A curated list
Bilingual Picture Books for Hmong Families
Picture books a family can read in Hmong and English together, the request we hear most from parents and teachers. Bilingual editions in this niche vary between printings, so each title here is cataloged against one specific edition, with its dialect and orthography confirmed rather than assumed. If you are buying for a classroom, check the edition against the ISBN on the book's page.
Nine-in-One, Grr! Grr!
Cuaj tug-ib-xyoos, Mlaug! Mlaug!
Blia Xiong, Cathy Spagnoli
The classic tiger folktale. The Minnesota Humanities Commission edition cataloged here carries English alongside both White and Green Hmong, which makes it the most flexible of the three for a mixed-dialect family or classroom.
Grandfather's Story Cloth
Linda A. Gerdner, Sarah Langford
A story cloth bridges a boy and his grandfather through Alzheimer's, with English and White Hmong on the same page. The one book here that speaks to grandparents as well as children.
The Most Beautiful Thing
Kao Kalia Yang
3.67 out of 5, (3) ratings
Cataloged on the site as the English edition; Lerner also issues the same story in Hmong as Yam Uas Zoo Nkauj Tshaj Plaws, worth pairing for families reading in both languages.