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Sylvan Recommended Reading List:
National Asian Pacific Heritage Month Reading Recommendations (May)

Elementary School

Kindergarten: Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Silly Chicken by Rukhsana Khan
Grade 1: The Sign Painter by Allen Say
The Road to Mumbai by Ruth Jeyaveeran
Grade 2: Ashok by Any Other Name by Sandra S. Yamate
Japan: Picture a County series by Henry Pluckrose
Grade 3: Chin Chiang and the Dragons Dance by Ian Wallace
The Love of Two Stars by Janie Jaehyun Park
Grade 4: Lily's Garden of India by Jeremy Smith
Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami
Grade 5: Landed by Milly Lee
Brothers by Yin

Middle School

Grade 6: Floating Lanterns and Golden Shrines: Celebrating Japanese Festivals by Rena Krasno
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
Grade 7: Gandhi: Great Soul by John B. Severance
The Breadwinner: An Afghan Child in a War Torn Land by Deborah Ellis
Grade 8: Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Chun Yu

High School

Grade 9: Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Grade 10: Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka
Grade 11: Breakaway by Paul Yee
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Grade 12: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos

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