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Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year

Authors:

Lau Siew Mei and Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

Fang Fang's friend Lisa enjoys Chinese New Year celebrations tasting the different foods and watching the Dragon Dance. The author and illustrator was born in Darwin, raised in South-East Asia and has studied Chinese painting. 

Guess the Baby

Authors:

Simon French and Donna Rawlins

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

Students bring their baby photos to school for a discussion about how babies grow and change.

One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden

Authors:

Celeste Davidon Mannis and Susan Kathleen Hartung

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Japan

This beautifully illustrated book follows a young girl through a Japanese garden. It is a counting book and includes 10 haiku poems. 

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Authors:

Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

A beautiful book of cultural inclusivity depicting babies from around the world. 

The Other Bears

Author:

Michael Thompson

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

This picture book shows koala bears fearing other bears, then enjoying difference. 

The Wishing Cupboard

Authors:

Libby Hathorn and Elizabeth Stanley

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Vietnam, Australia

This is the story of Tran, his grandmother and an antique Vietnamese chest. 

What Will You Be?

Authors:

Simon French and Donna Rawlins

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

Story about dressing up and being different. 

Yin's Magic Dragon

Authors:

Lau Siew Mei and Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard

Text type:

Picture book

Setting:

Asia-related content

Yin has a dragon in her backyard. This book provides cross-cultural perspectives on starting school.