Grades K–5 TITLE LIST
Rising Voices: Amplifying AANHPI Narratives is an expertly curated collection of fiction and informational texts for Grades K–5 that highlights the achievements and lived experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. Designed to support purposeful literacy instruction, the collection builds understanding, supports engagement, and provides meaningful opportunities for all learners to build knowledge through authentic stories.
Kindergarten
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Like a Dandelion
Huy Voun Lee
Huy Voun Lee
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi
James Yang
James Yang
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon
Kat Zhang
Charlene Chua
Shar Tui ʻ asoa
Punky Aloha
Shar Tui’asoa
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
Supriya Kelkar
Alea Marley
Mela and the Elephant
Dow Phumiruk
Ziyue Chen
Bilal Cooks Daal
Aisha Saeed
Anoosha Syed
I Am a Bird
Dana Walrath
Jaime Kim
Off-Limits
Helen Yoon
Helen Yoon
My Tree
Hope Lim
Il Sung Na
Mom, It ʼ s My First Day of Kindergarten!
Hyewon Yum
Hyewon Yum
’Ohana Means Family
Ilima Loomis
Kenard Pak
A Friend for Henry
Jenn Bailey
Mika Song
Our Favorite Day
Joowon Oh
Joowon Oh
Festival of Colors
Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal
Vashti Harrison
My Little Sister and Me
Maple Lam
Maple Lam
Maribel ʼ s Year
Michelle Sterling
Sarah Gonzales
1
Kindergarten (Continued)
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Let Me Finish!
Minh Lê
Isabel Roxas
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
Natasha Yim
Grace Zong
How We Say I Love You
Nicole Chen
Lenny Wen
I ʼ ll Go and Come Back
Rajani LaRocca
Sara Palacios
Ali the Great and the Paper Airplane Flop
Saadia Faruqi
Debby Rahmalia
Thao: A Picture Book
Thao Lam
Thao Lam
Hot Pot Night!
Vincent Chen
Vincent Chen
Huynh Kim Lien and Phung Nguyen Quang
You Make the World
Muon Thi Van
The Paper Kingdom
Helena Ku Rhee
Pascal Campion
Grade 1
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho
Dung Ho
Bracelets for Bina ʼ s Brothers
Rajani LaRocca
Chaaya Prabhat
Tala Learns to Siva
Kealani Netane
Dung Ho
Gibberish
Young Vo
Young Vo
Uncle ʼ s Magic Thrownet
Todd Yamashita
Jamie Meckel Tablason
Take Me Out to the Yakyu
Aaron Meshon
Aaron Meshon
Mommy ʼ s Hometown
Hope Lim
Jaime Kim
Puddle
Hyewon Yum
Hyewon Yum
Henry, Like Always
Jenn Bailey
Mika Song
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language
Joanna Que and Charina Marquez
Fran Alvarez
The Sound of Silence
Katrina Goldsaito
Julia Kuo
Mang Andoy ʼ s Signs
Mailin Paterno
Isabel Roxas
To the Moon!
Marie Chow
Miki Tharp
Wei Skates On
Nathan Chen
Lorraine Nam
Summer Is for Cousins
Rajani LaRocca
Abhi Alwar
The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street: Ngā Kuia o te Tiriti o Pikitea
Renisa Viraj Maki
Nikki Slade-Robinson
Big Red Lollipop
Rukhsana Khan
Sophie Blackall
Yasmin the Superhero
Saadia Faruqi
Hatem Aly
2 Rising Voices: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narratives
Grade 1 (Continued)
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
I Dream of Popo
Livia Blackburne
Julia Kuo
Dancing the Tinikling
Bobbie Peyton
Diobelle Cerna
Boys Don ʼ t Fry
Kimberly Lee
Charlene Chua
Luna and the Case of the Missing Mooncakes
Natasha Yim
Violet Kim
Hair Twins
Raakhee Mirchandani
Holly Hatam
Hi’iaka and Pana’ewa: A Hawaiian Graphic Legend
Gabrielle Ahuli’i
Sarah Demonteverde
Grade 2
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
When Lola Visits
Michelle Sterling
Aaron Asis
Drawn Together
Minh Lê
Dan Santat
Amira ʼ s Picture Day
Reem Faruqi
Fahmida Azim
Cannonball
Sacha Cotter
Josh Morgan
King Sejong Invents an Alphabet
Carol Kim
Cindy Kang
Friends Are Friends, Forever
Dane Liu
Lynn Scurfield
The Māui Stories: Three Hawaiian Legends: A Primer
Gabrielle Ahuli‘i
Jing Jing Tsong
How to Spot a Sasquatch
J. Torres
Aurélie Grand
The Words We Share
Jack Wong
Jack Wong
Sakamoto ʼ s Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory Julie Abery
Chris Sasaki
Teeny Houdini: The Disappearing Act
Katrina Moore
Zoey Si
Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
Lina Maslo
Lina Maslo
Gigi and Ojiji
Melissa Iwai
Melissa Iwai
The Party Diaries: Awesome Orange Birthday
Mitali Banerjee Ruths
Aaliya Jaleel
Lark and the Diamond Caper
Natasha Deen
Marcus Cutler
Dancing in Thatha ʼ s Footsteps
Srividhya Venkat
Kavita Ramchandran
Astrid & Apollo and the Family Fun Fair Day
V.T. Bidania
Evelt Yanait
Crouching Tiger
Ying Chang Compestine
Yan Nascimbene
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
Zanib Mian
Nasaya Mafaridik
I Am Golden
Eva Chen
Sophie Diao
Made for More
Chloe Ito Ward
Gael Abary
Fall Is for Beginnings
Rajani LaRocca
Abhi Alwar
3 Rising Voices: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narratives
Grade 2 (Continued)
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Wishes
Muon Thi Van
Victo Ngai
Another Word for Neighbor
Angela Pham Krans
Thai My Phuong
The Big Boil-Up
Angie Belcher
Zak Ātea
Grade 3
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando
