Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific
Explore 98 handpicked children's books set in and about East Asia and the Pacific, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes Puffin Modern Classics
Lion: A Long Way Home Young Readers’ Edition
Half a World Away
A New Years Reunion A Chinese Story
A Single Shard
Alfies Lost Sharkie
Are You an Echo?: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
Balinese Childrens Favorite Stories
Bamboo People
Bee Bim Bop
Boxers Boxers Saints
Boxers Saints Boxed Set
Brush Of The Gods
Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters: A Story in English and Chinese
Chengli And The Silk Road Caravan
Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance (Meadow Mouse Paperback)
Chinese Childrens Favorite Stories
Chirri & Chirra
Chirri & Chirra, In the Tall Grass
Chirri & Chirra, The Snowy Day
Crow Boy (Picture Puffin Books)
D Is For Doufu An Alphabet Book Of Chinese Culture
Daughter of the Mountains (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Dodsworth in Tokyo (Green Light Readers Level 3)
Father’s Chinese Opera
Favorite Childrens Stories From China Tibet
Filipino Childrens Favorite Stories
First Book Of Sushi World Snacks
Forbidden City A Novel Of Modern China
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village
Hanukkah Around the World
Hurry Up Alfie
Hush A Thai Lullaby
I See the Sun in China
I See The Sun In Myanmar Burma
I See the Sun in Nepal
Ichiro
In a Village by the Sea
Japanese Childrens Favorite Stories Anniversary Edition
Jet Black And The Ninja Wind
Korean Childrens Favorite Stories
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Malaysian Children’s Favourite Stories (Children’s Favorite Stories)
Marco Polo
Milet Bilingual Visual Dictionary English Bengali
Milet Bilingual Visual Dictionary English Korean
Ming’s Adventure in the Forbidden City: A Story in English and Chinese
Ming’s Adventure on China’s Great Wall: A Story in English and Chinese
Ming’s Kung Fu Adventure in the Shaolin Temple: A Zen Buddhist Tale in English and Chinese (Contemporary Writers)
Mings Adventure With Confucius In Qufu A Story In English And Chinese
More Japanese Childrens Favorite Stories Anniversary Edition
My Awesome Japan Adventure: A Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever!
My Face Book (Burmese Karen/English) (Burmese Edition)
My Face Book (Mandarin/English) (Mandingo Edition)
My Face Book Japaneseenglish
My First Bilingual Book-Numbers (English-Vietnamese)
My First Book Of Korean Words An Abc Rhyming Book
My Night In The Planetarium
Nu Dang And His Kite
Pacific Crossing
Razorhurst
Rickshaw Girl
Saints Boxers Saints
Sherlock Hong The Scroll Of Greatness Sherlock Hong Adventures
Sherlock Hong: The Immortal Nightingale (Sherlock Hong Adventures)
Sherlock Hong: The Legend of Lady Yue (Sherlock Hong Adventures)
Sherlock Hong: The Peranakan Princess (Sherlock Hong Adventures)
Singapore Childrens Favorite Stories
Sophie Scott Goes South
Starry River of the Sky
Stories From The Billabong
Thanking The Moon Celebrating The Mid Autumn Moon Festival
The Boy in the Garden
The Crane Girl
The Empty Pot An Owlet Book
The Great Race
The Great Voyages Of Zheng He
The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China
The Kite Fighters
The Little Monkey Kings Journey Stories Of The Chinese Zodiac Retold In English And Chinese
The Snake Goddess Colors the World: Stories of the Chinese Zodiac, A Chinese Tale Told in English and Chinese
The Tiny Boy and Other Tales from Indonesia
The Tiny Traveler: Japan: A Book of Nature
The Water Dragon A Chinese Legend English And Chinese Bilingual Text
Tibet Through The Red Box Caldecott Honor Book
Tofu Quilt
Umbrella (Picture Puffins)
Vietnam A To Z Discover The Colorful Culture Of Vietnam
Vietnamese Childrens Favorite Stories
Welcome To Country: A Traditional Aboriginal Ceremony
When My Name Was Keoko
When the Sea Turned to Silver
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Wheres Halmoni
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity!
Yum Yum Dim Sum (World Snacks)
Zheng He, The Great Chinese Explorer: A Bilingual Story of Adventure and Discovery (Chinese and English)
Narrow it down
- Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific for Ages 3-5
- Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific for Ages 5-9
- Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific for Ages 8-12
- Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific for Ages 11-14
- Award-Winning Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific
- Bilingual Children's Books About East Asia and the Pacific
- Board Books About East Asia and the Pacific
- Folk Tales and Myths From East Asia and the Pacific for Kids
- Children's Biographies About East Asia and the Pacific
- Early Learning Books About East Asia and the Pacific
- Children's Books About Animals of East Asia and the Pacific
- Fantasy Books for Kids Set in East Asia and the Pacific
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Common questions
What ages are these books for?
Of the 98 books here, 7 are for ages 0-2, 20 for ages 3-5, 33 for ages 5-9, 18 for ages 8-12, 13 for ages 11-14 and 1 for Teens & Young Adults. The remaining 6 are not yet sorted by age.
Where should we start?
Three good first picks are The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi, Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes Puffin Modern Classics by Eleanor Coerr and Lion: A Long Way Home Young Readers’ Edition by Saroo Brierley. All 98 books on this page are handpicked, so any of them is a fine place to begin.
Which countries are covered?
Alongside this broader collection there are separate pages for Australia (7 books), China (34 books), Indonesia (3 books), Japan (11 books), Korea (7 books), Myanmar (4 books), Tibet (3 books) and Vietnam (4 books). Every book on those pages is also on this one.
Are there bilingual, award-winning or folk-tale picks here?
Yes. This collection includes 21 bilingual editions, 9 books tagged award-winning by their publishers and 25 folk tales, fairy tales or myths.
Is every book here available?
Every book links to Amazon. 17 of the 98 are currently listed only on Amazon; the rest also link to Bookshop.org.