Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Kids Books

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Across
  1. 3. This Vietnamese/Chinese American comedian wrote her book as a kind of letter to her daughters.
  2. 5. A slow cooked South Asian lentil stew.
  3. 7. This Korean mixed rice dish was #40 on CNN Travel’s 2011 World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll!
  4. 11. We all live here, but sometimes it feels hard to find our place.
  5. 12. There are 96 words for a thing called...
  6. 13. Antonym of Beforewater
  7. 16. A Map to the Sun could also be written as a _chart.
  8. 17. A girl is taught this martial art by her grandfather who practices it for its health benefits.
  9. 18. A girl teaches her grandfather some of the exercises from this Indian practice to supplement his daily exercise routine.
  10. 19. The Hindu god of compassion and love, and perhaps the saving grace of a boy in blue.
  11. 20. Frayed, fretted, freaked out!
Down
  1. 1. A facial feature when someone smiles, two books in the Teens List have characters with this name.
  2. 2. Mirror mirror on the wall...
  3. 4. A dance, or something in your nose.
  4. 6. Female cloud spirits who can be an engine for gambling prosperity.
  5. 7. Based in Mumbai, this Hindi language film industry is known for its massive song and dance scenes.
  6. 8. A dictionary of animals, real and imagined.
  7. 9. This cashmere variant comes from the undercoat of the Changthangi goat.
  8. 10. These pastries are a staple at Mid-Autumn Festival gatherings and consist of dough around a dense, sweet filling.
  9. 14. Eenie Meenie Miney Moe, trapping one of these would be dangerous to say the least.
  10. 15. The author of this novel also makes waves as the features editor at The Verge.