This booklist contains both Non-fiction and fiction materials about the history, culture, and people of Vietnam. This list is not necessarily in Vietanmese.
This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 3/07
Hoang breaks the lucky teapot(1992)When a Vietnamese boy breaks his family's Gia Truyen, a teapot which houses May Man, the good spirit, he tries to repair the damage in order to keep away evil spirits and bad fortune.
It's mine = Do la cua toi(1988)Text in English and Vietnamese
Journey home(1998)Mai returns to Vietnam, the land of her mother's birth, to discover both a new country and something about herself.
The lotus seed(1993)A young Vietnamese girl saves a lotus seed and carries it with her everywhere to remember a brave emperor and the homeland that she has to flee.
Moi mau sac cua trai dat = All the colours of the Earth(1996)Reveals that despite outward differences children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable.
My father's boat(1998)A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.
The wall(1990)A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.