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book nook: Multi-cultural
Hispanic
I Love Saturdays y Domingos by Alma Flor Ada (Ages 4-8)
A little girl learns about her heritage as she spends her Saturdays with Euro-American grandparents and her Sundays (Domingos) with her Mexican-American grandparents.
Abuela by Arthur Dorros (Ages 4-8)
Rosalba goes many places with her grandmother, but one day she lets her imagination fly. Learn a few Spanish words as you follow Rosalba as she flies around town in her mind. What would you see if you flew around town?
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (Ages 9-12)
Esperanza grows up on a wealthy vineyard in Mexico, but when her father dies suddenly on her thirteenth birthday her life changes. She is forced to leave all she knows behind and follow a family of former servants to America. Will she be able to live in a new country without her wealth?
The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph (Ages 9-12)
Ana Rosa, who lives in the Republica Dominica, has a passion for words. All she would like to do is write books, but the President is the only one allowed to write. Ana Rosa uses her poems and writings to help us see into her life and through her difficult times.
Asian
Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein (Ages 4-8)
Wabi Sabi, a cat in Kyoto, Japan, is determined to learn the true meaning of her name.
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say (Ages 4-8)
The journey of a Japanese man who immigrated to California is told by his grandson through narration and old photographs. They both often desire to go home to Japan, but in Japan they both yearn for California.
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Ages 9-12)
Katie Takeshima moves from Iowa to Georgia in the 1950’s. Although her sister, Lynn, becomes ill and her parents work under horrible conditions in a poultry plant, Lynn teaches Katie to use the Japanese word Kira-Kira, which means glittering, to describe the things of this world. Will Katie stop seeing the world as a shining place?
Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent (Ages 9-12)
Joseph Calderaro has a problem. His teacher has just assigned an ancestor essay. Although his family is Italian, he was adopted and is Korean. Which ancestors should he research and write about?
Black History
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter (Ages 4-8)
Hidden within the lyrics of a folk song sung by slaves was a map of the route to freedom – the Underground Railroad. The story of a family who followed the drinking gourd to freedom.
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (Ages 4-8)
Grace loves stories and when she finds out they’re doing Peter Pan for the school play, she wants to be the lead. But when classmates tell her she can’t be the lead not only because she’s a girl, but also because she’s black, her grandma reminds her that she can be anything she wants to be.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (Ages 9-12)
When ten-year-old Kenny’s brother Byron, who is thirteen and an “official juvenile delinquent”, gets into trouble one too many times, their parents decide it’s time to get him out of Flint, Michigan for awhile. The family heads south to Grandma’s house in Birmingham, Alabama, where racial tension is still strong.
Elijah Of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Ages 9-12)
Elijah is the first child to be born free in a Canadian settlement of runaway slaves. Most of the town sees him as a timid boy who talks too much, but certain events lead him out of his town and he learns more about danger, adventure and the slavery that his parents fled from.
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