Author: Judy Rosenberg

DVDs

All Saints DVD ALL
Ancient China From Above DVD 951 ANC
Asian Americans DVD 305.89 ASI
Crazy Rich Asians DVD CRA
The Farewell DVD FAR
Kilauea. Hawai'i on Fire DVD 919.65 KIL
Korea: The Never Ending War DVD 951.904
Touring the World’s Capital Cities:
The Capital of Tibet: Lhasa DVD 915.15 LHA
Travel Scope: Taiwan — Mountain Beauty,
Villages, and Culture DVD 915.12 TAI
Travel Scope: Tokyo, Japan — Celebrating Past and Present DVD 915.2 TOY
General OneFile Find an article on almost any topic in Asian American history. Go to www.brightonlibrary.org, choose “Databases,” then “General OneFile.” Try typing keywords “Asian American” to start; the database will offer related terms that might be useful in your search.
Pronunciator is an online language learning program that teaches practical conversation in 100+ languages. Learn any of these languages from home through self-directed lessons, live teachers, movies, music, and more. Go to www.brightonlibrary.org, choose “Databases,” then “Pronunciator,” then “Instant Access,” and finally “Launch Pronunciator.”

Databases

Electronic Books & Streaming
Via Hoopla & Libby (Overdrive)

SELECTED RECENT AUDIOBOOKS
(L) = Libby | (H) = Hoopla
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang (L)
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee (L)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (L)
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (L)
Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho (L)
Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran (L)
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu (L)
A Chinese American Odyssey: How a Retired Psychologist Makes a Hit as a Historian by John Jung (H)
MUSIC ON HOOPLA
1000s of titles & numerous genres to choose from! To find music through Hoopla, isolate the format (a drop down next to the search box) to music. Search by artist, album title, genre, or even search terms like “Asian American.”
SELECTED STREAMING VIDEO ON HOOPLA(catalog subject to change)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Little Pim (Language Learning Series)
Sophie and the Rising Sun
The Joy Luck Club
Discoveries… (Travel Series) includes Asia & India
Japanese American Incarceration 1942-1945

Online Resources

Asia Society asiasociety.org
“Asian American Movement” by Daryl Joji Maeda, Oxford Research Encyclopedias
(use search to find article) oxfordre.com
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month asianpacificheritage.gov
Asian Collections at the Library of Congress: An Overview guides.loc.gov/asian-collections
Asian-Nation: History, Demographics, & Issues asian-nation.org/index.shtml
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/
“Behind Barbed Wire: Japanese-American
Internment Camp Newspapers” Story Map by the Library of Congress Geography and Map
Division (scroll down to 2018 Story Maps)
www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/storymaps.html
“Beloved Asian American Literature You Have to Read” blog post by Karissa Chen for the New York Public Library www.nypl.org/blog/2017/05/30/asian-american-literature
Breaking Ground PBS Documentary (Asian Americans) www.pbs.org/video/breaking-ground-ibdgjq/ (see DVD Asian Americans)
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (Podcast series) asia.si.edu/podcast/
Updated 5.2022

Asian American
& Pacific Islander
Resources

Books and More!
Ask a BML librarian for help
locating these and other
resources on Asian American
& Pacific Islander Heritage.
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PICTURE BOOKS
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saaed
Round is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong
Watercress by Andrea Wang
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang
J FICTION BOOKS
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (also Newbery)
Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan (also Playaway)
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Front Desk by Kelly Yang (also jBOC, Playaway)
NONFICTION BOOKS
Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge
by Carrie Clickard jBIO CHE
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Martin jBIO CHOI (also Wonderbook)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
By Teresa Robeson jBIO WU

FICTION AND NONFICTION BOOKS
How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
Misfits in Love by S. K. Ali
A Thousand Steps Into the Night by Traci Chee
The Gilded Wolves (series) by Roshani Chokshi (also BOC)
Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions
by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
Messy Roots by Laura Gao
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL BIO GAO
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL HUG
The Iron Raven (series) by Julie Kagawa
When Can We Go Back to America?
by Susan Kamei YA 940.531 KAM
Darius the Great is Not Okay (series) by Adib Khorram
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Skyhunter (series) by Marie Lu
(also BOC , Playaway)
Of Curses and Kisses (series) by Sandhya Menon
An Ember in the Ashes (series) by Sabaa Tahir (also BOC)
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
YA GRAPHIC NOVEL 796.32 YAN
Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
And check out our collection of YA MANGA!

FICTION BOOKS
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Nam-Joo Cho
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim (also LP)
Crazy Rich Asians (trilogy) by Kevin Kwan (also BOC)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Thi Diem Thuly Le
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (also LP, BOC)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (also LP, BOC)
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (also LP, BOC)
The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan (also LP)
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuaong (also LP)
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang (also LP)
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zang
KEY: LP = Large Print | BOC = Book on CD

NONFICTION BOOKS
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
by Daniel J. Brown 940.5412 BRO (also LP, BOC)
Tastes Like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho BIO CHO
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong BIO HON
The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang
305.895 KAN
Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor
by Anna Qu BIO QU
Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortunes
by Albert Samaha 920 SAM
Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Julie Wang
BIO WAN (also LP)
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang and others
306.095 YAN
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner BIO ZAU (also LP)
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People by Helen Zia 305.895 ZIA

*Some titles listed in this brochure may be available in eBook or eAudiobook formats through the Libby app and/or Hoopla.