Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month this May with our selection of books, movies, and e-resources. You can also check out our 2021 Stop Asian Hate resource list.

At the Library

Children

• A is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan
• American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelker
• Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
• Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang
• Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang
• The Best at it by Maulik Pancholy 
• Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui
• Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
• The Blur by Minh Lê
• Brown is Beautiful by Supriya Kelkar
• Chinese Kite Festival by Rich Ho
• City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
• The Comeback by E.L. Shen  
• Dragon Noodle Party: A Story of Chinese Zodiac Animals by Ying Chang Compestine
• Drawn Together by Minh Lê
• Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II by Andrea Warren
• Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
• Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho 
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang 
• Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai
• Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd by Lyla Lee
• Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
• How to Win a Slime War by Mae Respicio
• I Am Golden by Eva Chen 
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai 
• Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
• The Last Princess: the Story of Princess Ka`iulani of Hawai`i by Fay Stanley 
• The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
• A Life of Service: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth by Christina Soontornvat
• Little Owl’s Love by Divya Srinivasan 
• Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• Maya Lin by Grace Lin
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu 
• The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
• Mother Goose Goes to India by Sehgal Surishtha
• My Diwali Light by Raakhee Mirchandani
• New From Here by Kelly Yang
• Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
• Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
• Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas by Pamela Ehrenberg 
• Remixed: A Blended Family by Arree Chung
• A Sari for Ammi by Mamta Nainy
• Stargazing by Jen Wang
• The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang 
• Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by George Jreije
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim 
• Surfer of the Century: the Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellie Crowe
• Ten Blocks to the Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting Book by Ying-Hwa Hu
• That’s Not My Name by Anoosha Syed
• This is (Not) Enough by Anna Kang 
• Tomorrow is New Year’s Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year by Aram Kim
• The Turtle of Michigan by Naomi Shihab Nye
• The Unbeatable Lily Hong by Diana Ma
• Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories by Phước Thị Minh Trần
• Wingbearer by Marjorie Liu
• Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao

Teens

• Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
• Azar on Fire by Olivia Abtahi 
• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
• The Darkening by Sunya Mara 
• Displacement by Kiku Hughes
• The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai 
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali 
• Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
• More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood
• Parachutes by Kelly Yang
• A Pho Love Story by Loan Le 
• Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
• Red Scarf Girl: a Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
• Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon 
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 
• A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends ed. Ellen Oh 
• A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
• The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
• Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
• Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin
• Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey by G.B. Tran
• When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Adults

• Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
• American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods by Bonnie Tsui
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
• Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
• Charlie Chan: the Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang 
• The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma
• Cook Real Hawai’i by Sheldon Simeon
• Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• Daughters of the New Year by E.M. Tran
• The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee 
• The God of Small Things by Roy Arundhati 
• Gold Diggers: A Novel by Sanjena Sathian
• Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story by Mazie K. Hirono 
• The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang 
• Hiroshige’s Japan by Philippe Delord
• Home is Where the Eggs are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love by Molly Yeh
• How Much of These Hills Is Gold? by C. Pam Zhang
• I Am Malala: the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
• The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung
• Indelible City by Louisa Lim
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 
• I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
• Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia 
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 
• The Leavers by Lisa Ko
• Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic by Lauren Ho
• Making a Scene by Constance Wu
• The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee 
• The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
• Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life by Marie Kondo
• Minor Feelings: an Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
• The Miraculous True History of Nommi Ali by Uzma Aslam Khan 
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
• Rise: A Pop History of Asian Americans From the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang
• Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 
• Stay True by Hua Hsu
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
• Which Side are You on by Ryan Lee Wong 
• The White Devil’s Daughters: the Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown by Julia Flynn Siler
• The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love From a Chinese American Family by Bill Leung
• Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda  

Movies

• Crazy Rich Asians 
• The Farewell 
• Gandhi 
• Grave of the Fireflies 
• Mira, Royal Detective 
• Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki 
• Pacific Journeys 
• Seven Samurai
• Zatoichi 

