Recent Multicultural Children’s Literature
May 2006
Jane M. Gangi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Education
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase St.
Purchase, NY 10577
The structure of the following bibliography is adapted from my book Encountering Children’s Literature: An Arts Approach (Allyn and Bacon, 2004). For a comprehensive bibliography, inclusive of multicultural literature with the same structure available for free on the web, see http://faculty.mville.edu/gangij/ or http://faculty.sacredheart.edu/gangij , which was posted several years ago and was developed in consultation with over a dozen experts.
Small Publishers with a Multicultural Focus:
Each website has a description of the books mentioned on this list.
Children’s Book Press-- http://www.childrensbookpress.org/
Has teacher’s guides and lesson plans related to standards. Readers theater scripts available.
Cinco Puntos-- http://www.cincopuntos.com/
Has teacher resources with lesson plans.
Curbstone Press-- http://www.curbstone.org/
Has teacher resources.
Groundwood Books-- http://www.groundwoodbooks.com/
Lee and Low-- http://www.leeandlow.com/home/index.html
Has a teacher resource center.
Northland Press/Rising Moon/Luna Rising-- http://www.northlandpub.com/
+Anaya, Rudolfo. 2000. Elegy on the Death of César Chávez. Illustrated by Gaspar Enriquez. El Paso: Cinco Puntos. (also poetry)
Andrews-Goebel, Nancy. 2002. The Pot That Juan Built. Illustrated by David Diaz. New York: Lee & Low. (Mexican potter)
Barasch, Lynne. 2004. Knockin’ on Wood Starring Peg Leg Bates. New York: Lee & Low.
Brown, Monica. 2004. My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz. Illustrated by Rafael López. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising. (Cuban singer)
______. 2005. My Name Is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral/Me llamo Gabriela: La vida de Gabriela Mistral. Illustrated by John Parra. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising. (Chilean poet, teacher, and Nobel prize-winner)
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2000. Crazy Horse’s Vision. Illustrated by S. D. Nelson. New York: Lee & Low.
______. 2004. Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path. Illustrated by S. D. Nelson. New York: Lee & Low.
Cline-Ransome, Lesa. 2004. Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Atheneum. (1899)
______. 2000. Satchel Paige. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Giovanni,
Nikki. 2005. Rosa. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Holt.
+Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2000. The Upside Down Boy/El niño de cabeza. Illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Hubbard,
Crystal. 2005. Catching
the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream. Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. New York: Lee & Low.
Johnson, Angela. 2003. I Dream of Trains. Illustrated by Loren Long. New York: Simon & Schuster. (John Luther “Casey” Jones, 1863-1900)
Jordan, Deloris with Roslyn M. Jordan. 2000.
Salt in His Shoes: Michael
Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream.
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New
York: Simon & Schuster.
Krull, Kathleen. 2003. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. San Diego: Harcourt.
______. 2000. Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker. Illustrated by Nneka Bennett. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Lasky, Kathryn. 2003. A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet. Illustrated by Paul Lee. Cambridge, MA: Charlesbridge.
McDonough, Yona Zeldis. 2002. Peaceful Protest: The Life of Nelson Mandela. Illustrations by Malcah Zeldis. New York: Walker.
Miller, William. 2004. Joe Louis, My Champion. Illustrated by Rodney S. Pate. New York: Lee & Low.
Mora, Pat. 2002. A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Ines. Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. New York: Knopf.
Myers, Walter Dean. 2000. Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly. Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins. New York: HarperCollins.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis with Scat Cat Monroe. 2002. Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuoso. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. New York: Hyperion.
Rappaport, Doreen. 2000. Freedom River. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Hyperion.
Raschka, Chris. 1992. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. New York: Orchard.
Rockwell,
Anne. 2000. Only Passing Through:
The Story of Sojourner Truth. Illustrated
by R. Gregory Christie. New
York: Knopf.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. 2002. When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson. Illustrated by Brian Selznick. New York: Scholastic.
Shange, Ntozake. 2002. Float Like a Butterfly. Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. New York: Hyperion. (Muhammad Ali)
Taylor,
Gaylia. 2006. George Crum and the
Saratoga Chip. Illustrated by Frank
Morrison. New York: Lee & Low.
Velasquez, Eric. 2001. Grandma’s Records. New York: Walker.
Winter, Jonah. 2002. Frida. Illustrated by Ana Juan. New York: Levine/Scholastic. (Frida Kahlo)
______. 2005. Roberto Clemente: Pride of Pittsburgh Pirates. Illustrated by Raúl Colón. New York: Atheneum.
Winter, Jeanette. DATE?? The Librarian of Bosra. San Diego: Harcourt.
Yoo, Paula. 2005. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story. Illustrated by Dom Lee. New York: Lee & Low.
+Argueta, Jorge. 2005. Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera. Illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
______. 2003. Xochitl and the Flowers/Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores. Illustrated by Carl Angel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Badoe, Adwoa. 2002. Nana’s Cold Days. Illustrated by Bushra Junaid. Toronto: Groundwood.
Boyden, Linda. 2002. The Blue Roses. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. New York: Lee & Low.
