May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, "a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States." Here are some articles, interviews, and booklists by and about Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to help acknowledge, celebrate, and amplify the voices of children's book creators of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. Also look to the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) for more information and winners of the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature.

Articles

• "The Illustrator's Eye: Illustrating in Layers: The Wonder of Preseparation Art" by JooHee Yoon
• Sabaa Tahir: 2022 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Award Speech for All My Rage and her virtual interview
• "After the Call: Star Charts" by Cynthia Kadohata
• Grace Lin: her 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award speech and profile; her May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: The Newbery Centennial cover; and "Speak with Us, Not for Us"
• Linda Sue Park: "From Trend to Norm: How the Last Twenty Years of the Newbery Can Guide Us"; and "Writer vs. Author — The Zena Sutherland Lecture"
• Ellen Oh on the 5th anniversary of publishing Flying Lessons & Other Stories from Dean Schneider's "Field Notes: Teaching Flying Lessons & Other Stories"
• Andrea Wang: 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech for Watercress and her virtual BGHB acceptance
• Jason Chin: his 2022 Caldecott Medal speech and profile; his 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech for Watercress and his virtual BGHB acceptance
• Paula Yoo: 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech for From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
• Christina Soontornvat: "Seeing Ourselves: Listen to the Kids"; 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech for All Thirteen; her virtual BGHB acceptance; and her Calling Caldecott post on Wishes
• Sayantani DasGupta: "The Writer's Page: Imagining Our Way to the Other Side: Children's Literature and Radical Imagination"
• Tae Keller: "After the Call: Nothing Short of Life-Changing"; 2021 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech; a profile of the author; and 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Honor Award speech for When You Trap a Tiger
• Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad: 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor speeches for It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
• Erin Entrada Kelly: "After the Call: On the Bookmark"; 2018 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech and profile of the author
• "Reading Without Walls: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang" and more by and about the author/illustrator
• "Rule Breakers: The Good Kid" by Remy Lai
• Bao Phi and Thi Bui: 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor speeches for A Different Pond
• "Transformers: Reimagining the World" by Malinda Lo
• Profile of 2015 Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat by Connie Hsu
• "Americans with the Wrong Ancestors" by Clara Breed (from 1943)

Interviews

• Five Questions for Elizabeth Patridge and Lauren Tamaki about Seen and Unseen
• Five Questions for John Cho and Sarah Suk about Troublemaker
• Thien Pham Talks with Roger about Family Style
• Bao Phi Talks with Roger about You Are Life
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2023: Five Questions for Marni Fogelson and Mahani Teave about The Girl Who Heard the Music
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2023: Five Questions for Thanhhà Lại about When Clouds Touch Us
• Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Karuna Riazi about A Bit of Earth
• Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Misa Sugiura about Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Cat Min about The Little Toymaker
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Jamie Green about Twelfth Grade Night
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Dan Santat about A First Time for Everything
• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2022: Five Questions for Maya Prasad about Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things
• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2022: Five Questions for Tae Keller about Mihi Ever After
• Publishers' Preview: Middle-Grade Fiction: Five Questions for Derrick Chow about Ravenous Things
• Publishers' Preview: Middle-Grade Fiction: Five Questions for Tae Keller about Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2022: Five Questions for Kelly Yang about New from Here
• Minh Lê & Dan Santat Talk with Roger about The Blur and about Drawn Together
• Lisa Yee Talks with Roger about Maizy Chen's Last Chance and about her DC Super Hero Girls series
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2022: Five Questions for Kelly Yang about New from Here
• Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books Spotlight: Five Questions for Eva Chen and Sophie Diao about I Am Golden
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Dung Ho about Me and Ms. Too
• Paula Yoo's 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Award video interview with Roger Sutton about From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
• Wendy Wan-Long Shang Talks with Roger about The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round
• Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors and Illustrators: Five Questions for Priya Huq about Piece by Piece
• Nidhi Chanani Talks with Roger about Jukebox
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2021: Five Questions for Graci Kim about The Last Fallen Star
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Lily LaMotte about Measuring Up
• Katie Yamasaki Talks with Roger about Everything Naomi Loved
• Traci Chee Talks with Roger about We Are Not Free
• Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Julie Lee about Brother's Keeper
• Publishers' Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Kiku Hughes about Displacement
• Five Questions for George Takei about They Called Us Enemy
• Five Questions for Grace Lin about her Storytelling Math board book series
• Publishers' Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly about We Dream of Space
• Five Questions for Linda Sue Park about The One Thing You'd Save and Five Questions about Prairie Lotus
• Publishers' Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Tae Keller about When You Trap a Tiger

Booklists

• Diverse stories for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month from May 2023 Notes from the Horn Book
• Asian/Pacific American contemporary realism from May 2022 Notes from the Horn Book
• East Asian intergenerational picture books from October 2022 Notes from the Horn Book
• YA AAPI stories and voices from April 2021 Notes from the Horn Book
• Happy Lunar New Year!