Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month with a good book! Here are 10 fantastic picture books by AAPI Seattle-area authors and illustrators:
- Tricky Chopsticks, 2024, by Sylvia Chen (Kirkland)
- Brave Mrs. Sato, 2023, by Lori Matsukawa (Bellevue)
- Chloe’s Lunar New Year, 2024, by Lily LaMotte (Port Townsend)
- Let’s Do Everything and Nothing, 2022, by Julia Kuo (Bellevue)
- How to Hug a Pufferfish, 2022, by Ellie Peterson (Kirkland)
- Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School: Based on a True Story, 2024, illustrated by Michelle Jing Chan (Seattle)
- Apple Pie 4th of July, 2002, by Janet Wong (Gig Harbor)
- The Runaway Dosa, 2023, by Suma Subramaniam (Bothell)
- Quackers, 2016, by Liz Wong (Edmonds)
- Love Grows Here, 2024, by Chloe Ito Ward (Seattle area)
Happy reading!
Here's a link to my story for Seattle's Child.
