What AAPI Heritage means:

“May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).” – Asian Pacific Heritage website

AAPI book recommendations:

For Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month the library would like to highlight some titles in our collections written about and by Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. Read about the cultures, food, and rich histories in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month by checking out one of the titles below. Available by request through the library website or you can come in and grab it off the shelf or ask one of our staff to help you locate the title you are interested in.

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawaiʻi edited by Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang

Biting the Hand by Julia Lee

We the Gathered Heat edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, No’u Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen

Kimiko Does Cancer written by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Illustrated by Keet Geniza

The above titles and many more available at Cannell Library!