Andrea Wang
Kana Urbanowicz
Zara ʼ s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun
Hena Khan
Wastana Haikal
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Julie Leung
Chris Sasaki
Pele and Poli‘ahu
Malia Collins
Kathleen Peterson
Sugar in Milk
Thrity Umrigar
Khoa Le
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon
Simran Jeet Singh
Baljinder Kaur
A Map Into the World
Kao Kalia Yang
Seo Kim
Last Flight
Kristen Mai Giang
Dow Phumiruk
Fatima ʼ s Great Outdoors
Ambreen Tariq
Stevie Lewis
I am I. M. Pei
Brad Meltzer
Christopher Eliopoulos
Sea Sirens
Amy Chu
Janet K. Lee
Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of friendship: Stories from India
Chitra Soundar
Uma Krishnaswamy
Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey
Erin Entrada Kelly
Erin Entrada Kelly
On Point
Hena Khan
Sally Wern Comport
Where ʼ s Halmoni?
Julie Kim
Julie Kim
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
Debbi Michiko Florence
Elizabet Vuković
Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Sharks
Katie and Kevin Tsang
Nathan Reed
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Laurence Yep
Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)
Lisa Yee
Dan Santat
Mindy Kim, Class President
Lyla Lee
Dung Ho
The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island
Marni Fogelson with Mahani Teave Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
Matthew Swanson
Robbi Behr
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field
Scott Riley
Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien
4 Rising Voices: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narratives
Grade 3 (Continued)
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Tu Youyou ʼ s Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria
Songju Ma Daemicke
Lin
Snow Angel, Sand Angel
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Ashley Lukashevsky
Grade 4
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma
Joanna Ho
Teresa Martinez
Archer ʼ s Quest
Linda Sue Park
The Girl Who Lost a Leopard
Nizrana Farook
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Kyo Maclear
Julie Morstad
Aloha Everything
Kaylin Melia George
Mae Waite
Sky Island
Amy Chu
Janet K. Lee
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Laurie Calkhoven
Stevie Lewis
Duke Kahanamoku
Measuring Up
Lily LaMotte
Ann Xu
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
Martha Brockenbrough with Grace Lin Julia Kuo
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Perfection
Matthew Swanson
Robbi Behr
Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd
Michelle Mee Nutter
Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes
Mia Wenjen
Pie in the Sky
Remy Lai
Remy Lai
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Roshani Chokshi
Saving Sunshine
Saadia Faruqi
Shazleen Khan
Vanished
Sheela Chari
Queen of Physics
Teresa Robeson
Rebecca Huang
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhhà Lai
Thea and the Mischief Makers
Tracy Badua
Kohala Kuamo’o Nae’ole ʼ s Race to Save a King
Kekauleleanae’ole Kawai’ae’a
Aaron Kawai‘ae‘a
Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Power Forward
Hena Khan
Sally Wern Comport
The Thing About Luck
Cynthia Kadohata
Julia Kuo
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story
Susan Tan
Dana Wulfekotte
5 Rising Voices: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Narratives
Grade 5
Title
Author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Man One
Weedflower
Cynthia Kadohata
My Night in the Planetarium
Innosanto Nagara
Innosanto Nagara
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
Julie Leung
Julie Kwon
Lei and the Fire Goddess
Malia Maunakea
Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA
Emily Inouye Huey
Kaye Kang
Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather ʼ s American Journey
Katie Yamasaki
Katie Yamasaki
How to Win a Slime War
Mae Respicio
Meet Me on Mercer Street
Booki Vivat
Booki Vivat
Pippa Park Raises Her Game
Erin Yun
City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm
Jaimal Yogis
Vivian Truong
The Emperor ʼ s Riddle
Kat Zhang
Robyn Ng
Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All
Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, and Dane Liu
Aaliya Jaleel
Bhai For Now
Maleeha Siddiqui
Ahmed Aziz ʼ s Epic Year
Nina Hamza
The Boy Who Met a Whale
Nizrana Farook
Māui: Sun Catcher
Tim Tipene
Zak Waipara
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear
Trang Nguyen
Jeet Zdũng
Girl Giant and the Monkey King
Van Hoang
Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien
Mabuhay!
Zachary Sterling
Zachary Sterling
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX
Jen Bryant
Toshiki Nakamura
The Last Mapmaker
Christina Soontornvat
The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum
Lisa Yee
Dan Santat
We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem For Asian America
Joanna Ho
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
The Most Beautiful Thing
Kao Kalia Yang
Khoa Le
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