Kids Books for May/June

Discover three recent books on different aspects of Asian & Pacific Islander experience, after first hearing about a creepy young-adult fantasy novel. Carol Roberts, head of Young People’s Services at Troy Public Library, shares info on “Lily and the Night Creatures” (Lake, 2022); “Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange,Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration” (Partridge & Tamaki, 2022); “Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword” (Lien, 2019); and “Queen of the Tiles” (Alkaf, 2022). For more details on books and activities, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.