Recognizing AAPI Month

 Are you looking for ways to recognize AAPI Month in your library?

The Very Asian Foundation along with We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) and The Asian/Pacific Librarians Association of the ALA (APALA) recently created a project called The May Book Project.  

Created as a way to provide information that can be used to promote Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the May Book Project has a variety of resources.

In a poignant video, students express the importance of seeing themselves in a book and detail the steps taken to complete The May Book Project.

Via The Very Asian Book Project website, visitors can also located booklists:

• Picture Books
• Early Readers
• Middle Grade
• High School

"We are raising national awareness of the need to create inclusive libraries, give readers access to up-to-date Asian American literature, and provide funding for donating books to libraries." -- Very Asian Foundation

The website also contains rubrics, toolkits, and a chance to donate to the project, as well.

Looking for other resources? The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has teaching resources available, as well as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).