Online Resource Center
Book recommendations
Goodreads
At the bottom of this page, you’ll find all the books that the East Asia Resource Center has used during recent seminars and books clubs. You can also browse these books on our Goodreads shelves.
Book databases
For additional recommendations, try searching the Database of Award-winning Children’s Literature and the California Department of Education Recommended Literature List for specific settings, time periods and grade levels.
NCTA recommendations
- Five College Center for East Asian Studies’ “Favorite East Asia Related Books”
- Asia For Educators’ literature recommendations sorted by grade level.
- Indiana University’s East Asian Studies Center’s reading lists for “Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School”
- University of Pittsburgh’s “Selected Books on East Asia for Pre-K to 5th Grade“
Other children’s books
- US Board on Books for Young People’s Outstanding International Books List
- The American Library Association “Growing up around the world” project