A PICNIC IN OCTOBER
Author: Eve Bunting
Origin: New York City
Theme: Immigration
Grades: K-4

A boy finally understands why his grandmother insists that the family come to Liberty Island each year to c...

BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Origin: Multiple Tribes
Theme: Folklore
Grades: 1-6

Ten Native American legends and paintings of sacred places in this beautiful country. A personal favorite!

DAYS OF THE BLACKBIRD
Author: Tomie DePaola
Origin: Italian
Theme: Folklore
Grades: K-3

At the request of a kind duke's daughter, La Colomba, a bird, braves the winter to sing for the seriously i...

ELEANOR
Author: Barbara Cooney
Origin: New York
Theme: Biography
Grades: 1-4

An enjoyable book about one of America's great ladies, Eleanor Roosevelt.

ELLIS ISLAND: DOORWAY TO FREEDOM
Author: Steven Kroll
Origin: New York
Theme: Immigration
Grades: 2-6

A well done history of Ellis Island. The illustrator used pen and ink for the drawings to capture the look ...

GLEAM AND GLOW
Author: Eve Bunting
Origin: Europe/Bosnia-Herzeg
Theme: War, Survival
Grades: 1-4

After his home is destroyed by war, 8 year old Viktor finds hope in the survival of two very special fish.

I HAVE AN OLIVE TREE
Author: Eve Bunting
Origin: Greece
Theme: Heritage
Grades: K-3

After the grandfather's death, Sophia travels to Greece with her mother, to fulfill his last request.

JOURNEY TO ELLIS ISLAND
Author: Carol Bierman
Origin: Russia
Theme: Immigration
Grades: 2-5

A true story of a family courageous journey to a new land. Illustrated with paintings, photographs, postcar...

KATE SHELLEY, BOUND FOR LEGEND
Author: Robert D. San Souci
Origin: USA
Theme: Legend
Grades: K-3

A new edition of the story of the brave Iowa teenager who risked her life to save the survivors of a terrib...

MOLLY BANNAKY
Author: Alice McGill
Origin: England and USA
Theme: Slavery, Biography
Grades: 1-4

A story of Benjamin Banneker's grandmother, who traveled from England to Maryland in the 17th century.

PASSAGE TO FREEDOM: THE SUGIHARA STORY
Author: Ken Mochizuki
Origin: Lithuania
Theme: Biography
Grades: 2-5

A true story of a Japanese consul, Sugihara, to Lithuania who helped save many Jewish refugees from Poland.

PRARIE TOWN
Author: Bonnie Geisert
Origin: Midwest
Theme: Country Life, Prairi
Grades: K-3

Describes a year in the life of a prairie town including the effect of seasons and economics on this agricu...

SHY MAMA'S HALLOWEEN
Author: Anne Broyles
Origin: USA
Theme: Immigration, Holiday
Grades: K-4

When their father gets sick and cannot take them out trick or treating on Halloween in their new country, t...

STREETS OF GOLD
Author: Rosemary Wells
Origin: USA
Theme: Biography, Immigrati
Grades: 2-5

Based on a memoir, the Promised Land, written in the early 20th century by Mary Antin.

TELL THEM WE REMEMBER
Author: Susan D. Bachrach
Origin: Europe
Theme: Holocaust
Grades: 5-12

The story of the Holocaust with images from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Illustrated with f...

THE BOBBIN GIRL
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Origin: Massachusetts
Theme: Labor Rights
Grades: 2-6

A story, based on the memoirs of a Lowell, Massachusetts mill girl of the 1830's tells us how the workers s...

THE JOURNEY
Author: Sarah Stewart
Origin: Midwest
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-6

An Amish girl makes her first visit to the big city of Chicago. The artist depicts the spare, serene Amish ...

THE KEEPING QUILT
Author: Patricia Polacco
Origin: Russia
Theme: Immigration, Family
Grades: K-3

A revised 1998 addition of the classic originally published in 1988.

THE LAST PRINCESS: THE STORY OF PRINCESS KA'IULAN
Author: Fay Stanley
Origin: Hawaii
Theme: Biography
Grades: 2-6

A reissued edition of a touching, bittersweet story of Princess Ka'iulani and tells us a nations's history ...

THE RAG COAT
Author: Lauren Mills
Origin: Appalachian Region
Theme: Self Reliance
Grades: 2-4

Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her u...

THE THREE GOLDEN ORANGES
Author: Alma Flor Ada
Origin: Spain
Theme: Folklore
Grades: K-3

A retelling of the traditional story of Blanca Flor, A mythical young woman from the Hispanic culture.

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WHO PAINTED THE SKY
Author: Teri Sloat
Origin: Spain
Theme: Art, History
Grades: K-3

In this song based on "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of...

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Author: Woody Guthrie
Origin: USA
Theme: Folk Song
Grades: K-3

This famous folk song is brought to life through detailed paintings. Includes musical notation.

TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE
Author: Eve Bunting
Origin: USA
Theme: History
Grades: 2-5

The first picture book story to be based on the actual orphan trains that went westward from the 1850's to ...

WHEN LIGHTING COMES IN A JAR
Author: Patricia Polacco
Origin: Michigan
Theme: Family Reunion, Gran
Grades: K-3

A young girl describes the family reunion at her grandmother's house, from the food and baseball and photos...