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Inspiring Illustrated Biographies for Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In 1978, May was designated as Asian American Pacific Islander Month to commemorate the first Japanese immigrant to arrive in the United States on May 7, 1843. May was also chosen as way to remember the Chinese immigrants who worked tirelessly to create the first transcontinental railroad in America from May of 1843 through May of 1869.

Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I.M. Pei
by Julie Leung

Inspired by nature, Ioeh Ming Pei imagined buildings that would last as long at the rock formations at the Suzhou gardens he visited as a boy in China. Mr. Pei studied architecture to design skyscrapers and beautiful buildings. One of Mr. Pei's first projects was the two-story Gulf Oil corporate office building he built in Atlanta in 1949. He later designed larger and more impressive structures like the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and the Suzhou Museum in the place that inspired his visionary designs, Suzhou, China.