Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Multicultural Literature

ASIA
Bitter Dumplings - Jeanne Lee
Music for Alice - Allen Say
Ling Cho and His Three Friends - V. S. Pacilio
Jin Woo - Eve Bunting
Grandfather's Journey - Allen Say
Korean Children's Day - Ruth Suyenaga
The Burning Rice Fields - Sara Cone Bryant
Henry's First-Mon Birthday - Lenore Look
Lon Po Po - Ed Young
Chinese New Year's Dragon - Rachel Sing
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Eleanor Coerr

LATIN AMERICA
I Love Saturdays y Domingos - Alma Flor Ada
Too Many Tamales - Gary Soto
Snapshots from the Wedding - Gary Soto
Hairs Pelitos - Sandra Cisneros
Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan

MIDDLE EAST
The Day of Ahmed's Secret - Florence Parry Heide
The Bread Winner - Deborah Ellis
One Green Apple - Eve Bunting

AFRICA & AFRICAN AMERICAN
African American Read-Aloud Stories - Susan Kantor
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - John Stepole
Follow the Drinking Gourd - Jeanette Winter

NATIVE AMERICAN
When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans
The Wonderful Sky Boat - June Louise Curry

JEWISH
When Jessie Came Across the Sea - Amy Hest

GREEK
Painted Words - Aliki

MULTICULTURAL
Whoever You Are - Mem Fox
Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse