CBS News Interview

CBS News KCAL Channel 9 Local News interviews the founder of LA Kids Book Festival, a community event focused on bringing the community together to celebrate children's literacy and embracing inclusion and diversity. Sponsored by the American Born Chinese Foundation and the City of West Hollywood. More on www.lakidsbookfestival.com

More about LA Kids Book Festival 

Community Library Chinese Classes 

Join your Chinese learning community in the City of West Hollywood library to read books and sing songs, older group will learn to develop concepts for children's books in Chinese!

(The American Born Chinese Foundation is sponsoring an annual scholarship to award the winning little bookmaker to be published! Inquire [email protected])

LITTLE SPROUTS MANDARIN IMMERSION BOOK READING (PARENT AND ME) - Age 0-2

Thursdays 11am-12pm Plummer Park Community Center, Room 7
Sept 5-26 $60
Oct 3-24 $60
Nov 7-21 $45 (one week shorter due to thanksgiving)

PANDA PALS BOOK READING AND BOOK MAKING (Age 3-5)

Thursdays 2pm-3pm
Plummer Park Community Center, Room 7

Sept 5-26 $60
Oct 3-24 $60
Nov 7-21 $45 (one week shorter due to thanksgiving)

Registration goes live on August 13 for Weho Residents, and August 15 for non-residents. More info available in the West Hollywood Rec Reader booklets, free copies available in park libraries. 

Register on Weho.org
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A look into the Asian American psyche

What if Asian American children had a positive and supportive cultural environment so they grow up loving their true identity and home culture, starting from the language? The American Born Chinese Foundation aims to provide accessible bilingual resources for children, to normalize bilingualism, and the Asian American identity.

In order of appearance:

Sandra Oh
Natasha Tina Liu
Akemi Look 
Jake Choi
Chris Tashima
Ludi Lin
Tzi Ma

 Watch the full documentary produced by Quentin Lee below. 

Watch the City of West Hollywood proclamation, recognizing the American Born Chinese Foundation, in honor of AAPI Heritage Month.

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The American Born Chinese Foundation
is officially co-hosting the 2nd Annual 
Los Angeles Kids Book Festival  
on September 8th 2024
in West Hollywood Park
with the support of the City of West Hollywood

Reserve your FREE ticket now 
and donate to receive limited-edition event swags

Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month by Giving the gift of AAPI content to the whole family! 

Make a tax-deductible donation and sponsor a family with FREE AAPI TV content by GoldenTV, plus a FREE bilingual children's book by the American Born Chinese Foundation

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Press Release

Happy Year of the Dragon

Thank you to everyone who attended the
Lunar New Year Fundraiser to ring in the new year together as a community 

Click below to access the Getty Images Red Carpet photo album

To support future community events, please DONATE HERE

2024 Lunar New Year
Celebration Fundraiser 

The Hollywood, Los Angeles AAPI community gathered in West Hollywood on Sunset Blvd, at the Andaz Rooftop ballroom on Lunar New Year eve.
We welcomed the Year of the Dragon together.
Featuring Cheryl K performance (Crazy Rich Asians), Dragon dancing, Lion Dancing, Face changing(Sichuan Opera), Martial arts demonstration, drums and cymbal, Boba Tea, traditional candied fruit, Kung Fu tea tasting, and so much more.

I Love Speaking Chinese

A Chinese-English bilingual children's story written in English, Chinese, and Pinyin. Follow little Emma's journey as she goes to school for the first time and realize not everyone in school speaks Chinese like her. She is very proud to be bilingual and loves sharing and playing with her new friends in school. Play a counting game with Emma and explore what stuffed animals are in her classroom. Perfect for anyone interested in reading to their little ones in Chinese/English! The story is to promote the positive experience of being a bilingual child living in an English-speaking world. There's also a little parent-child interactive prompt for the children to spot and count animals. It helps create dialogue, encourage literacy, animal identification, vocabulary, counting and more! Your little one will love the animals, and love to count and find them hidden in the pictures!

Don't want to wait for the free boardbook? Buy your own paperback copy!

You can now purchase this adorable bilingual book and support the work of the American Born Chinese Foundation. Kindle downloads available.

Proceeds will go towards more free bilingual books for other families who need the help.

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Testimonials

What our book recipients are saying

My girls (4 & 6 yrs old) were excited to read ‘I Love Speaking Chinese’ when I first showed them. They are able to read English and majority of the English words in the book on their own. As a Chinese parent, who forgot how to read a lot of Chinese characters, the Chinese characters with Pinyin is so helpful. My girls were curious about the Chinese characters and what the dashes for the Pinyin meant. It help start conversation for my 4yr old especially to read the Chinese and what it means. It’s nice that I can just look at the English for the translation.

Thank you so much for providing this amazing program to Chinese-American families. I am not Chinese American myself (my husband is) and it is important to me that our son embraces every part of his identity. By reading these bilingual books, we are exposing him to his cultural heritage and getting more quality time with his grandparents. Thank you so much.

Yes!! I am so grateful that you are making these bilingual book so accessible!!! I want my child to learn to speak Chinese but I have no success in finding a bilingual book. She loves that she can read to me and I can read to her. Thank you!! I think this is most natural way for her to get accustomed to speaking/hearing Chinese and keep it as a positive experience.

Honestly it is hard to find bilingual books local and when it’s online, it’s usually on the expensive side and as a SAHM with only one income (my husband), I really am limited on how much I can spend a month. So a lot of stuff are hand me downs. So when I found this website, I was sooooo happy because I can finally find books in my language that I can use to teach my son the mother language! Thank you for this awesome program!!!!!!

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and become a resource to families in need. 

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