Did you know that May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month? The library has many fascinating books in our collection; come in and take a look at our 3rd floor book display (opposite the elevator) or consider one of these titles:

Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You tells the story of a multi-ethnic family—Chinese American father, white mother—torn by the tension between cultures and generations. Naomi Hirahara’s Mas Arai mysteries ( try Snakeskin Samisen or Gasa-Gasa Girl) paint a revealing picture of California’s Japanese Americans, while Sonali Dev’s novels ( Bollywood Bride, Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors) do the same for Indian Americans, with the added bonus that Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors starts off a trilogy that offers a delightful modern take on Jane Austen’s novels. Also not to be missed: Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, and Jean Kwok’s Searching For Sylvie Lee. while Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

More interested in nonfiction Take a look at CathyPark Hong’s Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning or Helen Zia’s Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. Recently published, Michelle Zauner’s Crying In H Mart is a memoir about growing up Korean American.

Interested in the varied aspects of Asian cultures that have found their way into American life? Try a selection of the many flavorful cookbooks in the library’s collection: The Indian Family Kitchen, Sushi: Taste and Technique, Burma: Rivers of Flavor, or Charmaine Solomon’s Asian Cookbook. Crafters might try Uber Origami or Origami Art, while home decorators might be interested in Feng Shui: The Chinese Art of Placement. For gardeners, there is Japanese Style Gardens.

Still looking for more? Take a look at PBS’s Asian Pacific American Heritage site, with links to resources on a wide range of topics from food to music to social issues.

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a look into teen Asian lives and heritage. Here are a few newly released books we recommend: 

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

In this Michael L. Printz 2021 Honor Book, Gene understands stories but he doesn't get sports. At the high school where he teaches, it's all anyone can talk about especially the men's varsity team, the Dragons. Gene realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons' lives, but his own life as well.

Odessa by Jonathan Hill

Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps. We Are Not Free is a National Book Award finalist and Michael L. Printz 2021 Honor Book.

The New Rochelle Public Library and Huguenot Children's Library are now open to the public!

The hours at the Main Library are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. The library closes at 6 pm on Wednesdays. There are additional evening hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 pm - 8 pm. Patrons have to enter the building at the Memorial Highway entrance. Curbside pick-up is available at the Lawton Street entrance. Curbside service will be discontinued on Saturday, May 29th.

The hours at the Huguenot Children's Library are Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm - 5 pm. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, HCL is open from 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm.

For more information, please click here.

The English Language Institute of Westchester Community College offers an online ESL course for advanced beginners and low intermediates. Learn and actively practice basic vocabulary, grammar, speaking and listening skills necessary for daily living, employment and post-secondary education. The course fee is $22 and attendees must purchase the course books, which cost $20. You will be interviewed by phone to determine your level and if it is appropriate for you to participate in the program.

To view information in English and Spanish on enrolling in Summer 2021 courses, click here. For more information or to enroll, contact Amy at the English Language Institute of Westchester Community College at (914) 606-6607 or email libraryesl@sunywcc.edu.

Learn more on their website here or email

@westchestergov.com.