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Picture Books

  • Bae, Hyun-Joo. New Clothes for New Year's Day. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Books Publishers, 2007. (translation)
  • Balgassi, Haemi. Peacebound Trains. Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet. New York: Clarion Books, 1996.
  • Bercaw, Edna Coe. Halmoni's Day. Illustrated by Robert Hunt. New York: Dial Books, 1999.
  • Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night. Illustrated by David Diaz. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994.
  • Choi, Sook Nyul. Halmoni and the Picnic. Illustrated by Karen Dugan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
  • Choi, Soon Nyul. Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip. Illustrated by Karen Duagn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
  • Choi, Yangsook. Behind the Mask. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.
  • Choi, Yangsook. The Name Jar. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
  • Choi, Yangsook. New Cat. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
  • Choi, Yangsook. Peach Heaven. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005.
  • Choung, Eun-hee. Minji’s Salon. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2008. (translation)
  • Czech, Jan M. An American Face. Illustrated by Frances Clancy. Washington, D.C.: Child & Family Press, 2000
  • Czech, Jan M. The Coffee Can Kid. Illustrated by Maurice J. Manning. Washington, D.C.: Child & Family Press, 2002.
  • Heo, Yumi. One Afternoon. New York: Orchard Books, 1994.
  • Heo, Yumi. One Sunday Morning. New York: Orchard Books, 1999.
  • Heo, Yumi. Father's Rubber Shoes. New York: Orchard Books, 1995.
  • Kraus, Joanna Halpert. Tall Boy’s Journey. Illustrated by Karen Ritz. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1992.
  • Kwon, Yoon-Duck. My Cat Copies Me. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2007. (translation)
  • Lee, Hyun Young. Something for School. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2008. (translation)
  • Lee, Ho Baek. While We Were Out. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2003. (translation)
  • Lee, Suzy. The Zoo. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2007. (translation)
  • Lee, Uk-Bae. Sori’s Harvest Moon Day: A Story of Korea. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1999. (translation)
  • Liu, Jae-Soo. Yellow Umbrella. Illustrated by Dong Il Sheen. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2002. (translation)
  • Pak, Soyong. Dear Juno. Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung. New York: Viking, 1999.
  • Pak, Soyong. A Place to Grow. Illustrated by Marcelino Truong. New York: Arthur A. Levine, 2002.
  • Pak, Soyong. Sumi's First Day of School Ever. Illustrated by Joung Un Kim. New York: Viking, 2003.
  • Paek, Min. Aekyung's Dream. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1988.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Bee-Bim Bop! New York: Clarion Books, 2005.
  • Park, Frances and Ginger Park. Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong. Illustrated by Yangsook Choi. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2002.
  • Park, Frances and Ginger Park. The Have a Good Day Cafe. Illustrated by Katherine Potter. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
  • Park, Frances and Ginger Park. My Freedom Trip. Illustrated by Debra Reid Jenkins. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1998.
  • Park, Frances and Ginger Park. The Royal Bee. Illustrated by Christopher Zhong-Yuan Zhang. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000.
  • Park, Linda Sue. The Firekeeper’s Son. Illustrated by Julie Downing. New York: Clarion Books, 2003.
  • Wong, Janet S. The Trip Back Home. Illustrated by Bo Jia. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co., 2000.
  • Yum, Hyewon. Last Night. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.

Children’s Chapter Books

  • Balgassi, Haemi. Tae’s Sonata. New York: Clarion Books, 1997.
  • Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of Impossible Goodbyes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
  • Choi, Sook Nyul. Echoes of the White Giraffe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. (sequel to Year of Impossible Goodbyes)
  • Choi, Sook Nyul. Gathering of Pearls. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. (sequel to Echoes of the White Giraffe)
  • Chung, Sonya. Long for this World. New York: Scribner, 2010.
  • Lee, Marie G. F is for Fabuloso. New York: Avon Books, 1999.
  • Lee, Marie G. Finding My Voice.Boston : Houghton, 1992.
  • Lee, Marie G. If It Hadn’t Been for Yoon Jun. New York: Camelot Books, 1995.
  • Lee, Marie G. Necessary Roughness. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
  • Lee, Marie G. Saying Goodbye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Archer's Quest. New York: Clarion Books, 2006.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Keeping Score. New York: Clarion Books, 2008.
  • Park, Linda Sue. The Kite Fighters. New York: Clarion Books, 2000.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry. New York: Clarion Books, 2005.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Seesaw Girl. Illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng. New York: Clarion Books, 1999.
  • Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. New York: Clarion Books, 2001.
  • Park, Linda Sue. Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems). Illustrated by Istvan Banyai. New York: Clarion Books, 2007.
  • Sinykin, Sheri Cooper. The Buddy Trap. New York: Atheneum, 1991.
  • Son, John. Finding My Hat. New York: Orchard Books, 2003.

Young Adult Books

  • Kim, Dong Hwa. Color Trilogy. Translated by Lauren Na. New York: First Second Books. (graphic novels)
    • The Color of Earth. 2009.
    • The Color of Water. 2009.
    • The Color of Heaven. 2009.
  • Kim, Derek Kirk. Same Difference and Other Stories. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2005. (graphic novel)
  • Kim, Yong Ik. The Shoes from Yang San Valley. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
  • Na, An. A Step from Heaven. New York: Speak, 2002.
  • Na, An. The Fold. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.
  • Na, An. Wait for Me. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006.
  • Park, Linda Sue. When My Name was Keoko. New York: Clarion Books, 2002.
  • Woo, Sung J. Everything Asian. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2009
  • Yoo, David. Girls for Breakfast. New York: Delacorte Press, 2005.
  • Yoo, David. Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before. New York: Hyperion, 2008.
  • Yoo, Paula. Good Enough. New York: HarperTeen, 2008.

Folktales

  • Choi, Yangsook. The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. (picture book)
  • Heo, Yumi. The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. (picture book)
  • Jeong-saeng, Kwon. Flap Flap. Illustrated by Kim Yong-cheol. Translated by T. Yun Hee Lee. St. Paul, MN: Koryo Press, 2005.
  • O'Brien, Anne Sibley. The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 2006.(graphic novel; picture book)
  • San Souci, Daniel. In the Moonlight Mist. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1999. (children’s chapter book)
  • Seros, Kathleen. Sun & Moon: Fairy Tales from Korea. Illustrated by Norman Sibley and Robert Krause. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International Corp., 1982. (picture book)

Nonfiction

  • Yoo, Paula. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story. Illustrated by Dom Lee. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005. (picture book)