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Multicultural Books for Older Readers
Author |
Title |
Location |
Grade Level |
Ada, Alma Flor |
My Name is Maria Isabel |
Fiction Ada |
1-3 |
Alarcon, Francisco X. |
Angels Ride Bikes and other Fall Poems |
J Spanish 811.54 A321a |
K-5 |
Aliki |
Marianthe's story |
PB Aliki |
1-3 |
Altman, Linda |
Amelia's Road |
PB Altman |
2-4 |
Bartone, Elisa |
American Too |
PB Bartone |
K-4 |
Bradbury, Marie |
More Than Anything Else |
PB Bradbury |
1-6 |
Bridges, Ruby |
Through My Eyes |
J 379.263 B851t |
4-8 |
Bruchac, Joseph |
The Dark Pond |
Teen Fiction Bruchac |
7-8 |
Bruchac, Joseph |
Sacajawea |
Fiction Bruchac |
5-8 |
Bunting, Eve |
Smoky Night |
PB Bunting |
3-5 |
Cameron, Ann |
Colibri |
Fiction Cameron |
7-8 |
Cameron, Ann |
Gloria's Way |
Fiction Cameron |
1-3 |
Cameron, Ann |
More Stories Huey Tells |
Fiction Cameron |
1-4 |
Carvell, Marlene |
Who Will Tell My Brother? |
Teen Fiction Carvell |
7-8 |
Cheng, Andrea |
Honeysuckle House |
Fiction Cheng |
3-5 |
Choi, Sook Nyul |
Halmoni and the Picnic |
PB Choi |
K-3 |
Choi, Sook Nyul |
Year of Impossible Goodbyes |
Fiction Choi |
3-5 |
Cline-Ransome, Lesa |
Satchel Paige |
J 92 Paige |
2-5 |
Clinton, Cathryn |
A Stone in My Hand |
Fiction Clinton |
5-7 |
Cohen, Barbara |
Make a Wish, Molly |
Fiction Cohen |
1-3 |
Cohn, Diana |
Si, Se Puede! |
PB Spanish Cohn |
3-5 |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
Bud, Not Buddy |
Fiction Curtis |
5-7 |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 |
Fiction Curtis |
4-7 |
Curtis, Gavin |
The Bat Boy and his Violin |
PB Curtis |
1-3 |
Davol, Marguerite |
The Paper Dragon |
PB Davol |
K-3 |
Day, Nancy Raines |
The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale |
PB Day |
2-5 |
Demi |
One Grain of Rice |
PB Demi |
2-6 |
Diakite, Baba |
The Hunterman and the Crocodile |
PB Diakite |
1-5 |
Dillon, Leo and Diane |
To Every Thing there is a Season |
PB To |
1-6 |
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee |
The Conch Bearer |
Fiction Divakaruni |
5-7 |
Dooley, Norah |
Everybody Bakes Bread |
PB Dooley |
K-3 |
Dorris, Michael |
Morning Girl |
Fiction Dorris |
3-5 |
Edwards, Pamela Duncan |
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad |
PB Edwards |
1-4 |
Ehlert, Lois |
Cuckoo |
J Spanish 398.22 E33c |
K-3 |
Elya, Susan |
Say Hola to Spanish |
J 468.1E52s |
K-4 |
English, Karen |
Francie |
Fiction English |
5-8 |
English, Karen |
Nadia's Hands |
PB English |
1-4 |
Erdrich, Louise |
The Birchbark House |
Fiction Erdrich |
3-5 |
Evans, Lezlie |
Can You Count Ten Toes? |
Counting Evans |
K-3 |
Franklin, Kristine |
Grape Thief |
Fiction Franklin |
5-7 |
Garza, Carmen |
In My Family |
J Spanish 306.8508968 L839i |
1-5 |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond |
The Girl Who Lived with the Bears |
PB Goldin |
2-6 |
Grimes, Nikki |
My Man Blue |
J 811.54 G862m |
3-6 |
Hamanaka, Sheila |
All the Colors of the Earth |
PB Hamanaka |
