CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2024
Resources for the juvenile and children's titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2008 -- promoting awareness of the best books of Chinese topics or literature written by authors of Chinese descent, in English or Chinese language, that are originally published in North America
Sponsored by Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
![CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/120.jpg)
- 711 Resources including
- 95 Videos
- 36 Book Readings
- 64 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-42 of 42 book results
![Watercress](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75090_hi.jpg)
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525555277.jpg)
![Shadow Hero, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1596436972.jpg)
![Secret Coders](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626722765.jpg)
![Maizy Chen's Last Chance](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1984830260.jpg)
![Not Exactly the Same!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031602452X.jpg)
![From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75765_hi.png)
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Winner, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards
![Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0063067765.jpg)
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
by Laura Gao
(Honor, 2023)
29 Resources6 Awards
![Many Meanings of Meilan, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593111281.jpg)
![Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0805082077.jpg)
![Hungry Ghost](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1250767008.jpg)
![Conviction](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423197380.jpg)
![Maya Lin](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0593403029.jpg)
![Interior Chinatown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0307907198.jpg)
![Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1628559039.jpg)
Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
by Songju Ma Daemicke and Christina Wald
(Winner, 2018)
15 Resources5 Awards
![Your Place in the Universe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823446239.jpg)
![Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose about Chinese Musical Instruments](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1885008503.jpg)
Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose about Chinese Musical Instruments
by Emily Jiang and April Chu
(Winner, 2014)
13 Resources2 Awards
![On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1338715941.jpg)
On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide
by Joanna Ho and Catia Chien
(Winner, 2024)
13 Resources5 Awards
![Rise (and Falls) of Jackie Chan, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0593121929.jpg)
The Rise (and Falls) of Jackie Chan
by Kristen Mai Giang and Alina Chau
(Honor, 2023)
11 Resources1 Awards
![Echo in the City, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0316396826.jpg)
![Girl in Translation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1594487561.jpg)
![Year of the Fortune Cookie, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0544105192.jpg)
The Year of the Fortune Cookie
by Andrea Cheng and Patrice Barton
(Winner, 2014)
8 Resources2 Awards
![Shadow in the Moon, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1580897460.jpg)
![Many Masks of Andy Zhou, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525553827.jpg)
![Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1419705407.jpg)
Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier
by Ying Chang Compestine and Vinson Compestine
(Winner, 2014)
7 Resources2 Awards
![If You Could See the Sun](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1335915842.jpg)
![Boy from Clearwater, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1646142799.jpg)
![Nest in Springtime, A: A Bilingual Book of Numbers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763652792.jpg)
![This Place Is Still Beautiful](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0063086026.jpg)
![Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1551524767.jpg)
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
(Winner, 2013)
5 Resources1 Awards
![Mystery of the Giant Masks of Sanxingdui](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/52622_hi.jpg)
![Always Come Home to Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0763628999.jpg)
![Mei Ling in China City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/14556_hi.jpg)
![Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes: Share and Sing in Two Languages](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0804840946.jpg)
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes: Share and Sing in Two Languages
by Faye-Lynn Wu and Kieren Dutcher
(Winner, 2010)
4 Resources2 Awards
![Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0804844615.jpg)
Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles
by Shan-Shan Chen and Heidi Goodman
(Honor, 2014)
3 Resources1 Awards
![All That Work and Still No Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1587298228.jpg)
![Faithful Reading Partner, A: A Story from a Hakka Village](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1468562673.jpg)
A Faithful Reading Partner: A Story from a Hakka Village
by Suhua Huang
(Winner, 2013)
3 Resources1 Awards