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From far away

Munsch, Robert

In a letter, Saoussan tells about when she first moved to Canada from her old country where there was war. She was scared at school because she didn't understand the language or traditions. Two years later, she has learned them and is happy.

Amelia's road

Altman, Linda Jacobs

Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, is tired of moving around and dreams of a permanent home. She finds a special place for herself so she doesn't feel so bad about leaving. The family continues to harvest peaches, apples, carrots, and tomatoes.

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author's note, family, farm, food, garden, mexican american, moving, multicultural, nutrition, parents, plants, school, secrets

Big bushy mustache

Soto, Gary

Ricky is always being told he looks like his mother. When he is given the chance to choose his costume for the school play, Ricky chooses the big bushy mustache. Now he will look like his papi. But Papi must come to the rescue when Ricky loses his mustache. There's only one way to replace a big bushy mustache!

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appearance, celebration, cinco de mayo, family, food, holidays, identification, language, lost, love, mexican american, mistake, multicultural, nutrition, parents, problem solving, school, spanish

Jamal's busy day

Hudson, W.

Jamal compares his busy day at school with that of his father, an architect, and his mother, an accountant. Jamal spends his day at school learning and playing with friends, but he has a great time doing it.

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african american, assertiveness, careers, decision making, family, growing up, learning, multicultural, parents, self esteem, stress management, working mother

The wagon

Johnston, Tony

A slave boy grows up on a plantation with his family. He hates being a slave and wishes that he could be free. Soon the war comes and President Lincoln sets the slaves free. The boy and his family celebrate as they leave the plantation in the wagon they built.

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african american, assertiveness, celebration, family, feelings, freedom, grandparents, happiness, history, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, slavery, transportation, wagon

David's father

Munsch, Robert

Julie has new neighbors. David seems like a regular boy, but Julie wonders what the rest of his family is like, because she saw a spoon the size of a shovel, a knife as big as a flagpole, and a fork the size of a pitchfork all being moved into David's house.

Neeny coming, neeny going

English, Karen

Neeny and her mom move to the big city on the mainland. They leave behind the rest of their family including Neeny's best friend, her cousin. Neeny comes back for a visit but she has changed. However, on her last night on the island Neeny once again has fun with her cousin.

Gracias, the thanksgiving turkey

Cowley, Joy

Miguel's dad, a truck driver, sends Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving. Miguel and his family care for and love the turkey, and they name her Gracias. When Thanksgiving arrives no one can eat Gracias the turkey, instead they eat chicken for Thanksgiving dinner!

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assertiveness, celebration, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, friendship, grandparents, hispanic, holidays, love, multicultural, nutrition, parents, spanish, support, thanksgiving, verbal communication

The butterfly

Polacco, Patricia

When a little girls meets a ghost which turns out to be a girl that is hiding in the cellar with the rest of her family from the Nazi's. They form a friendship that is strong. But the friendship is broken up by the sudden movement of her and her family. But butterflies show that everything is fine even though they are apart.

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animals, author's note, bedtime, butterfly, decision making, family, feelings, french, hanukkah, happiness, hiding, holidays, Jewish, language, multicultural, parents, prejudice, racism, religion, sadness, self esteem, separation, stress management, verbal communication, war

The lotus seed

Garland, Sherry

A girl tells the story of her grandmother's life. Her grandmother was forced to flee Vietnam during the war and move to America.

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asian american, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, grandparents, multicultural, parents, plants, sadness, storytelling, travel, verbal communication, war

Don't forget

Lakin, Patricia

Sarah shares secrets with her neighbors, the Singers, who are Holocaust survivors. She talks with them while out shopping for ingredients for her mother's birthday cake. An orange, cake flour, baking powder, sugar, and eggs are part of the birthday surprise.

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birthday, celebration, community, family, food, helping, history, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, secrets

My little cabbage

Purdy, Susan

Nine children from different countries have different meanings for their names.

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family, multicultural

The five chinese brothers

Bishop, Clair Huchet//Wiese, Kurt

A young boy persuades one of the five identical brothers that has special powers to drink the sea so he could catch fish. The boy exploits his power and ends up drowning. The brother goes to trial and the other brothers come to his rescue. The brother that tried to help the boy was found innocent.

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chinese, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fish, helping, multicultural, siblings, support

The long way to a new land

Sandin, Joan

A starving Swedish family decides to move to America. The journey is long, but the family finally arrives.

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decision making, family, goal setting, history, moving, multicultural, poverty, swedish, travel

The moon lady

Tan, Amy

Grandma Nai-Nai tells her granddaughters the stories of when she was a seven year old girl in China. One story was about going to see the moon lady and being granted a wish.

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animals, asian, assertiveness, boat, chinese, determination, family, grandparents, multicultural, self esteem, siblings, storytelling, tiger, verbal communication, wish

Little cliff's first day of school

Taulbert, Clifton

Little Cliff is dreading the first day of school. He has heard that school is all work and no fun. With the continued encouragement of his great-grandmother, Cliff finally heads to school. Upon arrival, he sees all of his friends and discovers that school can be fun too.

