Asian people and culture
Novels
Afghanistan
Soraya the Storyteller
Soraya, the storyteller, keeps her memories of Afghanistan alive while living in uncertainty under temporary protection in Australia. An ebony horse flies through her dreams helping her to find a strange land where she can be safe.
Cambodia
Little Brother
Vithy is in war-torn Cambodia searching for his only remaining family member, his older brother.
China
Battles and Quests
Includes- The great bell of Peking (Chinese)
Big Gold Mountain
Chinese in the goldmining era
Bookweb series
Chinese Cinderella : the secret story of an unwanted daughter
Adeline Yen Mah
The plight of a young girl who, because of traditional Chinese beliefs, is rejected by her family at birth
Chook Chook Mei's Secret Pets
Written by Wai Chin
Since the death of Mei's father, her ma has refused to keep animals on the family farm. So when Mei finds two baby chickens, she shares her delightful discovery with no-one but her older brother Guo. Mei does her best to keep her newfound friends a secret, but all does not go as planned. When Ma sells the chooks to the fearsome one-eyed butcher, their fates seem sealed. Is there anything Mei can do to save her beloved chooks from the butcher's knife.
Claw of the Dragon (also titled Snatched by pirates)
My Australian Story series
by Patricia Bernard
Billy Shanghai Hamilton has been snatched by pirates in the Torres Strait and forced to work on a pearling boat. Greed for pearls drives men mad and the seas are full of danger. Soon Billy is fighting for survival in a dangerous world of assassins, treasure hunters, deep-sea diving, underworld crime and mutiny.
Dragonkeeper series
Dragon Dawn
Dragonkeeper
Dragon Moon
Foreign Devil
Kalo Li's New Country
Sparklers serices
New Gold Mountain : the diary of Shu Cheong
My Australian Story series
Christopher W. ChengShu Cheong, with his father and uncle, sets off on the arduous journey to Australia's goldfields, hoping to bring back wealth for their village. But, following their deaths, Shu cannot return home without his father's body so must stay in Australia alone. Relations between the European miners and Chinese are tense and violent attacks against the Chinese are common.
Peacock Girl
The Tiger's Whisker and Other Stories
retold by Virginia King ; illustrations by Xiangyi Mo and Jingwen Wang
The Chinese Temple Treasure
Popcorn series
The Melting Pot : the Diary of Edward, Chek Chee
My Australian Story series
by Christopher W. ChengIt is 1903, the time of the White Australia Policy, and Edward Chek Chee is the son of a mixed marriage. His father is Chinese, his mother Australian and Edward tries to fit in to both cultures. He has to cope with racism at school and bigotry from his cousin at home, while worrying about having to go back to China to understand his ancestral roots.
The Race for the Chinese Zodiac
The Jade Emperor has declared a great race. The first animals to cross the river will win a place in the Chinese Zodiac. But, there are only twelve places to be won and thirteen animals line up along the shore.
Ratwhiskers and Me
Lorraine Marwood
A prose-verse novel, set amidst the chaos and brutality of the Victorian goldfields in the 1800s. The narrator, traumatised by a fire in which her family died, and her mangy dog, Ratwhiskers, are befriended by a Chinese boy. Posing as a boy, she flees to the Chinese camp, pretending to be Chinese and taking a new name.
Shen of the sea : Chinese stories for children
The Spring of butterflies and other folktales of China's minority peoples translated by He Liyi The Spring of butterflies and other folktales of China's minority peoples
The Willow Pattern Story
India
Destination: Mumbai, India
SWAT, Secret World Adventure Team (Series)
In the shadow of the palace
Judith A. Simpson
Indonesia
Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence : a Sumatran Tale of Splendour
Cairo Jim and his friends find another mystery of history deep within the Sumatran jungles, involving a legendary ancient palace and the sudden mysterious mass disappearance of the Turkish Women's Olympic championship Tent Erection team.
Sarindi and the Lucky Bird
Japan
Destination: Tokyo, Japan
SWAT, Secret World Adventure Team (Series)
The forgotten pearl
Set in Australia in 1941.
Kimono code
EJ12 Girl Hero series
Traveling Solo to Japan
The two foolish cats
Literacy Links series
White crane
Korea
The Tiger's Whisker and Other Stories
Includes The tiger's whisker : a story from Korea
retold by Virginia King ; illustrations by Xiangyi Mo and Jingwen WangThailand
The Buddha Head
Destination: Bangkok, Thailand
SWAT, Secret World Adventure Team
Written by Lisa Thompson
Vietnam
Glass Tears
Tian and her family make a special glass bouquet to place on their father's grave. Some years before, he had left Vietnam on a ship bound for wider, browner lands, but never came home. Based on a true event from the 1940s
The Red Bridge
Claire and her family have moved from Australia to Vietnam. She feels lost and lonely in the busy, bustling streets of Hanoi, until she finds the red bridge and a new friend to show her the way.
Secrets and sisterhood
Jenny Pausacker
Set in Australia during the Vietnam War.
My Australian Story series
The Tiger's Whisker and Other Stories
Includes The fairy Grotto : a story from Vietnam.
The Happiest Refugee
Hell's corner
NIPS XI
Ruth Starke
The boys at North Illaba Primary School form a cricket team. The team includes students from different cultures and they combine to celebrate their common interests, not their diversities.