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Counterstorytelling and Collaboration: Developing the CALA/YALSA Booklist Taskforce
In early 2021, CALA and YALSA developed a taskforce that, in collaboration with ALSC, will create youth booklists highlighting Chinese American creators and stories. The booklists will be released in 2023 in celebration of CALA’s 50th Anniversary.…
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曹冲称象
"This is a juvenile literature book of retelling of a traditional Chinese story to English-speaking kids and excellent illustration with accurate period details for costume, architecture, etc. Also a wonderful tie-in with STEM curriculum with…
Position: 144 (193 views)
Conviction
”Kelly Loy Gilbert is a debut author of Chinese decent who has great instincts for strong characterization and relationships, unexpected plot twists, and high-stakes drama. Conviction is a strong debut that gets readers thinking about issues like…
Position: 212 (179 views)
Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier
"In this action-packed adventure and coming-of-age story that finely weaves fact and fiction, thirteen-year-old Ming lives in a small village in Maoist China in the 1970s. His father is convinced that Emperor Qin's tomb—and the life-size terra-cotta…
Position: 373 (147 views)
The Shadow Hero
"In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret…
Position: 380 (146 views)
Nest in Springtime: A Mandarin Chinese-English Bilingual Book of Numbers
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 368 (148 views)
A Faithful Reading partner: a story from a Hakka village
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 391 (144 views)
Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 380 (146 views)
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes: Share and Sing in Two Languages
This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 362 (149 views)
Revolution is not a Dinner Party
This book has won the 2008 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 399 (143 views)
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CALA Annual 2021 Presidential Program: Libraries as Catalysts for Serving Diverse Communities
What do you know about race, art, civil rights, and the socio-political forces that guided the hip-hop generation? Have you heard of the Building a…