Flyaway girl

Grifalconi, Ann

Flyaway girl needs to learn to be a wise little woman for the New Year in her village. She is against the whole idea at first, but then she thinks it would not be that bad.

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african american, challenges, change, decision making, family, grandparents, growing up, multicultural, new year, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Willy's silly grandma

DeFelice, Cynthia

Even though Willy's grandma is very superstitious, Willy doesn't believe in her superstitions. One dark and scary night, Willy realizes how smart his grandma really is when he goes down by the Big Swamp.

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african american, bodies of water, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, happiness, multicultural, parents, superstition, swamp

Osa's pride

Grifalconi, Ann

Osa has a lot of pride in herself and her father, but when her friends get tired of hearing about Osa all of the time, they don't stick around. Osa receives a wise lesson from her grandma that will set her straight.

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african american, family, grandparents, imagination, learning, multicultural, parents, pride, selfishness

A band of angels: A story inspired by the jubilee singers

Hopkinson, Deborah

A young girl listens to a story told by her aunt. Her story is about the young girl's great great grandmother and how she used her voice and dedication to fight for her education after the slaves were freed. The story was also tells how a group of singers toured and sang slave songs. They were trying to save their school, but ended up creating a university.

White socks only

Coleman, Evelyn

A young African American girl walks into town and is faced with prejudice. The community proudly stands up for her and the rights of all African Americans.

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african american, community, exercise, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, multicultural, prejudice, pride, seasons, summer, walking, weather

Halmoni's day

Bercaw, Edna Coe

Jennifer's Korean grandmother arrives just in time for Grandparents Day at school. But Jennifer is afraid that her grandmother will embarrass her because she doesn't speak English. However, after her grandmother tells Jennifer's class the story of her childhood, Jennifer is not embarrassed at all.

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aging, airplane, communication, embarrassment, emotions, family, feelings, food, generations, grandparents, happiness, korean, language, loss, love, memory, multicultural, nonverbal communication, sadness, school, storytelling, time, transportation, travel, verbal communication, war

Things i like about grandma

Haskins, Francine

A grandmother and granddaughter have a special relationship together. They share moments of teaching, sharing, and bonding.

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african american, family, giving, grandparents, multicultural, nonverbal communication, sharing, teaching, verbal communication

Dragon kite of the autumn moon

Reddix, Valerie

Every year, Tad-Tin and his grandfather make a special kite to fly on Kite's Day. This year Grandfather is sick, so it is up to Tin to sacrifice his special Dragon kite in order to carry all their misfortune away.

Bravo, zan angelo!

Daly, Niki

Angelo Polo is a young boy who passionately wants to be a clown like his grandfather Zan Polo. His grandfather tells him that the theater is no place for a little boy. Finally, Zan Polo tells Angelo that he can be the little red rooster who crows in the last act. So, Angelo scurries and runs all over the city to prepare for his performance during the carnival. It turns out that Angelo is an excellent rooster and his grandfather agrees that the theater can be a place for a little boy.

I love my family

Hudson, Wade

A family takes a summer trip to Grandpa Lawrence's farm in North Carolina. The family enjoys laughing, talking, playing basketball, dancing and having a picnic together. Everyone hates to leave at the end of the week.

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african american, family, food, multicultural, nutrition, picnic, storytelling

The matzah that papa brought home

Manushkin, Fran

A little girl and her family celebrate the Passover Seder in repeating rhyme form. The family feasts on matzah, bitter herbs, green vegetables, and haroset.

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author's note, celebration, family, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, parents, passover, prayer, rhyme, song, traditions, vegetables

Cherry tree

Bond, R.

A young girl from India plants a cherry seed with her grandfather. They observe the tree as it grows through the seasons and eventually it grows quite large. The tree serves as a constant reminder of the girl's grandfather.

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animals, family, five senses, food, goat, grandparents, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, plants, seasons, sight, spring, summer, taste, winter

Kinda blue

Grifalconi, Ann

Sissy is sad and lonely because she thinks about her father who died when she was a baby. Sissy's Uncle Dan helps her to understand differences among people and cheers her up through the use of his cornfields. He also makes her understand that even though her father is not alive, she has a family that loves her very much.

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african american, coping, death, family, farm, feelings, five senses, food, loss, moods, multicultural, nutrition, sadness, sight

How does a czar eat potatoes?

Rose, Anne

The life of a peasant farmer and the czar are compared and contrasted by the peasant's child.

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careers, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, happiness, multicultural, nutrition, parents, poverty, royalty, russian

The little princess

Burnett, Frances Hodge

Young Sara is forced to attend Miss Minchin's select seminary for young girls in London when her father gets shipped off to war. Miss Minchin, the director of the seminary becomes a bit apprehensive about Sara's stay with them because her father said that she is to have the very best of everything. When a note arrives that says Sara's father died, things change for the worse. Poor Sara is forced to live the life of a slave. She eventually meets up with an Indian gentleman who helps her to gain her life back.

