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Children's books with an Asian theme

Last Updated: 1-Jun-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library about Asia or the people of Asia.  This also includes India, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

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Children's literature
Asian studies
Education

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Children's books -- elementary level
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Cover image of Chinese fables
Chinese fables : "the Dragon Slayer" and other timeless tales of wisdom / Shiho S. Nunes ; illustrated by Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard.
Tokyo : Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN989 .C5 N86 2013
Ages 8-12; Gr.3-6; Aesop Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2014
Tari, the little Balinese dancer / by Pamela Noensie ; illustrated by Garretta Lamore.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O393 T37 2013

Other books

Cover image of Boy in the Garden
The boy in the garden / written and illustrated by Allen Say.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .A936 B69 2010
Lexile measure 480; Book level 3.3; Ages 5-9, gr. K-2
Boxers & saints : boxed set / Gene Luen Yang ; color by Lark Pien.
First edition. New York : First Second, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .Y36 B68 2013 V.1
Ages 11-14
Chengli and the Silk Road caravan / Hildi Kang.
Terre Haute, IN : Tanglewood, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .A5492 C48 2011
Lexile measure 830; Ages 8-12
Chinese children's favorite stories / text and illustrations by Mingmei Yip.
Tokyo ; Rutland, VT : Tuttle Pub., c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .I6 C48 2004
Elementary level
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Crow boy / by Taro Yashima.
Harmondsworth, England : Puffin Books, c1983.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3547 .A735 C76 1983
Lexile measure 690, gr. K-2
Drawing from memory / Allen Say.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .S39 A2 2011
Awards: Sibert Honor Book, 2012; Ages 10-15; Autobiography, gr. 5-8
The firekeeper's son / by Linda Sue Park ; illustrated by Julie Downing.
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .A6739 F57 2004
Lexile measure 490; Ages 5-10; Grade level 2.5; Historical fiction, gr. K-3
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Gandhi / Demi.
New York : Margaret McElderry Books, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS481 .G3 D378 2001
Lexile measure 980; Ages 8-12; Grade level 5.9; Biography, gr. 3-6
Good fortune in a wrapping cloth / by Joan Schoettler ; illustrated by Jessica Lanan.
Walnut Creek, CA : Shen's Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .C4523 G66 2011
Ages 4-8, gr. 2-4
The green frogs : a Korean folktale / retold by Yumi Heo.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR342 .H46 1996
Lexile measure AD790; Ages 4-6; Gr.K-2; Guided reading L
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Kamishibai man / written and illustrated by Allen Say.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .A936 K36 2005
Awards: Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2006; Book level 3.3; Ages 6-9, gr. 1-3
Korean children's favorite stories / retold by Kim So-un ; illustrated by Jeong Kyoung-Sim.
Boston : Tuttle Pub., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PL991.415 .S5 S76 2004
gr. 1-3
Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China / translated and illustrated by Ed Young.
New York : Philomel Books, c1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3575 .O783 L66 1989
Lexile measure 670; Book level 3.5; Ages 5-9; Gr.K-2; Guided reading S
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Manjiro : the boy who risked his life for two countries / Emily Arnold McCully.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS881.5 .N3 M33 2008 F
Ages 8-12; book level 4.9; historical fiction, gr. 2-5
The monkey king : a superhero tale of China retold from the Journey to the West / Aaron Shepard.
Olmpia, Wash. : Skyhook Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .H45423 M66 2008
Ages 10 and up
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Never fall down : a novel / Patricia McCormick.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .C3828 N48 2012
Lexile measure 710; Ages 13 and up; Historical fiction, gr. 9-12
Passage to freedom : the Sugihara story / written by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee ; afterword by Hiroki Sugihara.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D804.3 .M63 1997
Lexile measure 670; Book level 4.1; Ages 5-10, gr. 3-6
Tibet : through the red box / Peter Sis.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS786 .S548 1998
Ages 10-up; book level 5.3; mystery and suspense, gr. 6-9
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Urashima Taro and other Japanese children's favorite stories / compiled by Florence Sakade ; illustrated by Yoshio Hayashi.
1st ed. Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR340 .U73 2008
Elementary level
The Water Dragon : a Chinese legend / retold in English and Chinese by Li Jian ; [translated by Yijin Wert].
New York, NY : Better Link Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR335 .L43913 2012
Ages 4-8