+Brammer, Ethraim Cash. 2002. The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch/Allá en El Rancho Grande. Illustrated by D. Nina Cruz. Houston, TX: Arte Público.
Bunting, Eve. 1998. Your Move. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. San Diego: Harcourt. (saying “no” to a gang)
Burrowes, Adjoa J. 2000. Grandma’s Purple Flowers. New York: Lee & Low.
+Byrd, Lee Merrill. 2003. The Treasure on Gold Street/El tesor en la calle oro: A Neighborhood Story in English and Spanish. Illustrated by Antonio Castro L. Sharon France, trans. El Paso: Cinco Puntos.
*Castañeda, Omar S. 1993. Abuela’s Weave. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee & Low.
+Cohn, Diana. 2002. ¡Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.. Illustrated by Francisco Delgado. El Paso: Cinco Puntos.
Collier, Bryan. 2000. Uptown. New York: Holt.
Frame, Jeron Ashford. 2003. Yesterday I Had the Blues. Illustrated by R. Gregory Chrisite. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo. 2001. Willie Wins. Illustrated by Carl Angel. New York: Lee & Low. (Filipino)
+González, Rigoberto. 2003. Soledad Sigh-Sighs/Soledad Surpiros. Illustrated by Rosa Ibarra. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Gunning, Monica. 2004. A Shelter in Our Car. Illustrated by Elaine Pedlar. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. (homelessness)
Harjo, Joy (Muscogee-Creek). 2000. The Good Luck Cat. Illustrated by Paul Lee. San Diego: Harcourt.
+Herrera,
Juan Felipe. 2004. Featherless/Desplumado. Illustrated by Ernesto Cuevas, Jr. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Highway,
Tomson. 2001. Caribou Song/Atíhko níkamon. New York: HarperCollins. (Cree)
______. 2002.
Dragonfly Kites/Pímíháka nísa. New York: HarperCollins. (Cree)
______. 2003.
Fox on the Ice: Mahkesís
mískwamíhk e-cí patapít. New York:
HarperCollins. (Cree)
Hoffman,
Mary. 2002. The Colour of Home. Illustrated by Karin Littlewood. London: Frances Lincoln. (Somalian refugee)
Johnson, Dinah. 2000. Quinnie Blue. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Holt.
Krishnaswami, Uma. 2003. Chachaji’s Cup. Illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
*__________. 2005. The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story. Illustrated by Ruth Jeyaveeran. New York: Lee & Low.
Lin,
Grace. 2001. Dim Sum for Everyone! New York: Knopf.
Lo, Ginnie. 2005. Mahjong All Day Long. Illustrated by Beth Lo. New York: Walker.
+Pérez, Amada Irma. 2000. My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Pinkney, Brian. 1994. Max Found Two Sticks. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Ramírez, Antonio. 2004. Napí. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto: Groundwood.
Recorvits, Helen. 2003. My Name Is Yoon. Illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowka. New York: Farrar.
Robles, Anthony D. 2006. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel. Illustrated by Carl Angel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Rodríguez, Luis J. 1998. América Is Her Name. Illustrated by Carlos Vázquez. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone.
+______. 1999. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Story/No tiene que ser así: Una historia del barrio. Illustrated by Daniel Galvez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
+Shin, Sun Yung. 2004. Cooper’s Lesson. Illustrated by Kim Cogan. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. (bi-racial, Korean)
Smith, Cynthia Leitich (Muscogee). 2000. Jingle Dancer. Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. New York: Morrow.
Smith, Will. 2001. Just the Two of Us. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York: Scholastic.
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie. 2002. Elizabeti’s School. Illustrated by Christy Kale. New York: Lee and Low.
+Tran, Truong. 2003. Going Home, Coming Home. Illustrated by Ann Phong. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Waboose, Jan Bordeau (Nishinawbe Ojibwe). 2000. SkySisters. Illustrated by Brian Deines. Niagra Falls, NY: Kids Can.
Williams, Mary. 2005. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Lee & Low.
Woodson, Jacqueline. 2002. Visiting Day. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Scholastic. (visiting a parent in prison)
Youme. 2004.
Sélavi: A Haitian Story of Hope.
El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Dawavendewa, Gerald (Hopi/Cherokee). 2001.
The Butterfly Dance. New York: National Museum of the American
Indian/Abbeville.
Fine, Edith Hope. 1999. Under the Lemon Moon. Illustrated by Rene King Moreno. New York: Lee & Low.
+Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2003. Super Cilantro Girl/La superniña del cilantro. Illustrated by Honorio Robledo Tapia. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
King, Thomas. 1992. A Coyote Columbus Story. Illustrated by William Kent Monkman. Toronto: Groundwood.
Krishnaswami, Uma. 2006. The Closet Ghosts. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Myers, Christopher. 2000. Wings. New York: Scholastic.