Borrow Online

Overdrive

• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (available as audiobook)
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (available as audiobook)
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian (available as audiobook)
• How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang (available as ebook or audiobook)
• If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha (available as audiobook)
• In the Country by Mia Alvar (available as ebook)
• Interior Chinatown: a Novel by Charles Yu (available as audiobook)
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (available as ebook)
• Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho (available as audiobook)
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (available as audiobook)
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (available as ebook or audiobook)
• Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina (available as audiobook)
• Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong (available as ebook or audiobook)

Hoopla

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (available as audiobook)

• Naturally Tan by Tan France (available as audiobook)

• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (available as audiobook)

• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (available as ebook or audiobook)

Kanopy

Check out Kanopy’s AAPI Month selection!

• A Bitter Legacy
• Chan is Missing
• Death by Misadventure: The Life and Death of Bruce Lee
• Diamonds in the Rough: Legacy of Japanese-American Baseball
• East of Occidental
• Forever, Chinatown
• In Between Days
• Lucky Grandma
• The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific
• Soul of A Banquet: The Matriarch of Modern Chinese Cooking

Unclaimed Funds Assistance Saturday, December 13 from 2-4 pm

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Congrats to our Battle of the Books teams

Congratulations to our two Battle of the Books (BOB) teams that competed in at the eleventh annual competition on October 25 at the Ossining Middle School. Battle of the Books is an all-day book-based trivia tournament for Westchester Youth.  The competition format is similar to Jeopardy and questions are based on the 5 books for…

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Pelham Seed Library Restock

  Thanks to Eco Pel's Fall Seed Saving Workshop they hosted at the Library, our Seed Library has been restocked for the fall. Stop by and take a look! For the 2025 growing season we have partnered with the Environmental Coalition of the Pelhams (EcoPel) to offer a seed library for the first time. What is a seed…

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Adult Summer Reading Bingo Winner is Betsy Wines

And we have a BINGO! Betsy is now the proud owner of a new Kindle! Betsy has completed our Summer Reading Bingo a few times and this is the year she won! Her daughter has been urging Betsy to get a kindle, so of course she was the first person Betsy told when she won.…

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United Way Coat Drive

The Town of Pelham Public Library is proud to partner with United Way for a coat drive from Wednesday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 22. United Way is seeking coats (new or gently used) and accessories (new hats, gloves, and socks). All genders and sizes are accepted. A box is located at the Library by…

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CANCELED: Westchester County Clerk Mobile Office Visit: October 2

The Pelham Library regrets to inform our community that the Passport Mobile Truck’s scheduled visit on October 2, 2025 has been canceled due to changes in federal guidelines beyond our control. We know this is disappointing news and sincerely appreciate your understanding. Do you need to apply for a passport, or get yours renewed? Do…

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Diaper Drive September 2-23

This year the Pelham Library is participating in the Sharing Shelf's annual drive to provide diapers for non-profits countywide. From September 2nd through September 23rd, you may drop off diapers at the Library to help local children in need. We are seeking wipes and diapers in ALL sizes, but the most acute needs are sizes 4, 5, 6…

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Pelham Kindergarteners, Get Your First Library Card This Saturday!

K-Day is coming! The Pelham Public Library’s K-Day is an annual event when Pelham children entering kindergarten can get their first library cards.  This year, it will be held on Saturday, September 13st from 10 am-2 pm.  We'll have a petting zoo, arts and crafts, and goody bags for the new cardholders. To save time please, preregister…

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Back to School Drive August 1-22

We're excited to announce that our library is a drop-off site for NEW school supplies for The Sharing Shelf's annual effort to provide school supplies to local students! From August 1 through August 21, you can help make a difference for local children in need. The Sharing Shelf is seeking NEW school supplies for students from Pre-K…

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Teen Talk Summer Series with Hope’s Door: New Time!

This summer, the Library will host a Teen Talk Summer Series from Hope's Door, to raise awareness about teen dating violence. This program is specifically for teens ages 13-18 and takes place Monday, July  21 from 12:30-1:30 pm and Mondays August 4 and 18 from 4:30-5:30 pm. Hope’s Door is a non-profit that seeks to end…

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