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Our missing hearts
"From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence…
Tags: Chinese Americans, Fiction
Position: 1054 (62 views)
Orphan bachelors: a Memoir
In pre-Communist China, Fae Myenne Ng’s father memorized a book of lies and gained entry to the United States as a stranger’s son, evading the Exclusion Act, an immigration law which he believed was meant to extinguish the Chinese American family.…
Position: 1062 (50 views)
The Many Meanings of Meilan
"Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales. After Nai Nai passes, the family has…
Position: 670 (304 views)
Straw Dogs of the Universe : a Novel
"After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways…
Position: 1064 (47 views)
JoJo Sing & Learn: Chinese Songs for Baby & Me- Book 1 & Book 2
Three years in the making, JoJo Sing & Learn is a bilingual musical book series crafted with Oscar- and Grammy-nominated talents and a distinguished visual artist to introduce English-speaking families to Chinese culture and language, starting…
Tags: 2025 CALA Best Book Award, Bilingual education, Cultural immersion, Early childhood development, Interactive reading, Musical learning
Position: 1045 (72 views)
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Gordon Chang, a history professor at Stanford and co-director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North American Project, wrote the remarkable book Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad which…
Position: 410 (418 views)
Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles: A Loving Story of Adoption, Chinese Culture and a Special Birthday Treat
"Mei-Mei is Chinese—but not Mom and Dad! When she was a baby, Mom and Dad flew all the way to the other side of the world to adopt her and bring her home. Lucky for Mei-Mei, her parents want her to know all about her roots in China's wonderful…
Tags: 2014, CALA, CALA Best Book Award, Children's Books Honorable Mention, Chinese American Librarians Association
Position: 314 (450 views)
The Year of the Fortune Cookie
"The third chapter book sequel to The Year of the Book and The Year of the Baby, eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage."
"This book focuses on the life on a Chinese family living in America…
"This book focuses on the life on a Chinese family living in America…
Position: 149 (511 views)
The Many Masks of Andy Zhou
Andy Zhou is used to being what people need him to be: the good kid for his parents and, now, his grandparents in from Shanghai, or the helpful sidekick for his best friend Cindy’s plans and schemes. So when Cindy decides they should try out for…
Position: 1069 (43 views)
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Fundraising for the 1990s: The Challenge Ahead -- A Practical Guide for Library Fundraising: From Novice to Expert.
This book discusses Dr. Lee's successful fundraising experience at the Ohio University.