Myers, Walter Dean. 2000. The Blues of Flats Brown. Illustrated by Nina Laden. New York: Holiday. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
+Robledo, Honorio. 2001. Nico visita la luna. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
_________. 2001. Nico Visits the Moon. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+Robles, Anthony D. 2003. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish/Si Lakas at ang Isdang Manilatown. Illustrated by Carl Angel. Eloisa D. de Jesus and Magdalena de Guzman, trans. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. (Readers theater adaptation is available at http://www.cbookpress.org)
+Encinas, Carlos. 2001. The New Engine/La maquina nueva. Walnut, CA: Kiva.
Figueredo, D. H. 2003. The Road to Santiago. Illustrated by Pablo Torrecilla. New York: Lee & Low. (Cuba, 1950s)
Hopkinson, Deborah. 2001. Under the Quilt of the Night. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Atheneum.
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. 2000. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Johnson, Angela. 2005. A Sweet Smell of Roses. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. New York: Simon & Schuster.
______. 2001. Those Building Men. Illustrated by Barry Moser. New York: Blue Sky Press.
Lindsey, Kathleen. 2003. Sweet Potato Pie. Illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. New York: Lee & Low. (rural, 1900s)
Lord, Michelle. 2006. Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin. Illustrated by Felicia Hoshino. New York: Lee & Low. (1906, Colonial Exhibition)
McKissack, Patricia. 2001. Goin’ Someplace Special. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Atheneum.
Mochizuki, Ken. 1993. Baseball Saved Us. Illustrated by Dom Lee. New York: Lee & Low.
Pace, Lorenzo. 2001. Jalani and the Lock. New York: PowerKids.
Park, Linda Sue. 2004. The Firekeeper’s Son. Illustrated by Julie Downing. New York: Clarion. (early 1800s, Korea)
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. 2003. Fishing Day. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. New York: Hyperion. (Jim Crow in NY)
Skármeta, Antonio. 2000. The Composition. Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Toronto: Groundwood.
Smith, Patricia. 2003. Janna and the Kings. Illustrated by Aaron Boyd. New York: Lee & Low. (theme of death)
Taulbert Clifton L. 2001. Little Cliff’s First Days of School. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. New York: Dial.
Taylor, Debbie A. 2004. Sweet Music in Harlem. Illustrated by Frank Morrison. New York: Lee & Low.
Tingle, Tom. 2006. Crossing Bok Chito: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom. Illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Vaughan, Marcia. 2003. Up the Learning Tree. Illustrated by Derek Blanks. New York: Lee and Low.
Woodson, Jacqueline. 2001. The Other Side. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. New York: Putnam.
Yee, Paul. 1996. Ghost Train. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Toronto: Groundwood. (fantasy element)
__________. 2004. A Song for Ba. Illustrated by Jan Peng Wang. Toronto: Groundwood.
Yin. 2001. Coolies. Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet. New York: Philomel.
Cline-Ransome,
Lesa. 2001. Quilt Alphabet.
Illustrated by James E. Ransome.
New York: Holiday.
de Cumptich, Roberto de Vicq. 2000. Bembo’s Zoo: An Animal ABC Book. New York: Holt.
Thong, Roseanne. 2001. Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors. Illustrated by Grace Lin. San Francisco: Chronicle.
CONCEPT BOOKS: INTERJECTIONS
Park,
Linda Sue, and Julia Durango.
2005. Yum! Yuck! A Foldout
Book of People Sounds. Illustrated by Sue Ramá. Cambridge, MA: Charlesbridge.
Lee, Huy Voun. 2000. 1, 2, 3, Go. New York: Holt.
Shea, Pegi Deitz and Cynthia Weill. 2003. Ten Mice for Tet. Illustrations by Tô Ngoc Trang. Embroidery by Pham Viet Dinh. San Francisco: Chronicle.
Onyefulu,
Ifeoma. 2000. A Triangle for Adora:
An African Book of Shapes. New
York: Dutton.
+Rosa-Mendoza,
Gladys. 2000. Colors and Shapes/Los colores y las figures. Illustrated by Michele Noiset. Wheaton, IL: Me+mi Publishing.
TRANSITIONAL
BOOKS
Draper,
Sharon. Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs……………………..
Kilborne, Sarah S. 1999. Leaving Vietnam: The Journey of Tuan Ngo, a Boat Boy. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Simon & Schuster.
+Alarcón, Francisco X. 2001. Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.
Alarcón, Francisco X. 2005. Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para sonar juntos. Illustrated by Paula Barragán. New York: Lee & Low.
+Argueta, Jorge. 2001. A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada. Illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Berry, James, sel. 2002. Around the World in Eighty Poems. Illustrated by Katherine Lucas. San Francisco: Chronicle.
Bruchac, Joseph. 1999. No Borders. Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press. (some YA)
Delacre, Lulu. 2004. Arrorró, mi niño/Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games. New York: Lee & Low.
Grimes, Nikki. 2000. Is It Far to Zanzibar?: Poems about Tanzania. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. New York: Lothrop.
__________. 2001. A Pocketful of Poems. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. New York: Clarion. (haiku)
+Hinojosa, Tish. 2002. Cada Niño/Every Child: A Bilingual Songbook for Kids. Illustrated by Lucia Angela Perez. El Paso: Cinco Puntos. (CD included)
Medina, Tony. 2002. Love to Langston. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Lee & Low.
