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Diversity Resources

394.2683 Beh

Behrens, June. Gung hay fat choy = : Happy new year. Chicago: Childrens Press,

[1982].

Explains the significance of the Chinese New Year and describes its celebration by Chinese Americans.

J Yee

Yee, Paul. Tales from Gold Mountain : stories of the Chinese in the New World.

1st American ed. New York: Macmillan, [1989].

A collection of eight stories reflecting the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North America.

J Lev

Levine, Ellen. I hate English! New York: Scholastic Inc, [1989].

When her family moves to New York from Hong Kong, Mei Mei finds it difficult to adjust to school and learn the alien sounds of English.

F Kin

Kingston, Maxine Hong. Tripmaster monkey: his fake book. New York: Knopf,

[1989].

F Tan 9/91/Tan

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Putnam's, [1989].

J How

Howard, Ellen. Her own song. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, [1988].

When her adoptive father is hospitalized after an accident, Mellie is befriended by Geem-Wah, owner of a Chinese laundry, who holds the key to the events surrounding Mellie's birth eleven years ago.

394.2683 Bro

Brown, Tricia. Chinese New Year. 1st ed. New York: H. Holt, [1987].

Text and photographs depict the celebration of Chinese New Year by Chinese Americans living in San Francisco's Chinatown.

J Bun

Bunting, Eve. The happy funeral. 1st ed. New York, N.Y: Harper & Row, [1982].

A little Chinese-American girl pays tribute to her grandfather as she assists in the preparations for his funeral.

J Lor

Lord, Bette. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. 1st ed. New York, N.Y:

Harper & Row, [1984].

In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.

J Sto

Stock, Catherine. Emma's dragon hunt. 1st ed. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,

[1984].

Emma's grandfather, newly arrived from China, introduces her to the power of dragons.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. Child of the owl. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1977].

A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.

J Yep c.4

Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, [1975].

In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.

92 Kingston

Kingston, Maxine Hong. The woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts.

New York: Vintage Books, [1977, 1976].

305.8951 Wu c. 2

Wu, Dana Ying-Hui. The Chinese-American experience. Brookfield, Conn: Millbrook

Press, [1993].

Traces the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, discussing why they emigrated, their problems in a new land, and their contributions to American culture.

J Sin

Sing, Rachel and Liu, Shao Wei. Chinese New Year's dragon. Cleveland: Modern

Curriculum Press, [1992].

Story about a Chinese American girl and her favorite holiday. Encourages awareness and appreciation of Chinese American cultures.

92 Yep c.2

Yep, Laurence. The lost garden. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: J. Messner, [1991].

The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic

heritage.

F Ng

Ng, Fae Myenne. Bone. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion, [1993].

394.2683 Wat

Waters, Kate. Lion dancer : Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year. New York: Scholastic

Inc, [1990].

Describes six-year-old Ernie Wong's preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance.

J Yee

Yee, Paul and Chan, Harvey. Roses sing on new snow : a delicious tale. 1st

American ed. New York: Macmillan Pub. Co, [1991].

Despite a greedy father and lazy brothers who try to conceal her identity as the real cook in their restaurant, Maylin manages to receive the recognition she deserves when a governor from China comes to a New World Chinatown.

J Nam

Namioka, Lensey. Yang the youngest and his terrible ear. 1st ed. Boston: Joy

Street Books, [1992].

Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships and playing baseball.

305.8951 Sun

Sung, Betty Lee. An album of Chinese Americans. New York: F. Watts, [1977].

Discusses the life of Chinese Americans today including their past history and their present customs and problems.

394.2683 Chi c.2

Chin, Steven A. Dragon Parade : a Chinese New Year story. Austin, Tex: Raintree

Steck-Vaughn Publishers, [1993].

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. Dragon's gate. 1st ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins, [1993].

When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light.".

305.8951 Kin c.2

Kingston, Maxine Hong. China men. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, [1980].

J Kre c2

Krensky, Stephen and Fulweiler, John. The iron dragon never sleeps. New York:

Delacorte Press, [1994].

In 1867, while staying with her father in a small California mining town, ten-year-old Winnie meets a Chinese boy close to her age and discovers the role of his people in completing the transcontinental railroad.

J Chi

Chinn, Karen and Van Wright, Cornelius. Sam and the lucky money. 1st ed. New

York: Lee & Low Books, [1995].

Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he's received for Chinese New Year.

305.8951 Moy

Moy, Tina. Chinese Americans. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp, [1995].

J Coe 2/99

Coerr, Eleanor and Ray, Deborah Kogan. Chang's paper pony. 1st ed. New York:

Harper & Row, [1988].

In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.

Video 979.4 Cal

Howser, Huell. California's gold : Preserving the past. Hollywood, CA: Crest

National Videotape & Film Laboratories, [1991].

A visit to Locke, on the Sacramento River Delta, finds Howser in the only U.S. town founded and settled by Chinese immigrants. Next he travels to Riverside County to hear members of the Cahuilla tribe sing bird songs that can be traced back 6000 years. His final stop is in Vista, San Diego County, at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum featuring old farm vehicles and machinery.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. Later, Gator. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, [1995].

Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother Bobby an alligator for his birthday.

J Lee c2

Lee, Milly and Choi, Yangsook. Nim and the war effort. 1st ed. New York: Frances

Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1997].

In her determination to prove that an American can win the contest for the war effort, Nim does something which leaves her Chinese grandfather both bewildered and proud.

J Yee

Yee, Paul and Chan, Harvey. Ghost train. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, [1996].

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. The cook's family. New York: Putnam, [1998].

As her parents' arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the visits that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown, where they pretend to be an elderly cook's family, giving Robin new insights into her Chinese heritage.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. Thief of hearts. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [1995].

When Stacy is paired with a Chinese girl at school who is accused of theft, she must come to terms with her own Chinese and American heritage.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. Ribbons. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1996].

A promising young ballet student cannot afford to continue lessons when her Chinese grandmother emigrates from Hong Kong, creating jealousy and conflict among the entire family.

305.8951 Dal

Daley, William. The Chinese Americans. New York: Chelsea House, [1996].

J McC

McCunn, Ruthanne Lum and Yeung, Ellen Lai-shan. Pie-Biter. Acadia, CA: Shen's

Books, [1998].

In the nineteenth century, a young Chinese comes to the United States to work on the railroad and develops a fondness for pies that becomes legendary.

796.91 Kwa

Rambeck, Richard. Michelle Kwan. [Chanhassen, Minn.]: Child's World, [1998].

A biography of world champion figure skater whose goal is to win gold medals in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics.

305.8951 Hoo

Hoobler, Dorothy and Hoobler, Thomas. The Chinese American family album. New

York: Oxford University Press, [1994].

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. The amah. New York: Putnam's, [1999].

Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.

811.54 Gle

Glenn, Mel. Split image:a story in poems. 1st ed. New York: Harper Collins,

[2000].

A series of poems reflect the thoughts and feelings of various people--students, the librarian, parents, the principal, and others--about the seemingly perfect Laura Li and her life inside and out of Tower High School.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. The journal of Wong Ming-Chung : a Chinese miner. New York:

Scholastic, [2000].

A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence and Huang, Benrei. The imp that ate my homework. 1st ed. New York:

HarperCollinsPublishers, [1998].

Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is known as the meanest man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon.

J Yep

Yep, Laurence. The star fisher. New York: Morrow Junior Books, [1991].

Fifteen-year-old Joan Lee and her family find the adjustment hard when they move from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920s.

J Yin

Yin and Soentpiet, Chris K. Coolies. New York: Philomel Books, [2001].

A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.