1-4 |
Hamilton, Virginia |
The Girl Who Spun Gold |
PB Hamilton |
2-6 |
Hamilton, Virginia |
In the Beginning |
J 291.24H221i |
3-5 |
Hill, Fitzgerald |
The Year of Miss Agnes |
Fiction Hill |
3-6 |
Ho, Minfong |
The Stone Goddess |
Fiction Ho |
5-7 |
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald |
Virgie Goes to School with us Boys |
PB Howard |
1-4 |
Hurwitz, Joanna |
New Shoes for Silvia |
PB Hurwitz |
K-1 |
Jiang, Ji-li |
Red Scarf Girl |
J 951.056 J61r |
5-8 |
Johnston, Tony |
Any Small Goodness |
Fiction Johnston |
5-7 |
Johnston, Tony |
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote |
PB Johnston |
K-2 |
Joseph, Lynn |
The Color of My Words |
Fiction Joseph |
5-8 |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
A View From Saturday |
Fiction Konigsburg |
5-7 |
Krishnaswami, Uma |
Naming Maya |
Fiction Krishnaswami |
5-7 |
Kroll, Virginia |
Masai and I |
PB Kroll |
1-3 |
Krull, Kathleen |
Wilma Unlimited |
J 92 Rudolph |
2-5 |
Kurtz, Jane |
Trouble |
PB Kurtz |
K-2 |
Lasky, Kathryn |
Marven of the Great Northern Woods |
PB Lasky |
1-4 |
Lee, Milly |
Nim and the War Effort |
PB Lee |
2-5 |
Lelooska, Chief |
Echoes of the Elders |
J 398.208997 L543e |
3-6 |
Lester, Julius |
Sam and the Tigers |
PB Lester |
K-3 |
Levine, Gail Carson |
Dave at Night |
Fiction Levine |
4-8 |
Lewin, Ted |
Big Jimmy's Kum Kau Chinese Take Out |
PB Lewin |
K-4 |
Lewin, Ted |
Market! |
PB Lewin |
K-3 |
Lewin, Ted |
The Storytellers |
PB Lewin |
1-3 |
Lobel, Anita |
Away from Home |
Alphabet Lobel |
K-3 |
Look, Lenore |
Ruby Lu, Brave and True |
Fiction Look |
3-5 |
London, Jonathan |
Ali: Child of the Desert |
PB London |
K-4 |
Lynch, Chris |
Gold Dust |
Fiction Lynch |
5-8 |
McCully, Emily Arnold |
Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu |
PB McCully |
1-6 |
McKissack, Patricia |
Run Away Home |
Fiction McKissack |
4-6 |
Martin, Rafe |
The Rough-Face Girl |
PB Martin |
2-8 |
Medearis, Angela Shelf |
Seven Spools of Thread |
PB Medearis |
K-4 |
Mikaelsen, Ben |
Countdown |
Fiction Mikaelsen |
4-8 |
Mochizuki, Ken |
Baseball Saved Us |
PB Mochizuki |
2-6 |
Mochizuki, Ken |
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story |
J 92 Sugihara |
3-6 |
Mollel, Tololwa |
Subira, Subira |
PB Mollel |
1-6 |
Montes, Marisa |
Please Don't Go! (Get Ready for Gabi) |
Fiction Montes |
3-5 |
Mora, Pat |
Tomas and the Library Lady |
PB Mora |
K-3 |
Naidoo, Beverley |
The Other Side of Truth |
Fiction Naidoo |
5-7 |
Namioka, Lensey |
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear |
Fiction Namioka |
3-5 |
Neuberger, Anne |
The Girl-Son |
Fiction Neuberger |
3-8 |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
Sitti's Secrets |
PB Nye |
K-3 |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
This Same Sky |
J 808.81936 N994t |
5-7 |
Osborne, Mary Pope |
Adaline Falling Star |
Fiction Osborne |
4-8 |
Osborne, Mary Pope |
One World, Many Religions |
J 291 O81o |
3-5 |
Park, Linda Sue |