McGill, Alice.
2000. In the Hollow of Your Hand:
Slave Lullabies. Illustrated
by Michael Cummings. Boston:
Houghton. (CD included)
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 2002. 19 Varieties of Gazelle. New York: Greenwillow.
__________.
2000. Come with Me: Poems for a
Journey. Illustrated by Dan
Yaccarino. New York: Greenwillow.
Rochelle, Belinda, sel. 2001. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry. New York: HarperCollins.
Smith, Charles R., Jr. 2002. Perfect Harmony: A Musical Journey with the Boys Choir of Harlem. New York: Hyperion.
Wong, Janet S. 2000. Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams. Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. New York: McElderry.
+ Bertrand, Diane. 2003. The Empanadas that Abuela Made/Las empanadas
que hacía la abuela. Illustrated by
Alex Pardo DeLange. Houston, TX: Arte
Público.
+ Caraballo, Samuel. 2002. Estrellita se despide de su isla/Estrellita
Says Good-Bye to Her Island.
Illustrations by Pablo Torrecilla.
Houston, TX: Arte Público.
Cummings, Pat. 2000. Angel Baby. New York: Lothrop.
Dillon, Leo & Diane. 2002. Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles—Think of That! New York: Blue Sky.
+Luján, Jorge. 2004. Rooster Gallo. Illustrated by Manuel Monroy. Toronto: Groundwood.
Nikola-Lisa, W. 2002. Summer Sun Risin’. Illustrated by Don Tate. New York: Lee & Low.
Perdomo, Willie. 2002. Visiting Langston. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Holt.
POETRY BY CHILDREN
Adedjouma, Davida, Ed. 1996. The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children. Illustrated by Gregory Christie. New York: Lee & Low.
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. 1999. When the Rain Sings: Poems by Young Native Americans. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2000.
Pushing up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children. Illustrated by Teresa Flavin. New York: Dial.
Bush, Max. 2001. Ezigbo the Spirit Child. An Igbo Story as told by Adaora Nzelibe Schmiedel. Louisville, KY: Anchorage Press Plays.
Jennings, Caleen Sinette. 2000. Free Like Br’er Rabbit. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing.
FOLKLORE: Fables
Pinkney, Jerry. 2000. Aesop’s Fables. New York: SeaStar.
Shah, Idries. 2000. The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal. Illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago. Boston: Hoopoe.
Literary
Fables
Bynum, Eboni and Roland Jackson. 2004. Jamari’s Drum. Illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité. Toronto: Groundwood.
Tchana, Katrin. 2000. The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Boston: Little, Brown.
Yolen, Jane. 2000. Not One Damsel in
Distress: World Folktales for Strong
Girls. Illustrated by Susan
Guevara. San Diego: Harcourt.
Egypt
Bower, Tamara. 2000. The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs. New York: Atheneum.
Liberia
Paye, Won-Ldy, and Margaret H. Lippert. 2002. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia. New York: Holt.
Nigeria
Olaleye,
Isaac O. 2000. In the
Rainfield: Who Is the Greatest? Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Blue Sky.
Tanzania
Mollel, Tololwa. 2000. Subira, Subira. Illustrated by Linda Saport. New York: Clarion.
I. Central and Asian Pacific
Chen, Kerstin. 2000. Lord of the Cranes. Illustrated by Jian Jiang Chen. J. Alison James, trans. New York: North-South.
India
Krishnaswami,
Uma. 1999. Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India. Illustrated by Maniam Selven. North Haven, CT: Linnet.
Japan
Wada, Stephanie. 2005. Momotarō and the Island Ogres. Illustrated by Kano Naganobu (1775-1828). New York: George Braziller.
Korea:
North and South
Curry,
Lindy Soon. 1999. A
Tiger by the Tail and Other Stories from the Heart of Korea. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
Tibet
Berger, Barbara Helen. 2002. All
the Way to Lhasa. New York: Philomel.
Sierra, Judy. 2000. The Gift of the Crocodile. Illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Alvarez, Julia. 2000. The Secret Footprints. Illustrated by Fabian Negrin. New York: Knopf.
Montes, Marisa. 2000. Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. New York: HarperCollins.
Iran
(formerly known as Persia)
Balouch,
Kristen. 2000. The
King and the Three Thieves: A Persian
Tale. New York: Viking.
Hooks, William H. 1996. Freedom’s Fruit. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Knopf.
San Souci, Robert. 2000. The Secret of the Stones. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: Fogelman.
Hurston, Zora Neale. 2006. The Six Fools. Adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas. Illustrated by Ann Tanksley. New York: HarperCollins.
American Indian: Chickasaw
Moroney, Lynn and Te Ata. 2004 (1989). Baby Rattlesnake. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
American Indian: Choctaw
Tingle, Tim (Choctaw). 2003. Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory. El Paso: Cinco Puntos.
Bruchac,
Joseph, and James Bruchac (Abenaki).
2001. How the Chipmunk Got
His Stripes: A Tale of Bragging and
Teasing. Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. New York: Dial.
