[aisle] May is...Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

[Emily Meszaros]

I wanted to add to your thread by asking about displays for AAPI month.
I'm adding fiction and non-fiction to my display and realized there are so
many West Asian countries. How do you represent this diversity in your
displays? In my experience, many of these countries are not
highlighted during this month.

National Geographic lists the following countries in Asia
<http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/asia/>:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,
China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines,
Qatar, Russia (parts in Europe and Asia), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South
Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor),
Turkey (parts in Europe and Asia), Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.

https://www.api-gbv.org/resources/census-data-api-identities/

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 12:00 PM Neha Thakkar via AISLE <
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> Thank you Trisha, Karen, and Kim for your ideas!
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> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 7:02 PM Honkoski, Trisha <
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>> Hello, Neha.
>> One title I’m going to use for sure is A Life Made by Hand - The Story of
>> Ruth Asawa by Andrea D’Aquino. It has great back matter and a make your own
>> paper dragonfly activity.
>>
>> As for recent Monarch nominees, several that come to mind are: Big
>> Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin, Drawn Together by Minh Le, illus. by
>> Dan Santat, After the Fall by Dan Santat, Adventures of Beekle by Dan
>> Santat, and Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim, illus. by Grace
>> Zong.
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>> Hope this helps!
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>> Take care,
>> Trisha Honkoski
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>> *Subject:* [aisle] May is...Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> What books or activities are you planning for May? Also, does anyone know
>> which Monarch books over the past 5 years were written or illustrated by
>> APAs? I know it's a huge monolith that doesn't cover all the amazing
>> diversity, but I want to improve my collection and curriculum. I will also
>> start collecting/researching, but thought I'd ask our amazing group!
>>
>> Thanks!
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Emily Meszaros, MLIS
Chelsea Elementary Library
Frankfort, IL
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