May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent. Also look to the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) for more information and winners of the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature.

Articles

• "Blowing the Horn: Meeting Mary" by Lisa Yee
• "Blowing the Horn: A Necessary Vessel" by Minh Lê
• "Blowing the Horn: Artist's Dream" by Jillian Tamaki
• "Horn Book Reminiscences: Growing Up at the Horn Book" by Kari Brabander
• Jack Wong: "On the Cover"; his 2023 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech for When You Can Swim
• Thanhhà Lại: 2023 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor Speech for When Clouds Touch Us
• "The Illustrator's Eye: Illustrating in Layers: The Wonder of Preseparation Art" by JooHee Yoon
• Sabaa Tahir: 2022 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Award Speech for All My Rage and her virtual interview
• "After the Call: Star Charts" by Cynthia Kadohata
• Grace Lin: her 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award speech and profile; her May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: The Newbery Centennial cover; and "Speak with Us, Not for Us"
• Linda Sue Park: "Blowing the Horn: The Benevolence of Crickets"; "From Trend to Norm: How the Last Twenty Years of the Newbery Can Guide Us"; and "Writer vs. Author — The Zena Sutherland Lecture"
• Ellen Oh on the 5th anniversary of publishing Flying Lessons & Other Stories from Dean Schneider's "Field Notes: Teaching Flying Lessons & Other Stories"
• Andrea Wang: 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech for Watercress and her virtual BGHB acceptance
• Jason Chin: his 2022 Caldecott Medal speech and profile; his 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech for Watercress and his virtual BGHB acceptance
• Paula Yoo: 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech for From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
• Christina Soontornvat: "Seeing Ourselves: Listen to the Kids"; 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech for All Thirteen; her virtual BGHB acceptance; and her Calling Caldecott post on Wishes
• Sayantani DasGupta: "The Writer's Page: Imagining Our Way to the Other Side: Children's Literature and Radical Imagination"
• Tae Keller: "After the Call: Nothing Short of Life-Changing"; 2021 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech; a profile of the author; and 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Honor Award speech for When You Trap a Tiger
• Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad: 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor speeches for It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
• Erin Entrada Kelly: "Blowing the Horn: I'm Here Too"; "After the Call: On the Bookmark"; 2018 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech and profile of the author
• "Reading Without Walls: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang" and more by and about the author/illustrator
• "Rule Breakers: The Good Kid" by Remy Lai
• Bao Phi and Thi Bui: 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor speeches for A Different Pond
• "Transformers: Reimagining the World" by Malinda Lo
• Profile of 2015 Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat by Connie Hsu
• "Americans with the Wrong Ancestors" by Clara Breed (from 1943)

Interviews

• Calling CaldeNott interview with Jack Wong
• Paula Yoo's 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Award video interview with Roger Sutton about From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
• Five Questions
  • Five Questions for Clar Angkasa about Stories of the Islands
  • Five Questions for Remy Lai about Ghost Book
  • Five Questions for Jack Wong about When You Can Swim
  • Five Questions for Elizabeth Patridge and Lauren Tamaki about Seen and Unseen
  • Five Questions for John Cho and Sarah Suk about Troublemaker
  • Five Questions for George Takei about They Called Us Enemy
  • Five Questions for Grace Lin about her Storytelling Math board book series
  • Five Questions for Linda Sue Park about The One Thing You'd Save and Five Questions about Prairie Lotus
• Talks with Roger
  • Joanna Ho Talks with Roger about Say My Name
  • Raj Haldar Talks with Roger about This Book Is Banned
  • Melissa de la Cruz talks with Roger
  • Saadia Faruqi Talks with Roger about Ali the Great and the Dinosaur Mistake, Ali the Great and the Eid Party Surprise, Ali the Great and the Paper Airplane Flop, and Ali the Great and the Market Mishap
  • Thien Pham Talks with Roger about Family Style
  • Bao Phi Talks with Roger about You Are Life
  • Minh Lê & Dan Santat Talk with Roger about The Blur; Drawn Together; and Built to Last
  • Lisa Yee Talks with Roger about Maizy Chen's Last Chance and about her DC Super Hero Girls series
  • Wendy Wan-Long Shang Talks with Roger about The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round
  • Nidhi Chanani Talks with Roger about Jukebox
  • Katie Yamasaki Talks with Roger about Everything Naomi Loved
  • Traci Chee Talks with Roger about We Are Not Free
• Publishers' Previews
  • Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for George Takei about My Lost Freedom
  • Publishers' Preview: Spring 2024: Five Questions for Minda Dentler about The Girl Who Figured It Out
  • Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly about The First State of Being
  • Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Lisa Yee and Dan Santat about A Royal Conundrum
  • Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham about Lunar New Year Love Story
  • Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Kristina McMorris and Amanda Yoshida about Ellie Mae Dreams Big
  • Publishers' Preview: Fall 2023: Five Questions for Roshani Chokshi about The Spirit Glass
  • Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for X. Fang about Dim Sum Palace
  • Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Arya Shahi about An Impossible Thing to Say
  • Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Sarwat Chadda about The Fury of the Dragon Goddess
  • Publishers' Preview: Spring 2023: Five Questions for Thanhhà Lại about When Clouds Touch Us
  • Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Karuna Riazi about A Bit of Earth
  • Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Misa Sugiura about Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind

Booklists

• Stories for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from May 2024 Notes from the Horn Book
• Diverse stories for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month from May 2023 Notes from the Horn Book
• Asian/Pacific American contemporary realism from May 2022 Notes from the Horn Book
• East Asian intergenerational picture books from October 2022 Notes from the Horn Book
• YA AAPI stories and voices from April 2021 Notes from the Horn Book
• Happy Lunar New Year!