Runningwolf, Michael B. (Micmac), and Patricia
Clark Smith. 2000. On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous’gap Stories of the Micmac Indians. Illustrated by Michael B. Running Wolf. New York: Persea.
American
Indian: Kootenai
Kootenai Culture Committee. 2000.
Owl’s Eyes & Seeking a Spirit.
Pablo, MT: Salish Kootenai College Press.
American
Indian: Tlingit
Williams, Maria (Tlingit). 2001. How Raven Stole
the Sun. Illustrated by Felix
Vigil. Washington, D.C.: National
Museum of the American Indian/Abbeville.
Appalachian
Reneaux, J. J. 2001. How Animals Saved the People: Animal Tales from the South. Illustrated by James E. Ransome. New York: HarperCollins.
Hispanic
Southwest
Garza, Xavier. 2004. Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys. Houston, TX: Arte Público.
+Hayes, Joe.
2003. The Day It Snowed Tortillas/El Día Que Nevaron Tortillas. Illustrated by Antonio Castro L. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
______. 1996.
Here Comes the Storyteller. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+______. 2000.
Little Gold Star/Estrella de oro. Illustrated by Gloria Osuna Perez and Lucia Angela Perez. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+______. 1987.
La Llorona/The Weeping Woman. Illustrated by Vicki Trego Hill. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+______. 1998. Tell Me a Cuento/Cuénto un story. Illustrated by Geronimo Garcia. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+______. 1994. Watch Out for Clever Women!/Cuidado con las mujeres astutas! Illustrated by Vicki Trego Hill. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Mexico
(Aztec, Mazahua, Oaxaca,Tolteca People)
Coburn, Jewell. 2000. Domítíla: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition. Illustrated by Connie McLennan. Fremont, CA: Shen’s Books.
Gerson, Mary-Joan. 2001. Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. New York: Barefoot.
+Hayes, Joe. 2001. ¡El Cucuy! A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish. Illustrated by Honorio Robledo. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Morales, Yuyi. 2003. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. San Francisco: Chronicle.
Pitcher, Caroline. 2000. Mariana and the Merchild. Illustrated by Jackie Morris. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
El Salvador
Argueta, Jorge. 2003. ________________?. Illustrated by Gloria Calderón. Toronto: Groundwood. (Pipil/Nahua)
Burleigh, Robert. 2002. Pandora. Illustrated by Raul Colón. San Diego: Harcourt. (Greece)
Bannon, Kay. 2002. Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend. Told by Robert H. Bushyhead. Illustrated by Kristina Rodanas. New York: Cavendish.
FOLKLORE:
Tall Tales
Nolen, Jerdine. 2003. Thunder Rose. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. San Diego: Harcourt.
Mora, Pat.
2005. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about
a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart.
Illustrated by Raul Colón. New
York: Knopf.
FOLKLORE: Fractured Fairy Tales
Nolen, Jerdin. 2005. Hewitt Anderson’s Life. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York: Simon and Schuster.
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS
Archeology
Sloan, Christopher. 2002. Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
Culinary Arts
Yu,
Ling. 2002. Cooking the Chinese
Way: Revised and Expanded to Include
New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner.
McMahon, Patricia. 2001. Dancing Wheels. Photographs by John Godt. Boston: Houghton. (dancers in wheelchairs)
Fine Arts—Music
Igus, Toyomi. 1998. i see the rhythm. Illustrated by Michele Wood.
Tang, Greg. 2001. The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles. Illustrated by Harry Briggs. New York: Scholastic.
Astorga, Amalia, as told to Gary Paul Nabhan. 2001. Efraín of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard’s Life among the Seri Indians. Illustrated by Janet K. Miller. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Ancona, George. 1998. Barrio: José’s Neighborhood. San Diego: Harcourt.
Garza, Carmen. 2005/1990. In My Family/En mi familia. As told to Harriet Rohmer. Ed. David Schecter. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Stepanchuk, Carol. 2002. Exploring Chinatown. Illustrated by Leland Wong. Berkeley, CA:
Pacific View Press.
Social Studies: History
Bolden, Tonya. 2001. Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementoes of Being Young and Black in America. New York: Abrams.
HISTORICAL LITERATURE.
Currently I am working on a manuscript
called “Literature and the Social Studies: An Integrated Approach.” Most of my new reading of multicultural
books is recorded there, so this next section is not as up to date as I would
like.
Text sets of biography, autobiography,
historical fiction, and informational books grouped by topic and chronological
period are available on the Comprehensive Bibliography
The
Middle Ages
Biography
Burns, Kephra. 2001. Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. San Diego: Harcourt.
Historical
Fiction
Park,
Linda Sue. 2001. A Single Shard. New York: Clarion. (Korea)
1600-1776, Including the Colonial Period
in the United States
Historical Fiction
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2002. The Winter People. New York: Dial. (French and Indian War, 1759)
Historical Fiction
Garvie, Maureen and Mary Beaty. 2002. George Johnson’s War. Toronto: Groundwood.
