A BOY CALLED SLOW
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Origin: Lakota
Theme: Biography
Grades: 1-5

A true story about the childhood of the greatest Lakota hero, Sitting Bull.

AM?RICA IS HER NAME
Author: Luis J. Rodriguez
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Immigration, Literac
Grades: 2-5

Am?rica Soliz, a Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, finds hope in writing poetry. It helps her survive the poverty...

BEATRICE'S GOAT
Author: Page McBrier
Origin: Uganda
Theme: Survival
Grades: K-3

A young girl's dream of attending school in her small village is fulfilled after her family is given an inc...

ELIZABETI'S SCHOOL
Author: Staphanie Stuve-Bodeen
Origin: Tanzania
Theme: School, Family
Grades: K-3

Elizabeti enjoys her first day of school and she is happy to share what she learned with her family. We get...

FIRST DAY IN GRAPES
PRIMER DIA EN LAS UVAS
Author: L. King Perez
Origin: California
Theme: Self Confidence
Grades: K-3

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he ...

GETTING' THROUGH THURSDAY
Author: Melrose Cooper
Origin: USA
Theme: Family, Literacy
Grades: K-3

Things are tight on Thursdays, the day before mother's payday. But, the family all comes together for a spe...

LANGSTON HUGHES, AMERICAN POET
Author: Alice Walker
Origin: USA
Theme: Biography
Grades: 2-6

A beautifully illustrated biography of the famous Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of ...

MANDELA
Author: Floyd Cooper
Origin: South Africa
Theme: Biography
Grades: 2-6

A picture book biography of Nelson Mandela, the great statesman who has fought apartheid in South Africa.

MARIANTHE'S STORY: PAINTED WORDS AND SPOKEN MEMORI
Author: Aliki
Origin: Greece
Theme: Immigration
Grades: K-4

Two separate stories in one book. The first tells of Mari's starting school in a new land, and the second d...

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.

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
Author: Marie Bradby
Origin: USA
Theme: Biography, Literacy
Grades: K-3

A biography of Booker T. Washington when he was nine. More than anything else he wanted to learn to read.

MY NAME IS MAR?A ISABEL
Author: Alma Flor Ada
Origin: Puerto Rico
Theme: Self-Identity
Grades: 4-8

Third grader Mar?a Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the US., wants badly to fit in at school; ...

OFF TO SCHOOL
Author: Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Origin: USA
Theme: Farming, School
Grades: 2-4

The youngest child in a sharecropper's family longs to go to school, but during harvest season Papa insists...

PEPITA TALKS TWICE/PEPITA HABLE DOS VECES
Author: Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Origin: USA
Theme: Communication, Solvi
Grades: K-3

The benefits and joys of bilingualism are charmingly presented in this colorfully illustrated picture book ...

READ FOR ME MAMA
Author: Vashanti Rahaman
Origin: USA
Theme: Literacy, Family
Grades: 1-4

A young boy who loves to read helps his mother on the road to literacy.

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.

THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES
Author: Robert Coles
Origin: Louisiana
Theme: School Integration,
Grades: K-6

Six year old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of segregationists when she becomes the first African...

THE UNBREAKABLE CODE
Author: Sara Hoagland Hunter
Origin: USA
Theme: History
Grades: 2-5

Portrays the quiet pride of a Navajo code talker as he explains to his grandson how the Navajo language, fa...

THE UPSIDE DOWN BOY/ EL NIÑO DE CABEZA
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Literacy, ELD
Grades: K-5

A wonderful book that captures the universal experience of children entering a new school for the first tim...

THE WORRY STONE
Author: Marianna Dengler
Origin: Chumash
Theme: Folklore
Grades: K-3

A tale that pays homage to the first people of California's Ojai valley, the Chumash Indians. Beautiful wat...

TOM?S AND THE LIBRARY LADY
Author: Pat Mora
Origin: Mexican -American
Theme: Literacy, Migrant Wo
Grades: K-3

This wonderful book is inspired by the real life story of Tom?s Rivera. Who became Chancellor of UC Riversi...