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Hello Friends, Happy May! This month we honor moms everywhere and loved ones who care for us like mothers. We also celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month making it the perfect time to discover new books about AAPI history, heritage, and stories. Be sure to check out our holiday and themed booklists. As always, we're available for any requests you may have. Reach out to us anytime! We love hearing from you: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org Warmly, Alicia, Catherine, and Martha
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Summer Reading Program 2021 June 14 - Aug 6 Summer reading is just around the corner! We have performances, workshops, and goodie bags lined up to inspire you to read, create, and enjoy your summer. We'll have details in our June newsletter and on our website soon!
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Kid Kits contain take-home crafts, activities, and other goodies put together for you by your librarians. Recommended for kids ages 4+. Request yours at Curbside service. Update: Kid Kits will be on pause through the summer and will return in the fall. We have special activities planned for Summer Reading!
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6pm - 7pm Love to play chess? Join live games every Wednesday evening or be matched with someone for a game at a convenient time. For more information, email Chase: ccronkright@beltiblibrary.org
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Are you looking for your next book to read? Watch one of Martha's Book Talk videos. She reviews new picture books and chapter books. Episodes may also feature older favorites. Watch to discover something new to read.
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Did you know you can get a personalized list of books? Sign up for an Individualized Reading List (IRL). We'll schedule a video chat with a librarian who will create a book list just for you. Send us an email at jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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,Join us for virtual storytimes with Alicia & Catherine! We'll post them weekly on our library YouTube channel. If you would like a shout out, you can reach us at: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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Every other Monday Ages 2-3 (All ages welcome)
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Every other Wednesday Ages 3-5 (All ages welcome)
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1st Friday Ages 2-5 (All ages welcome)
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Curbside service is available. The library building remains closed to the public due to construction but you can drop off old books and place new ones on hold for curbside pickup.
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Get creative with family activities curated by the Asian Art Museum. Make an orihon (Japanese accordion book), create Balinese shadow puppets, or design a sari among many other projects inspired by Asian art.
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MOCA presents Author Julie Leung Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) hosts a virtual Meet & Greet with award-winning author Julie Leung. May 6th, 4pm - 4:30pm. Julie will read her new book, The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee, about the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military. Ask questions about her writing process and create a paper plane in honor of Hazel. Register here.
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Luna's yum yum dim sum
by Natasha Yim
Accompanying her family to dim sum on her birthday, young Luna uses her math skills to help her brothers divide three pork bao buns among five family members, in a fractions-themed entry in the series that includes The Last Marshmallow.
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Kikuchi's sushi
by Myung Sook Jeong
A fox who wants to know what sushi tastes like goes to Grandpa Kikuchi's sushi restaurant and finds out all about it. A double-page spread tells more about Japan and sushi.
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Danbi leads the school parade
by Anna Kim
Thrilled to start at her new school in America before she renders her diverse class silent as the first Asian student most of them have ever seen, little Danbi uses the power of her imagination to make friends, learn the rules and lead everyone during a fun-filled parade. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cora cooks pancit
by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore
When all her older siblings are away, Cora's mother finally lets her help make pancit, a delicious Filipino noodle dish with chicken and vegetables. Includes recipe for pancit.
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Bilal cooks daal
by Aisha Saeed
Helping prepare his favorite dish from South Asia, 6-year-old Bilal invites a growing number friends to join his family for a meal and wonders if they will like slow-cooked lentil daal as much as he does. By the award-winning author of Written in the Stars. Simultaneous eBook
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Auntie Yang's great soybean picnic
by Ginnie Lo
A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. Includes author's note and glossary.
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Drawn together
by Minh Lê
Struggling throughout a visit with his grandfather when they cannot speak each other's language, a young boy discovers their mutual love of art and storytelling during a shared session of drawing that helps them form a bond beyond words.
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Eyes that kiss in the corners
by Joanna Ho
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers but by drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.
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'Ohana means family
by Ilima Loomis
In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.
