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May is Asian-American Heritage Month!

Patsy Mink-Hawaiian, Dwayne Johnson-Black and Samoan-American, George Takei-Japanese-American, M Night Shyamalan-Indian-American, Grace Lin-Taiwanese-American, Ki Hong Lee-South Korean-American, Jeremy Lin-Taiwanese-American and Chinese-American, Mindy Kaling-Indian-American, Sandra Oh-Korean-Canadian, Duke Kanahamoku-Hawaiian, Sundar Pichai-Indian-American, Maggie Gee-Chinese-American, Allen Say-Japanese-American, Linda Sue Park-Korean-American, Auli-i Cravalho-Hawaiian, Dalip Singh Saund-Indian-American, Vera Wang-Chinese-American, Sammy Lee-Koean-American, Fred Korematsu-Japanese-American, Eugenie Clark-Japanese-American, Thao Lam-Vietnamese-Canadian, (Jabbawockeez-Korean-American, Filipino-American, Vietnamese-American, Black, and Mexican-American), The Festival of Colors-Diwali, The Green Frogs-Korean folktale, Music and dancing from 4 cultures, Ugly Vegetables-Chinese-American main character, Round is a mooncake-Chinese main character, Under my Hijab-Muslim, Maya Lin-Chinese-American, Baseball Saved Us-Japanese-American internment camps, Sam and the lucky money-Chinese new year, the Nian Monster-Chinese New year, Redwoods-Chinese-American Author, Bee-Bim-Bop-Korean-American family, The Royal Bee-Korean main character, Cora Cooks Pancit-Filipino main character, Grandfather’s journey-Japanese-American main character, Ruby’s wish-Chinese main character, Sora and the Cloud-Japanese-American main character, Henry and the Kite Dragon-Chinese American main character, Drawn Together-Vietnamese-American, Dim Sum for Everyone-Chinese-American main character, Ruby Lu, Brave and True-Chinese-American main character, Proudest Blue-Muslim Author and main character, Name Jar-Korean-American main character, Apple Pie 4th of July-Chinese-American main character, Hot Hot Roti-Indian-American main character, Dear Juno-Korean-American main character, King for a Day-Pakistani main character, Chef Roy Choi-Korean-American main character, Where’s Halmoni-Korean main characters, All the things I love about you-Vietnamese-American Author, The tale of the lucky cat-Japanese legend, Juna’s Jar-Korean-American main character, Suki’s kimono-Japanese main character, Cinnamon-Indian main character, Ganesha’s sweet tooth-Indian story, Lin Yi’s lantern-Chinese main character, Nadia’s hands-Pakistani-American main character, Danbi leads the school parade-Korean-American main character, Monsoon-setting is India, My Dadima wears a Sari-Indian-American main character, An Eagle’s Feather-Written by the Phillipine Eagle Foundation, Mama’s Saris-setting is India, I live in Tokyo-Setting is Japan, The Favorite Daughter-Japanese-American, mommy eats fried grasshoppers-Laotian-American main character, uncle pete’s amazing Chinese heritage-Chinese-American main character, the empty pot-chinese folktale, The Cat from Hunger Mountain-Chinese-American author, A Different Pond-Vietnamese-American main character, Big Red Lollipop-Pakistani-American Main characters, Morning with Grandpa-Chinese-American main character, Michelle Kwan-Chinese-American, Korean child introduces a snack, Pan De Sal Saves the Day-set in the Phillipines, Ang Lee-Taiwanese, Mohindi Bhardwaj-Indian-American, Fly Free-setting in Vietnam, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole-Hawaiian, Men of Steel-Chinese-Americans

If you find any mistakes or issues, please let me know- jmouser@parkwayschools.net

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