Informational
Ka-hon-hes (Mohawk). 1999. Kaianerekowa Hotinonsionne/The Great Law of Peace of the Longhouse People. Akwesasen, trans. Notes with the assistance of Ray Tehanetorens Fadden. Illustrated by John Kahiones Fadden. Berkeley, CA: Oyate. (influenced the Constitution)
Biography
Fradin,
Dennis Brindell. 2000. Bound
for the North Star: True Stories of
Fugitive Slaves. New York: Clarion.
Rappaport, Doreen. 2002. No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Historical
Fiction
McGill,
Alice. 2000. Miles’ Song.
Boston: Houghton.
Pearsall, Shelley.
2002. Trouble Don’t Last. New York: Random House.
Informational
Thomas, Velma Maia. 2001. No Man Can
Hinder Me: The Journey of Slavery to
Emancipation through Song. New York:
Crown. (CD included)
1783-1861, including American Indians and
the European Settlers, Industrialization, and the
Irish Potato Famine
Historical Fiction
Erdrich, Louise (Turtle Mountain Chippewa). 1999. The Birchbark House. New York: Hyperion. (Great Lakes, 1847)
______. 2005. The Game of Silence. New York: HarperCollins. (sequel to The Birchbark House)
Harrell, Beatrice O. (Choctaw). 1999. Longwalker’s Journey: A Novel of the Choctaw Trail of Tears. Illustrated by Tony Meers. New York: Dial.
Informational
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. 2001. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. Boston: Houghton.
Historical Fiction
Matas, Carol. 2001. The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War. New York: Simon and Schuster. (Jews in the Confederacy)
Robinet, Harriette Gillem. 2003. Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses. New York: Atheneum.
1865-1900, including the American West
Chief
Joseph (Nez Percé) 1999 [1879]. Chief Joseph’s Own Story. Billings, MT: Council for Indian Education.
Biography
Fradin, Dennis Brindell, and Judith Bloom Fradin. 2000. Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Clarion.
Taylor, Mildred D. 2001. The Land. New York: Putnam’s.
Informational
Bruchac,
Joseph (Abenaki). 2002. Navajo Long Walk: The Tragic Story of a Proud People’s Forced
March from Their Homeland.
Illustrated by Shonto Begay.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
Cooper,
Michael. 2001. Slave Spirituals and the Jubilee Singers. New York: Clarion.
Informational
Granfield,
Linda. 2001. 97 Orchard Street, New York:
Stories of Immigrant Life.
Photographs by Arlene Alda.
Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra/Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
Bagdasarian, Adam.
2000. Forgotten
Fire. New York: DK.
Biography
Govenar, Alan.
2001. Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter. Illustrated by Shane Evans. New York: Hyperion.
Dowell, Frances O’Roark. 2000. Dovey Coe. New York: Atheneum. (Appalachia)
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. 2000. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic.
Biography
Rubin, Susan Goldman. 2000. Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of the Terazin. New York: Holiday.
Historical Fiction
Bruchac, Joseph. 2005. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. New York: Dial.
Informational
Levine, Ellen.
2000. Darkness over Denmark: The
Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews. New York: Holiday.
Rogasky, Barbara. 2002. Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust. Rev. ed. New York: Holiday.
Loyie Larry with Constance Brissenden. 2003. As Long as the Rivers Flow. Toronto: Groundwood.
Greenfield,
Howard. 2001. After the Holocaust.
New York: Greenwillow.
Fradin, Dennis Brindell, and Judith Bloom Fradin. 2003. Fight On! Mary Church Terrell’s Battle for Integration. New York: Clarion.
Finlayson,
Reggie. 2003. We Shall Overcome: The
History of the American Civil Rights Movement. Minneapolis: Lerner.
Levine,
Ellen. 2000 [1993]. Freedom’s
Children: Young Civil Rights Activists
Tell Their Own Stories. New York:
Puffin.
Meltzer,
Milton. 2001. There Comes a Time:
The Struggle for Civil Rights.
New York: Random House.
Chen, Da. 2001. China’s Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. New York: Delacorte.
Zhang, Ange. 2004. Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution. Toronto: Groundwood.
Autobiography
Mankiller,
Wilma, and Michael Wallis. 2000. Mankiller: A Chief and Her People. New York: St. Martin’s.
Historical Fiction
Naidoo, Beverly. 2001. The Other Side of Truth. New York: HarperCollins.
Cameron,
Sara. 2001. Out of War: True
Stories from the Front Lines of the Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia. New York: Scholastic.
Kurtz,
Jane. 2000. The Storyteller’s Beads. New York: Scholastic.
Landau, Elaine. 2002. Osama Bin Laden: A War against the West. Millbrook, CT: Twenty-First Century Books.
Carlsson, Janne. 1987. Camel Bells. Toronto: Groundwood.
Ellis,
Deborah. 2000. The Breadwinner. Toronto: Groundwood.
__________ 2002. Parvana’s Journey. Toronto: Groundwood.
Palestine and Israel
Ellis, Deborah. 2004. Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak. Toronto: Groundwood.
Africa
Ellis, Deborah. 2005. Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS. Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
Jemison, Mae.
2001. Finding Where the Wind
Goes: Moments from My Life. New York: Scholastic.
