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Show FiltersMang Andoy’s Signs
"Mang Andoy the signmaker is given the challenge of a lifetime when the Mayor barges into his workshop one day and complains, Its chaos out there! Nobodys following the rules! How then can Mang Andoy create signs that would turn their unruly community?" -- publlisher
Ma-Me-Mi-Mumu!
"This not-so-scary picture book by National Childrens Book Awardee Jomike Tejido, casts Filipino supernatural creatures in a fresh, amusing light. Young readers will identify with young Haya Sophia as she overcomes her fear of monsters with the help of her Lolo Nanding." -- publisher
The Most Beautiful Thing
"Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia’s story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family’s early years in the United States." -- publisher
My night in the planetarium
From the author and illustrator of A is for Activist and Counting on Community. This time, Innosanto Nagara tells a true story from his childhood in Indonesia. It is a child's view of a particular place and time--but it is also an introduction to Indonesia, a story about colonialism, and a message about the power of creativity.--|cProvided by publisher
The girl who wore too much
Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all
Filipino friends
Sam, a Filipino-American boy visiting the Philippines for the first time, learns many new words and customs while playing with his cousins and visiting with other family members.
Going home, coming home / V̂è nhà, thăm quê hương
A young girl visits her grandmother in Vietnam where her parents were born and learns that she can call two places home.