Bibliography
Grades K-4
Ages 5-10/11
Autobiography
Malawian Culture
K-3
Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, Bryan. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Dial Books for Young Readers. 2012.
2nd-4th
Young, Ed. The House that Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Celebration of Differences
Nonfiction
K-3
Rotner, Shelley. Kelly, Shiela M. Shades of People. Holiday House. 2012
Bresnick-Perry, Roslyn. I Love My Mother on Saturdays and Other Tales from the Shetl and Beyond. Ben Yehuda Press, 2009.
Deaf Culture
K-4th
Uhlberg, Myron. The Sound of All Things. Peachtree Publishers. 2016.
Fiction
K-3
hooks, bell. Skin Again. Hyperion /Jump at the sun books. 2004.
U.S. Civil Rights
Biographical/World Changers
2-4th
Levine, Ellen. Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. Putnam, 1993.
Brimmer, Larry. We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin. Calkins Creek. 2007.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. Clarion Books. 2011.
Narrative Nonfiction
K-3
Wittenstein, Barry. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr and the speech that inspired a nation. Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. 2019.
African Cultures
Oral Literature
1st-4th
Bryan, Ashley. The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs. Atheneum Books. 1999
Historical Nonfiction; Maasai Culture
2nd-5th
Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 Cows for America. Peachtree Publishers. 2009.
Fiction; Ghanaian Culture
1-4th
Walker, Tricia Elam. Nana Akua Goes to School. Random House. 2020.
U.S. History
Narrative Nonfiction
K-3
Clinton, Catherine. Hold the Flag High. Katherine Teigen books: imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. 2005.
Slade, Suzanne. Climbing Lincolns Steps: The African American Journey. Albert Whitman and Co.. 2010.
Uhlberg, Myron. A Storm Called Katrina. Peachtree publishers 2011
Bildner, Phil. The Hallelujah Flight. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2010
Environmental Story/Adoption
Fiction: inspired by author’s life
K-3
Ieronimo, Christine. A Thirst for Home : A Story of Water Across the World. Walker Books for Young Readers. 2014.
Asian Cultures
Fiction
1st-4th
Say, Allen. Kamishibai Man. Houghton Mifflin Co.. 2005
European History
Biographical
2nd-4th
Mochizuki, Ken. Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story. National Geographic School Pub.. 2010.
World Folklore
K-4th (and beyond)
African-General
Bryan, Ashley. The Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales. Atheneum, 1993.
India
Churnin, Nancy. Manjhi Moves a Mountain. IIlustrated by Danny Popovici. Creston Books, 2017.
Ness, Caroline. The Ocean of Story: Fairy Tales from India. Lothrop, 1995.
China
Demi. The Empty Pot. Henry Holt & Co.. 1990
Middle East/Arabic
Ehud, Ben-Ezer. Hosni the Dreamer. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1997
Yoruba
Gershator, Phillis. Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng! A Yoruba Tale. Orchard Books, 1998l.
Tanzania
Martin, Francesca. Clever Tortoise. Candlewick Press, 2000.
Nigeria
McDermott, Gerald. Zomo, the Rabbit. Harcourt Brace, 1992
Japan
Myers, Tim. Tanuki’s Gift: A Japanese Tale. Marshall Cavendish. 2003.
Mexican
Morales, Yuri. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronical Books LLC. 2003.
Liberia
Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret H. Lippert. Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile. Henry Holt and Company, 2003.
Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret H. Lipper. Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories From Liberia. Raintree, 1998; Fulcrum Publishing, 1999
Jewish
Prose, Francine. You Never Know: A Legend of The Lamed-Vavniks. Greenwillow, 1998.
Haiti
Wolkstein, Diane. The Banza. The Dial Press. 1918
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales. Schocken. 1997.
Vietnam
Tran, Phuoc Thi Minh. Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories. Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong. Tuttle, 2015.
China
Young, E. Lon. PoPo: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. Philomel Books. 1989.
