We invited our middle school age son to read and review a book for us. He read “Tongues of Jade” by Lawrence Yep. In the 1930’s the Works Progress Administration hired writers to collect folktales from Chinese Americans in the Bay Area. Yep collected and edited some of these tales and published them in “Tongues of Jade”. Yep also includes his thoughts on the significance of each tale in early 20th Century Chinese American life.

In the “Composite Nation” speech Douglass’ case is clear and emphatic: immigration should not be restricted based on race.  He argues not allowing the Chinese to immigrate because they are Chinese would be first wrong, and second, not in our best interest as a country. 

Our son reviews this slightly spooky, highly historical, middle grade novel.

The best children’s books, poems, coloring books, and chapter books with biracial Asian characters!

We have done the research and the organizing for you! Here we show you how Streams fits well with many different styles of home education.

How to work in something else when kids are so busy these days? The last thing we want to do is put more of a burden on parents or kids. So here are some suggestions of how to incorporate the important information in Streams into your lives.

The best and easiest ways to get up to speed on AANHPI history for adults - documentaries, podcasts and books.

Streams is a forthcoming resource from Resilient Panda for kids to learn Chinese American history. It is not a textbook to read through though. It is much more engaging than that. Nor is Streams something that parents have to TEACH their kids, rather the whole family can learn together.

Who would read a picture book to an 11-year-old? Shouldn’t they be on to reading chapter books and nonfiction by themselves? Aren’t picture books just for preschoolers?

Research in China showed wild giant pandas have surprising genetic diversity, which gives the population a better ability to adapt to challenges such as disease or habitat destruction. In other words, their diversity makes them more resilient. Diversity means they have more tools in their toolkit to cope with change

“If the US was at war with China, whose side would you be on?” No one has ever asked me (a white woman) that question. But they have asked my young son, who has Chinese heritage. Overhearing that question was an eye-opening experience for me.