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Note: All books are located in the picture book section (XXF) unless otherwise noted.
Ages 3-5
 Ata, Te. BABY RATTLESNAKE (XX398.27) Native American.
Baby Rattlesnake misuses his rattle and learns a lesson in growing up.
GRANDMOTHER’S NURSERY RHYMES/ LAS NANAS DE ABUELITA (SPA XX398.8) Latino
Traditional South American nursery rhymes.
Reiser, Lynn. MARGARET AND MARGARITA (SPA XXF) Latino
Two girls who speak different languages play beautifully together.
Steptoe, John. BABY SAYS African American
A little boy figures out how to play with his baby brother.
Thong, Roseanne. RED IS A DRAGON Asian American
A Chinese American girl describes the colors she sees around her.
Stojic,Manya. HELLO WORLD (XX413) Multi-ethnic.
Greetings in 42 languages around the world.
Ages 5-8
Adoff, Arnold. ALL THE COLORS OF THE RACE: POEMS (X811) African American
Poems from the point of view of a biracial child.
Adoff, Arnold. BLACK IS BROWN IS TAN African American
Rhymes describe the lives of a biracial couple and their family.
Ashley, Bernard. CLEVERSTICKS Asian American
Ling Sung happily discovers that the children in his class admire his prowess with chopsticks.
Burckhardt, Ann. THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO AND THEIR FOOD (X641.596) Latino
Describes food customs and preparation in different regions of Mexico. Part of a series.
Choi, Yangsook. NEW CAT Asian American
Shortly after coming to America, Mr. Kim gets a cat who makes a home in his tofu factory.
De Spain, Pleasant. ELEVEN NATURE TALES: A MULTICULRAL JOURNEY (X398.2) Multi-ethnic
Traditional stories that come from Africa, Fiji, China, Central Asia, Australia and Portugal.
Greenfield, Eloise. HONEY, I LOVE AND OTHER LOVE POEMS (X811) African American
Sixteen poems tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child.
Hamilton, Virginia. THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: THE BOOK OF BLACK FOLKTALES (X398.273) African American
African-American folktales of animals, fantasy, freedom, and the supernatural.
Hausherr, Rosmarie. CELEBRATING FAMILIES (X306.85) Multi-ethnic
Brief descriptions of traditional and non-traditional families.
Kuklin, Susan . HOW MY FAMILY LIVES IN AMERICA (X305.89) Multi-ethnic
African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic American children describe their families’ cultural traditions.
Latchman, Ofelia Dumas. PEPITA TALKS TWICE (SPA XXF) Latino
Pepita, who speaks Spanish and English decides not to “speak twice” until problems cause her to think about her decision.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. CELEBRATE THE WORLD: TWENTY TELLABLE FOLKTALES FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS (X398.2) Multi-ethnic
Tales from around the world told at story telling festivals.
McKissack, Patricia. MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND African American
To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.
Swamp, Jake. GIVING THANKS: A NATIVE AMERICAN GOOD MORNING MESSAGE (XX299.7) Native American
Mohawk Indian writings and speeches on nature.
Ages 9-12
Bridges, Ruby. THROUGH MY EYES (X921) African American
The author recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Curtis, Christopher P. BUD, NOT BUDDY (XF) African American
Ten-year-old Bud, escapes a bad foster home and sets out to find his father.
Erdrich, Louise. THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE (XF) Native American
In 1847, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter in Lake Superior.
Strom, Yale. QUILTED LANDSCAPE (X305.8) Multi-ethnic
Twenty-six young people of different nationalities describe their experience of leaving their countries and immigrating to the United States.
Terzian, Alexandra. THE KID’S MULTICULTURAL ART BOOK. (X745) Multi-ethnic
Information and instructions on more than 100 craft projects from around the world.
Yep, Laurence. THE RAINBOW PEOPLE. (X398.251) Asian American
Twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by some old timers newly settled in the United States.
April 2005 (ogn)
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