Biography
Anderson, Joan. 2000. Rookie: Tamika Whitmore’s First Year in the WNBA. Photographs by Michelle V. Agins. New York: Dutton.
*+Bretón, Marcos. 2002. Home Is Everything: The Latino Baseball Story. Photographs by José Luis Villegas. Daniel Santacruz, trans. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Christopher, Matt. 2000. In the Goal--with Briana Scurry. Boston: Little, Brown.
Myers,
Walter Dean. 2001. The
Greatest: Muhammad Ali. New York: Scholastic.
Robinson,
Sharon. 2004. Promises to Keep: How
Jackie Robinson Changed America.
New York: Scholastic.
Winter,
Jonah. 2001. Béisbol!: Latino
Baseball Pioneers and Legends. New
York: Lee & Low.
Glover, Savion, and Bruce Weber. 2000. Savion: My Life in Tap. New York: Morrow.
Haskins, Jim.
2000. Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put “Black” in American History. Illustrated by Melanie Reim. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.
Hewett, Joan. 2001. Getting Elected: The Diary of a Campaign. Photos by Richard Hewett. Boston: Houghton. (Gloria Molina)
Pinkney,
Andrea Davis. 2000. Let It
Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom
Fighters. Illustrated by Stephen
Alcorn. San Diego: Harcourt.
Mathematicians
Biography
Blue, Rose, and Corinne J. Nadeen. 2001.
Benjamin Banneker:
Mathematician and Stargazer.
Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.
Freedman, Russell. 2004. The Voice that Challenged the Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. New York: Clarion.
Lester, Julius.
2001. The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World. Illustrated by Lisa Cohen. New York: Hyperion.
Naturalists, Ecologists, and
Environmentalists
Hildebrandt, Ziporah. 2001. Marina Silva: Defending Rain Forest Communities in Brazil. Feminist Press of CUNY.
Scientists
and Inventors
Beshore,
George. 2000. Science in Early Islamic
Culture. New York: Watts.
Visual Artists
Rohmer, Harriet, ed. 1997. Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists. Illustrated by various artists. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Writers and Academics
Walker, Alice. 2002 [1974]. Langston Hughes: American Poet. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter. New York: HarperCollins.
Wilkinson,
Brenda. 2000. African American Women
Writers. New York: Wiley.
CONTEMPORARY
REALISM—THEMES AND TOPICS
Abuse
Evans, Mari. 1999. Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody Love, Annie: A Book about Secrets. Orange, NJ: Just Us.
Di Camillo, Kate. 2000. Because of Winn-Dixie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Mohr, Nicholasa. 2004 . “Sara and Panchito.” In: Once Upon a Cuento, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, ed. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone.
Kadohata, Cynthia. 2004. Kira-Kira. New York: Atheneum.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. 2004. Becoming Naomi León. New York: Scholastic.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. 2001. Rain Is Not My Indian Name. New York: HarperCollins.
Death
Kadohata, Cynthia. 2004. Kira-Kira. New York: Atheneum.
Bang, Molly. 2001. Tiger’s Fall. New York: Holt.
Gantos, Jack. 2000. Joey Pigza Loses Control. New York: Farrar. (ADHD)
Alvarez, Julia. 2001. How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay. New York: Knopf.
Refugees
Staples,
Suzanne. 2005. Under
the Persimmon Tree. New York:
Farrar.
Abraham, Susan and Denise Gonzales. 2004. Cecilia’s Year. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Sports
Bruchac, Joseph. 2003. The Warriors. Plain City, OH: Darby Creek Publishing.
Short Stories
Mohr, Nicholasa. 2004 .” In: Once Upon a Cuento, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, ed. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich (Muscogee). 2002.
Indian Shoes. New York: HarperCollins.
Readers Theater available: (http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/dontforgetthepantsqp.htm
FANTASY
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2001. Skeleton Man. New York: HarperCollins.
______.
2006. Wabi: A Hero’s Tale. New
York: Dial.
Comino, Sandra.
2003. The Little Blue House.
Toronto: Groundwood..
(Argentina)
General
Reynolds,
Jan. 2006. Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures. New York: Lee & Low.
Dole, Mayra L. 2004. Birthday in the Barrio/Cumpleaños en el barrio. Illustrated by Tonel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Howard,
Elizabeth Fitzgerald. 2001. Lulu’s
Birthday. Illustrated by Pat
Cummings. New York: Greenwillow.
+Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. 1998. A Gift from Papá Diego/Un regalo de Papá Diego. Illustrated by Geronimo Garcia. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
+______. 1999.
Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful
Umbrellas/La abuelita fina y sus sombrillas maravillosas. Illustrated by Geronimo Garcia. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos.
Soto,
Gary. 2000. Chato and the Party
Animals. Illustrated by Susan
Guevara. New York: Putnam’s.
Wallace, Ian. 1992. Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance. Toronto: Groundwood.
Wong, Janet S. 2000. This Next New Year. Illustrated by Yangsook Choi. New
York: Farrar.
Zhang,
Song Nan, and Hao Yu Zhang. 2000. A Time of Dragons. Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang. Toronto: Tundra.