A Single Shard |
Fiction Park |
3-6 |
Park, Linda Sue |
When My Name was Keoko |
Fiction Park |
5-7 |
Perez, Amada |
My Very Own Room |
Spanish PB Perez |
K-4 |
Perez, L. King |
First Day in Grapes |
PB Perez |
1-3 |
Pilkey, Dav |
The Paperboy |
PB Pilkey |
K-2 |
Pinkney, Brian |
The Adventures of Sparrowboy |
PB Pinkney |
K-4 |
Polacco, Patricia |
Chicken Sunday |
PB Polacco |
1-4 |
Polacco, Patricia |
Mr. Lincoln's Way |
PB Polacco |
1-4 |
Pollock, Penny |
The Turkey Girl |
PB Pollock |
2-5 |
Pomeranc, Marion Hess |
The American Wei |
PB Pomeranc |
K-3 |
Pomerantz, Charlotte |
You're Not My Best Friend Anymore |
PB Pomerantz |
K-2 |
Raschka, Chris |
Yo! Yes? |
PB Raschka |
K-3 |
Ringgold, Faith |
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky |
PB Ringgold |
2-5 |
Ryan, Pam Munoz |
Esperanza Rising |
Fiction Ryan |
5-8 |
Sabuda, Robert |
The Blizzard's Robe |
PB Sabuda |
1-4 |
Sachar, Louis |
Holes |
Fiction Sachar |
5-8 |
Salisbury, Graham |
Under the Blood Red Sun |
Fiction Salisbury |
5-7 |
San Souci, Robert |
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella |
PB San Souci |
2-6 |
San Souci, Robert |
Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior |
PB San Souci |
2-6 |
San Souci, Robert |
Sukey and the Mermaid |
PB San Souci |
2-6 |
San Souci, Robert |
A Weave of Words |
PB San Souci |
3-6 |
Say, Allen |
Tea with Milk |
PB Say |
1-4 |
Schertle, Alice |
Down the Road |
PB Schertle |
K-2 |
Seeger, Pete |
Abiyoyo |
PB Seeger |
K-3 |
Shalant, Phyllis |
When Pirates Came to Brooklyn |
Fiction Shalant |
3-5 |
Sierra, Judy |
Nursery Tales Around the World |
J 398.21 N974 |
K-2 |
Smith, Cynthia Leitch |
Jingle Dancer |
PB Smith |
K-4 |
Soto, Gary |
Chato and the Party Animals |
PB Soto |
K-2 |
Soto, Gary |
Snapshots from the Wedding |
PB Soto |
1-3 |
Soto, Gary |
Too Many Tamales |
PB Soto |
K-3 |
Souhami, Jessica |
No Dinner! |
PB Souhami |
K-2 |
Stanley, Fay |
The Last Princess |
J 92 Kaiulani |
3-5 |
Stolz, Joelle |
The Shadows of Ghadames |
Fiction Stolz |
3-6 |
Taback, Simms |
Joseph had a Little Overcoat |
PB Taback |
K-1 |
Taylor, Theodore |
The Cay |
Fiction Taylor |
5-7 |
Thomassie, Tynia |
Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale |
PB Thomassie |
1-3 |
Wardlaw, Lee |
Punia and the King of Sharks |
PB Wardlaw |
K-3 |
Weiss, Nicki |
The World Turns Round and Round |
PB Weiss |
K-2 |
Wells, Rosemary |
Yoko |
PB Wells |
K-1 |
Whelan, Gloria |
Homeless Bird |
Fiction Whelan |
5-8 |
Wing, Natasha |
Jalapeno Bagels |
PB Wing |
K-3 |
Wolff, Virginia Euwer |
Bat 6 |
Fiction Wolff |
5-7 |
Woodruff, Elvira |
The Orphan of Ellis Island |
Fiction Woodruff |
4-6 |
Yep, Laurence |
The Khan's Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale |
PB Yep |
2-6 |
Yep, Laurence |
The Traitor: Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1885 |
Fiction Yep |
5-7 |
Zephaniah, Benjamin |
Refugee Boy |
Teen Fiction Zephaniah |
7-8 |
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