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adventures, aging, beverage, celebration, change, child care, conflict resolution, death, emotions, family, food, hard work, hindu, hunger, indian, learning, loss, love, mistake, multicultural, nonverbal communication, orphan, party, persistence, problem solving, relationship, resentment, school, sharing, slavery, sleep, storytelling, support, war

Spork

Maclear, Kyo

Spork feels left out. He has a spoon and a fork for parents, which makes him unique compared to the other cutlery. He is never chosen in the kitchen, until something comes along that neither forks nor spoons can handle. His uniqueness comes in handy!

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acceptance, baby, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, confusion, customs, differences, embarrassment, family, feelings, food, manners, multicultural, numbers, peer resistance, rules, sadness, self esteem, similarities, tools, uniqueness

Nappy hair

Herron, Carolivia

Brenda has nappy hair all over her head. Her Uncle Mordecai tells the story that God gave Brendy nappy hair even though the angels tried to talk him out of it. Brenda is special, because God created the only perfect circle in nature in one nap of her hair.

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african american, angel, assertiveness, body image, body parts, celebration, family, feelings, god, multicultural, nonverbal communication, pride, self esteem, storytelling, uniqueness

A child's treasury of nursery rhymes

Denton, Kady MacDonald

A collection of nursery rhymes provides children with rhyming skills and patterns. Over 100 nursery rhymes are remembered through illustrations, songs, and verse.

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african american, alphabet, animals, baby, cat, chinese, cow, dancing, Days of The Week, duck, exercise, family, french, goose, market, multicultural, parents, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, royalty, running, sequence, sheep, sounds, spanish, whale

Down the road

Schertle, Alice

Hetty has the chance to prove she is a big girl when her parents send her to Mr. Birdie's store to buy a dozen eggs. Hetty is very careful not to break the eggs until she reaches the apple tree.

The dancer

Burstein, Fred

A little girl is on her way to ballet class with her father when they encounter various people and things through the city. Descriptive words about the city are written in three languages: Spanish, English, and Japanese.

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dancing, discovery, diversity, english, exercise, japanese, language, multicultural, practice, spanish, walking

Soccer game!

Maccarone, Grace

Two teams of young children play a game of soccer which consists of dribbling, passing, falling, slipping on the grass, and, finally, one of the teams scoring.

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african american, diversity, exercise, games, multicultural, running, soccer, sports, teamwork

I know about sports

Jaeggi, Chris

There are many different kinds of sports. Sports are games which have rules to follow. Some sports are played alone and others are played with friends. You can enjoy sports by playing or by watching sports.

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baseball, basketball, exercise, games, goal setting, individuality, multicultural, nonverbal communication, rules, self esteem, sports, teamwork

It's school time

Oechsli, Kelly

A boy runs to school, participates in the day, and then walks home (A Wordless book).

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african american, community, decision making, exercise, friendship, multicultural, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, running, school, walking

Shape space

Falwell, Cathryn

A young girl empties a box full of rectangles, triangles, semi-circles, and squares. She plays on the shapes, she builds things with the shapes, she wears the shapes, and she creates a playmate with the shapes so she can dance with it.

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african american, dancing, exercise, imagination, multicultural, play, shapes

Pepito's story

Fern, Eugene

Pepito is the only boy in the village who likes to dance, and so he is made fun of because of his dancing. Only his grandmother understands until a girl in the village gets very sick, and only Pepito's singing makes her well.

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conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, family, friendship, grandparents, individuality, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem

Welcome back sun

Emberley, Michael

From Septmeber to March, there is no sun in Norway. Waiting for spring to come can be difficult. The heroine follows the legend of a girl who climbed the Gausta Mountains to take a peak at the sun. She travels with her family.

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excitement, goal setting, multicultural, nonverbal communication, norwegian, seasons, spring, sun, travel, winter

Ben's trumpet

Isadora, Rachel

Ben is a young boy who loves to go into the jazz club and listen to all of the different instruments. He especially likes the trumpet. He often pretends he is playing the trumpet until one day he actually receives one.

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african american, excitement, friendship, kindness, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, presents, self esteem, teasing

Brother eagle, sister sky

Seattle, Chief

A Squamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth and also his concern for its destruction.

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destruction, environment, multicultural, native american, nature

Gilberto and the wind

Ets, Marie Hall

Gilberto is a friend with the wind. The wind and Gilberto do things for each other.

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assertiveness, environment, feelings, friendship, moods, multicultural, nonverbal communication, spanish, verbal communication, weather, wind

I hate English

Levine, Ellen

Mei Mei moves from Hong Kong to New York, but she does not want to speak in English. She only wants to speak in Chinese until Nancy comes to the Chinatown learing center to work with Mei Mei.

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asian american, change, conflict resolution, english, language, multicultural, peer resistance, school, self esteem, speech

The lily cupboard

Oppenheim, Shulamaith

Miriam, who is Jewish, must go live with another family in the country because the Germans are killing the Jews. She learns a new life in the country and successfully hides when the soldiers come to look for her.

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conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, dutch, family, fear, feelings, german, history, Jewish, multicultural, shelter, stereotypes, war

Joanjo

Balet, Jan

Joanjo is sick of life in his fishing village. He dreams of a life far away from the village. He awakens to realize that perhaps a fisherman's life is a good life after all.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dreams, goal setting, multicultural, native american