Yuko Shimizu
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2025 - Children
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
Description
This exhilarating picture book biography about the first woman to summit Mount Everest follows Junko Tabei who, despite many obstacles, climbed step by step to reach her goal and then took on a new challenge: protecting the wild spaces she loved for future generations.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books - Present to 1938
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
Description
The "true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War offered safe haven to Aleppo's abandoned cats"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-2 2023
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (Gr. 3-5)
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-2 2023
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (Gr. 3-5)
Description
"A lyrical nonfiction picture book featuring eighteen Asian American changemakers and two pivotal moments in Asian American history, illustrated by fifteen renowned Asian and Asian American artists"--