WE ARE HMONG

For thousands of years, the Hmong people carried something no empire could seize and no border could stop: a name, a story, and one another.

Told in the warm voice of a story keeper, WE ARE HMONG: Fierce and Strong traces the Hmong journey across thousands of years and half the world - from mountains high beneath ancient skies, through the Secret War in Laos, across the Mekong River, into the refugee camps of Thailand, and finally into the countries Hmong families now call home.

Chapter by chapter, young readers meet the ancestors who refused to disappear - and discover that the story did not end with them. It reached forward, generation after generation, until it arrived in the hands of the child holding this book.

Inside this book:

Hmong history told clearly and honestly for young readers, from ancient origins to the generation rising now

Hmong words throughout in both Hmoob Dawb (White Hmong) and Moob Leeg (Green Hmong)

An original companion song, free to stream or download

Written for Hmong children everywhere, and for the parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians who want them to know where they come from.

A book to read aloud, to give, and to pass down.