Ramadan
(Ninth month), and Eid-ul-Fitr festival that ends Ramadan
Hoyt-Goldsmith,
Diane. 2001. Celebrating Ramadan.
Photographs by Lawrence Migdale.
New York: Holiday.
Vietnamese
New Year
Shea, Pegi Deitz and Cynthia Weill. 2003. Ten Mice for Tet. Illustrations by Tô Ngoc Trang. Embroidery by Pham Viet Dinh. San Francisco: Chronicle.
New
Year's
Delacre, Lulu. 2000. Salsa Stories. Linocuts by Lulu Delacre. New York: Scholastic.
Martin Luther King Day
Rappaport, Doreen. 2001. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Hyperion.
April, March
Easter
Carling, Amelia Lau. 2005. Sawdust Carpets. Toronto: Groundwood.
The
reenactment of the Easter story in Guatemala includes “sawdust” carpets that
are destroyed by the procession.
Mother's
Day
+González, Rigoberto. 2005. Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio. Illustrated by Cecilia Concepción Álvarez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Mora, Pat, ed. 2001. Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers. Illustrated by Paula S. Barragán. New York: Lee & Low.
Independence
Day
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. 2001. Uncle Chente’s Picnic. Illustrations by Pauline Rodriguez Howard. Houston, TX: Piñata.
Wong, Janet S. 2002. Apple Pie 4th of July. Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. San Diego: Harcourt.
September
11, 2001
Goodman, Robin F., and Andrea Henderson
Fahnestock. 2002. The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11. New York: New York University Child Study
Center/Museum of the City of New York/Abrams.
Lee,
Karlynn Keyes. 2001. Children’s Prayers for America: Young People of Many Faiths Share Their
Hopes for Our Nation. Flagstaff,
AZ: Northland.
The
New York Times. 2002.
A Nation Challenged: A Visual
History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath.
New York: Calloway.
November
Days
of the Dead
+San Vicente, Luis. 2002. The Festival of Bones/El Festival de las Calaveras. John William Byrd and Bobby Bird, trans. El Paso: Cinco Puntos.
Thanksgiving
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2000.
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving. Illustrated by Greg Shed. San Diego: Harcourt.
Grace, Catherine O’Neill, and Margaret M. Bruchac (Abenaki). 2001. 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
Hanukkah,
Jewish
Schram, Peninnah. 2000. The Chanukah Blessing. Illustrated by Jeffrey Allon. New York: UAHC Press.
Christmas
Ringgold, Faith. 2004. O Holy Night: Chrstmas with the Boys Choir of Harlem. New York: HarperCollins. (CD included)
Kwanzaa, African, African American
Medearis, Angela Shelf. 2000. Seven Spools of Thread. Illustrated by Daniel Minter. Morton Grove, IL: Whitman.
General
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe, ed. 2002. Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief. New York: Simon & Schuster.
NOTE: For some American Indians, stories are themselves sacred—see Folklore sections.
Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). 2002. Seasons of the Circle: A Native American Year. Illustrated by Robert F. Goetzl. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.
Buckley, Ray. 2002. The Wing. Nashville: Abingdon.
Chidvilasananda, Gurumay. 2002. The Great Hiss. Illustrated by Susan Cornelis. S. Fallsburg, NY: SYDA Foundation.
Bouchard, David. 2001. Buddha in the Garden. Illustrated by Zhong-Yang. Vancouver: Raincoast Books.
Stewart, Whitney. 2005. Becoming Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha. Illustrated by Sally Rippin. South Melbourne, Australia/HEIAN International.
Bolden, Tonya. 2001. Rock of Ages. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Knopf.
Graham, Lorenz. 2000 [1946]. How God Fix Jonah. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills.
Johnson, James Weldon. 2000. Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Pictorial Tribute to the Negro National Anthem. New York: Hyperion.
Ladwig, Tim. 2000. The Lord’s Prayer. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Confucianism
Freedman, Russell. 2002. Confucius: The Golden Rule. Illustrated by Frédéric Clément. New York: Scholastic.
Hinduism
Chidvilasananda, Gurumay. 2002. The Great Hiss. Illustrated by Susan Cornelis. S. Fallsburg, NY: SYDA Foundation.
Johari, Harish, with Sapna Johari. 2002. Little Krishna. Illustrated by Pieter Weltevrede with Suresh Johari. Rochester, VT: Bearclub Books.
Islam
Demi. 2003. Muhammad. New York: McElderry.
Khan,
Rukhsana. 1999. Muslim Child: Understanding Islam through Stories and Poems. Illustrated by Patty Gallinger. Morton Grove, IL: Whitman.
Stanley, Diane. 2002. Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam: New York: HarperCollins.
Wolf, Bernard. 2003. Coming to America: A Muslim Family’s Story. New York: Lee & Low.
Cone, Molly. 2000. The Story of Shabbat. Illustrated by Emily Lisker. New York: HarperCollins.
Waldman, Neil. 2002. The Promised Land: The Birth of the Jewish People. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills.
Sikhism
Penney, Sue. 2001. Sikhism. Des Plaines, IL: Heinemann Library.