (November 1997): 6-9. 

__________. "Pol Pot's Reign of Terror: Why Write About It for Children?"   in Battling Dragons: Issues and Controversy in Children's Literature, ed. by Susan Lehr. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995, pp 148-154.

Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. "Learning About Students from Unfamiliar Cultures:  Laotians Lost in the Crowd." Proceedings, National Association for Multicultural Education, Grant, C., ed. San Francisco: Caddo Gap Press, 1997. 

Ho, Minfong. "The Shaping of The Clay Marble" in Battling Dragons: Issues and Controversy in Children's Literature, ed. by Susan Lehr. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995, pp 141-147.

Jameson, R. D. "Cinderella in China" (1932), rpt. In Cinderella, A Folklore Casebook, ed. Alan Dundes. New York: Garland, 1982: 71-97.

Levy, Michael. "Refugees and Immigrants: The Southeast Asian Experience as Depicted in Recent American Children's Books." The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol. 23 (April 1999): 219-37. 

Levy, Michael. "What If Your Fairy Godmother Were an Ox?  The Many Cinderellas of Southeast Asia" in The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 24. (April 2000): 173-187. 

Liu, Li. "Hoang Breaks the Lucky Teapot" in The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers, edited by Daphne Muse.. New York: The New Press, 1997, p. 412.

Muse, Daphne. "Dia's Story Cloth: The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom" in The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers, edited by Daphne Muse. New York: The New Press, 1997, p. 453.

Rhodes, Lisa. "Onion Tears" in in The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers, edited by Daphne Muse. New York: The New Press, 1997, pp. 455-56.

Susina, Jan. "`Tell him about Vietnam': Vietnamese-Americans in Contemporary American Children's Literature,"  In Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Vol. 16 (Summer 1991): 58-63.

Zuwiya, Nancy. "Death and Life in the Literature of Southeast Asia," In SIGNAL, Vol. 19 (Spring/Summer 1995): 39-43.

Secondary Sources: Books

Beilke, Patricia F. and Frank J. Sciara. Selected Materials for and about Hispanic and East Asian Children and Young People. Hamden, CN: Library Professional, 1986.

Cha, Dia and Norma J. Livo. Teaching with Folk Stories of the Hmong. Englewood, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. Probably the best teaching guide available for Hmong culture. 

Chandler, David. The Land and People of Cambodia. New York:  HarperCollins, 1991.

Chang, Kou and Sheila Pinkel. Kou Chang’s Story: The Journey of a Laotian Hmong Refugee Family. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1993.

Chen, Lai Nam. Images of Southeast Asia in Children's Books. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1981.

Cook, Sharon and Jean Rusting. Jouanah, A Hmong Cinderella Teacher's Guide. Auburn, California: Shen's Books, 1996. 

Criddle, JoAn D. Bamboo and Butterflies: From Refugee to Citizen. Second edition. Dixon, CA: East West Bridge, 1992.

__________ and Teeda Butt Mam. To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family. Updated edition. Dixon, CA: East West Bridge, 1995.

Faderman, Lillian with Ghia Xiong. I Begin My Life All Over: The Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience. Boston: Beacon, 1998.

 Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. Award winning book. 

Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. Making Connections with Hmong Culture. A Teacher's Resource Book of Classroom Activities that Promote Intercultural Understanding. Covina, CA: Pacific Asia Press, 1997. 

__________.  with Tina Bacon and Kathy Felts. Teacher’s Resource Book for The Story of Mah. Los Angeles: Pacific Asia Press, 1997.

Hein, Jeremy. From Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia: A Refugee Experience in the United States. New York: Twayne, 1995.

Hopkins, Mary C. Braving a New World: Cambodian (Khmer) Refugees in an American City. Westport, CT:  Bergin & Garvey, 1996. 

Jenkins, Esther C. and Mary C. Austin. Literature for Children About Asian and Asian Americans. Analysis and Annotated Bibliography, With Additional Readings for Adults. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, Number 12.

Kelly, Gail P. From Vietnam to America: A Chronicle of the Vietnamese Immigration to the United States. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1977.

Kim, Hyung-chan. Distinguished Asian Americans:  A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood, 1999.  

Knight, Margy Burns and Thomas V. Chan. Who Belongs Here? Activity Guide, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Gardiner, MN: Tilbury, 1994.

Levy, Michael. Portrayal of Southeast Asian Refugees in Recent American Children's Books. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2000. Concentrates on the Hmong, Vietnamese, and Cambodians. Centers on picture books.   

Lowery, Ruth McKoy. Immigrants in Children's Literature. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.  Discusses Crew's Children of the River and Wartski's A Boat to Nowhere.

Moore, David L. Dark Sky, Dark Land. Stories of the Hmong Boy Scouts of Troop 100. Eden Prairie, MN: Tseera, 1989.

Muse, Daphne, editor. The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Overstreet, Deborah Wilson. Unencumbered by History; The Vietnam Experience in Young Adult Fiction.  Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998. 

Ovesen, Jan. A Minority Enters the Nation State: A Case Study of a Hmong Community in Vientiane Province, Laos. Uppsala Research Reports in Cultural Anthropology, No. 14. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University, 1995.

Pfaff, Tim. Hmong in America; Journey from a Secret War. Eau Claire, WI: Chippewa Valley Museum Press, 1995. Excellent introductory history.

Rolland, Barbara J. and Houa Vue Moua. Trail Through the Mists. Eau Claire, WI: Eagles Printing, 1994.

Sponsel, Leslie E., ed. Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive. Greenwood, 2000. 

Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1993.

__________.  Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. New York: Penguin, 1989.

Tenhula, John. Voices from Southeast Asia: The Refugee Experience in the United States. New York: Holmes and Meier, 1991.

Ting, Nai-Tung. The Cinderella Cycle in China and Indo-China. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1974.

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