Grades K-4
Ages 5-10/11
Autobiography
Malawian Culture
K-3
Kamkwamba, William and Mealer, Bryan. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Dial Books for Young Readers. 2012.
2nd-4th
Young, Ed. The House that Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Celebration of Differences
Nonfiction
K-3
Rotner, Shelley. Kelly, Shiela M. Shades of People. Holiday House. 2012
Bresnick-Perry, Roslyn. I Love My Mother on Saturdays and Other Tales from the Shetl and Beyond. Ben Yehuda Press, 2009.
Deaf Culture
K-4th
Uhlberg, Myron. The Sound of All Things. Peachtree Publishers. 2016.
Fiction
K-3
hooks, bell. Skin Again. Hyperion /Jump at the sun books. 2004.
U.S. Civil Rights
Biographical/World Changers
2-4th
Levine, Ellen. Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. Putnam, 1993.
Brimmer, Larry. We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin. Calkins Creek. 2007.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. Clarion Books. 2011.
Narrative Nonfiction
K-3
Wittenstein, Barry. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr and the speech that inspired a nation. Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. 2019.
African Cultures
Oral Literature
1st-4th
Bryan, Ashley. The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs. Atheneum Books. 1999
Historical Nonfiction; Maasai Culture
2nd-5th
Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 Cows for America. Peachtree Publishers. 2009.
Fiction; Ghanaian Culture
1-4th
Walker, Tricia Elam. Nana Akua Goes to School. Random House. 2020.
U.S. History
Narrative Nonfiction
K-3
Clinton, Catherine. Hold the Flag High. Katherine Teigen books: imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. 2005.
Slade, Suzanne. Climbing Lincolns Steps: The African American Journey. Albert Whitman and Co.. 2010.
Uhlberg, Myron. A Storm Called Katrina. Peachtree publishers 2011
Bildner, Phil. The Hallelujah Flight. G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2010
Environmental Story/Adoption
Fiction: inspired by author’s life
K-3
Ieronimo, Christine. A Thirst for Home : A Story of Water Across the World. Walker Books for Young Readers. 2014.
Asian Cultures
Fiction
1st-4th
Say, Allen. Kamishibai Man. Houghton Mifflin Co.. 2005
European History
Biographical
2nd-4th
Mochizuki, Ken. Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story. National Geographic School Pub.. 2010.
World Folklore
K-4th (and beyond)
African-General
Bryan, Ashley. The Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales. Atheneum, 1993.
India
Churnin, Nancy. Manjhi Moves a Mountain. IIlustrated by Danny Popovici. Creston Books, 2017.
Ness, Caroline. The Ocean of Story: Fairy Tales from India. Lothrop, 1995.
China
Demi. The Empty Pot. Henry Holt & Co.. 1990
Middle East/Arabic
Ehud, Ben-Ezer. Hosni the Dreamer. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1997
Yoruba
Gershator, Phillis. Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng! A Yoruba Tale. Orchard Books, 1998l.
Tanzania
Martin, Francesca. Clever Tortoise. Candlewick Press, 2000.
Nigeria
McDermott, Gerald. Zomo, the Rabbit. Harcourt Brace, 1992
Japan
Myers, Tim. Tanuki’s Gift: A Japanese Tale. Marshall Cavendish. 2003.
Mexican
Morales, Yuri. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronical Books LLC. 2003.
Liberia
Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret H. Lippert. Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile. Henry Holt and Company, 2003.
Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret H. Lipper. Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories From Liberia. Raintree, 1998; Fulcrum Publishing, 1999
Jewish
Prose, Francine. You Never Know: A Legend of The Lamed-Vavniks. Greenwillow, 1998.
Haiti
Wolkstein, Diane. The Banza. The Dial Press. 1918
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales. Schocken. 1997.
Vietnam
Tran, Phuoc Thi Minh. Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories. Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong. Tuttle, 2015.
China
Young, E. Lon. PoPo: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China. Philomel Books. 1989.
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