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A different pond
by Bao Phi
As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
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Ojichan's gift
by Chieri Uegaki
Helping tend the rock garden her grandfather created for her at his home in Japan when she was born, young Mayumi endeavors to figure out how to keep the memory of their garden alive when her grandfather becomes old and has to move away.
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Where's Halmoni?
by Julie J. Kim
Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters. Graphic novel format.
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The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
by Supriya Kelkar
Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from pink for dancing to bhangra beats to red for courage. He especially takes care with his patka--his turban--smoothing it out and making sure it always matches his outfit. But when Harpreet's mom finds a new job in a snowy city and they have to move, all he wants is to be invisible. Will he ever feel a happy sunny yellow again?
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When the cousins came
by Katie Yamasaki
A sensitive story about insecurity, hosting and friendship follows the experiences of a girl from a multicultural family who is ecstatic to be visited by her cousins only to be worried when they seem to have very different interests and skill sets.
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Magic ramen : the story of Momofuku Ando
by Andrea Wang
Taiwanese-born inventor Momofuku Ando has a revelation: "The world is peaceful only when everyone has enough to eat." He vows to create food so inexpensive and easy to prepare that everyone can buy it-the food we know today as instant ramen.
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The ugly vegetables
by Grace Lin
A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.
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Ho'onani : hula warrior
by Heather Gale
An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawai'i who doesn't conform to either gender and who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school.
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Baseball saved us
by Ken Mochizuki
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
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Mindy Kim, Class President
by Lyla Lee
Running a campaign for class president that is mostly based on snacks and being kind, Mindy Kim struggles to overcome jitters when she prepares to deliver a required speech about why she should be elected. By the author of I’ll Be the One. Simultaneous eBook.
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Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom
by Teresa Robeson
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"
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The fearless flights of Hazel Ying Lee
by Julie Leung
Hazel Ying Lee was a fearless young woman who, from the moment she rode in an airplane, dreamed of flying them. Unfortunately, it was 1932 and "less than one percent of pilots were women." On top of that, Lee was Chinese American, and no Chinese American girl had ever flown an airplane. None of this stopped her and she became the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military.
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Yayoi Kusama : from here to infinity
by Sarah J. S Suzuki
Written by a curator at The Museum of Modern Art, this book features reproductions by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) and tells the story of her life and artistic vision to cover the world with dots.
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Fred Korematsu speaks up
by Laura Atkins
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the man who challenged the legality of imprisoning Japanese Americans during World War II, describing the prejudice he and other Japanese Americans experienced and his long struggle for justice.
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Pie in the Sky
by Remy Lai
Feeling as out of place as if he landed on Mars when his family moves to an English-speaking country, 11-year-old Jingwen dreams about the cakes he would have baked with his late father, a hope that is challenged by his mother's strict kitchen safety rules. Simultaneous eBook.
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Stand up, Yumi Chung!
by Jessica Kim
Reworking mortifying memories about her perpetual shyness and cross-cultural realities into comedy gold, an aspiring comedienne accidentally lands in a comedy camp under the instruction of a favorite celebrity. Simultaneous eBook.
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Prairie lotus
by Linda Sue Park
A young half-Asian girl arriving in 1880s America struggles to adjust to new surroundings while navigating the almost unanimous prejudice of the townspeople in her heartland community. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of A Single Shard. Also available as an eBook.
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The night diary
by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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Blackbird fly
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar. Simultaneous eBook.
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Paper wishes
by Lois Sepahban
Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens.
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When you trap a tiger
by Tae Keller
Moving with her parents into the home of her sick grandmother, young Lily forges a complicated pact with a magical tiger, in a story inspired by Korean folktales. By the author of The Science of Unbreakable Things. Simultaneous eBook.
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I'm Ok
by Patti Kim
Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear
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All thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team
by Christina Soontornvat
Combines firsthand interviews with scientific and cultural insights in a middle grade account of the 2018 Thai cave rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team and the critical, sophisticated engineering operation that saved the lives of 13 young people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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