Multicultural Books for Young Readers

"Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale" Mary-Joan Gerson Review »		A Birthday Basket for Tia. Pat Mora. Maxwell MacMillan, Canada, 1992. (Mexican American)		Abuela. Arthur Dorros. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. Dutton, 1991. (Hispanic American)
All the Colors of the Earth. Sheila Hamanaka. Morrow, 1994. (Multicultural)		Allison. Allen Say. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. (Japanese)		An African Princess. Lyra Edmonds. Candlewick, 2004. (African American)
Anna’s Athabaskan Summer. Arnold Griese. Boyds Mills Press, 1995. (Native American)		Baby Rattlesnake Te Ata Review »		Big Moon Tortilla. Joy Cowley. Boyds Mills Press, 2002. (Native American)
Bippity Bop Barbershop. Natasha Anastasia.Tarpley. Megan Tingley Books, 2002. (African American)		Black, White, Just Right. Marguerite Davol. Whitman, 1993. (Interracial)		Butterflies for Kiri. Cathryn Falwell. Lee & Low Books, 2003. (Japanese American)
Catch that Goat! Polly Alakija. Barefoot Books, 2002. (Nigerian)		Creation. Gerald McDermott. Dutton, 2003. (Multicultural)		David’s Drawings. Cathryn Falwell. Lee & Low Books, 2001. (African American)
Dim Sum for Everyone! Grace Lin. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. (Chinese)		Don’t Say Ain’t. Irene Smalls-Hector. Charlesbridge Publishing, 2002. (African American)		Dreams. Ezra Jack Keats. Macmillan, 2000. (Hispanic)
Elizabeth’s Song. Michael Wenberg. Beyond Words Publishing, 2002. (African American)		Fat Chance Thanksgiving Patricia Lakin Review »		Flower Garden. Eve Bunting. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1994. (African American)
Full, Full, Full of Love. Trish Cooke. Candlewick Press, 2003. (African American)		Hairs = Pelitos. Sandra Cisneros. Illustrated by Terry Ybáñez. Knopf, 1994. (Hispanic American)		Hello World!: Greetings in 42 languages around the World. Manya Stojic. Cartwheel, 2002. (Multicultural)
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes: A Tale of Bragging and Teasing. Joseph Bruchac. Dial, 2001. (Native American)		I Am America. Charles R. Smith Jr. Scholastic Inc., 2003. (Multicultural)		I Love My Hair! Natasha Anastasia Tarpley. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Little Brown, 1998. (African American)
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks. Faith Ringgold. Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002. (African American)		Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull. Paul Goble. Orchard Books, 1991. (Native American)		Iktomi and the Buzzard. Paul Goble. Orchard Books, 1994. (Native American)
Iktomi and the Ducks. Paul Goble. Orchard Books, 1990. (Native American)		Iktomi Loses his Eyes. Paul Goble. Orchard Books, 1999. (Native American)		Jalapeno Bagels. Natasha Wing. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. Atheneum, 1996. (Jewish)(Mexican American)
Jamela's Dress Niki Daly Review »		Kite Flying. Grace Lin. Random House, 2002. (Asian)		Loon Lake. Jonathan London. Chronicle Books, 2002. (Native American)
Mabela the Clever Margaret Read McDonald Review »		Margaret and Margarita/Margarita y Margaret. Lynn Reise. Greenwillow, 1993. (Latino)		More, More, More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories. Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1990. (Multi-ethnic)
My Arctic 1, 2, 3. Michael Kusugak. Annick Press, 1996. (Inuit)		My Best Friend. Pat Hutchins. Lee Simon, 1996. (African American)		My Name is Yoon. Helen Recorvits. Frances Foster Books, 2003. (Korean American)
My Navajo Sister. Eleanor Schick. Atheneum, 1996. (Native American)		My Pig Amarillo. Satomi Ichikawa. Philomel, 2003. (Guatemalan)		My Rows and Piles of Coins Tolowa Mollel Review »
Nadia’s Hands. Karen English. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. (Pakastani American)		Neeny Coming, Neeny Going. Karen English. Bridgewater Books, 1996. (African American)		New Moon. Pegi Deitz Shea. Boyd Mills Press, 2000. (Hispanic American)
On Mother’s Lap. Ann Herbert Scott. Clarion, 1992. (Inuit)		One Afternoon. Yumi Heo. Orchard, 1994. (Korean American)		One Grain of Rice. Demi. Scholastic Press, 1997. (Native American)
One Hot Summer Day. Nina Crews. Greenwillow, 1995. (African American)		Raccoon's Last Race: A traditional Abenaki Story Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac Review »		Raisel’s Riddle. Erica Silverman. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1999. (Jewish)
Red Light, Green Light, Mama and Me. Cari Best. Orchard Books, 1995. (African American)		Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes. Rosanne Thong. Illustrated by Grace Lin. Chronicle, 2000. (Chinese American)		Sand Castle. Brenda Shannon Yee. Greenwillow Books, 1999. (Multi-Ethnic)
Sense Pass King: A Story from Cameroon. Katrin Tchan. Holiday House, 2002. (Cameroon)		Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children. Sandra L. Pinkney. Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. Scholastic, 2000. (African American)		Skysisters. Jan Bourdeau Waboose. Kids Can Press, 2000. (Native American)
So Much. Trish Cooke. Candlewick Press, 1994. (African American)		Someone Says. Carole Lexa Schaefer. Viking Penguin, 2003. (Asian American)		Something Beautiful. Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Doubleday Books for Young Children, 1998. (African-American)
Suki’s Kimono. Chieri Uegaki. Kids Can Press, 2003. (Japanese)		Summertime: From Porgy and Bess. George Gershwin. Simon & Schuster, 1999. (African American)		The Blue Roses. Linda Boyden. Lee & Low Books, 2002. (Native American)
The Bus for Us. Suzanne Bloom. Boyds Mills Press, 2001. (Multicultural)		The Colors Of Us. Karen Katz. Holt, 1999. (Multicultural)		The First Strawberries. Joseph Bruchac. Dial Books, 1993. (Native American)
The Gift. Kristine L. Franklin. Chronicle Books, 1999. (Native American)		The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story Joseph Bruchac Review »		The Last Doll = La Ultima Muneca. Diane Gonzales Bertrand. Translated by Alejandra Balestra, illustrated by Anthony Accardo. Arte Publico, 2001. (Mexican American)
The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas. Tomie dePaola. Putnam, 1996. (Native American)		The Neighborhood Mother Goose. Nina Crews. Amistad, 2004. (Multicultural)		The Summer My Father Was Ten. Pat Brisson. Boyds Mills Press, 1998. (Italian-American)
Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard Review »		What a Wonderful World. George David Weiss and Bob Thiele. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 1995. (Multi-ethnic)		When Will Sarah Come? Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard. Greenwillow Books, 1999. (African American)
Whoever You Are Mem Fox Review »		You Are My Perfect Baby. Joyce Carol Thomas. Illustrated by Nneka Bennett. Harper Collins, 1999. (African American)

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