A SCHOOL LIKE MINE
Author: Written and Edited by Penny Smith and Za
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: School, Culture, Diversity
Grades: PreK-6

This is another book that should be in every elementary classroom. Children and schools are highlighted fr...

ALL THE COLORS OF THE EARTH
Author: Sheila Hamanaka
Origin: The World
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-2

Sheila Hamanaka celebrates the dazzling diversity of children laughing, loving and glowing with life.

AND TO THINK THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D EVER BE FR
Author: Mary Ann Hoberman
Origin: The World
Theme: Tolerance
Grades: K-3

This cumulative picture book is a true celebration of friendship and peace. Rhyming text.

APLAUSO! HISPANIC CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Author: Edited by Joe Rosenberg
Origin: Hispanic-American
Theme: Drama
Grades: 4-12

A collection of plays for children and young adults written in Spanish and English by Hispanic American aut...

BEIN' WITH YOU THIS WAY
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Origin: USA
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-6

With the irresistible beat of a playground rap, the author's exuberant verse invites readers of all ages to...

BOOK FIESTA! CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S DAY/BOOK DAY/ CELEBREMOS EL DIA DE LOS NINOS/EL DIA DE LOS LIBROS
Author: Pat Mora
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Celebrations, Literacy
Grades: PreK-1

A wonderful celebration of the joys of reading with a letter from the author and suggestions for celebratin...

CAPTAIN CHEECH
CAPITáN CHEECH
Author: Cheech Marin
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Challenges
Grades: 1-3

The Cheecharrones, the kids who ride on Cheech's school bus, are challenged to a boat race. Ever try turni...

CELEBRATIONS OF LIGHT
Author: Nancy Luenn
Origin: Multiple Countries
Theme: Celebrations
Grades: K-3

12 festivals show the diverse ways in which people around the world use light as a major part of their cele...

CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIA TO ZIMBABWE: A PHOTGRAPHIC JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Author: Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Diversity
Grades: K-6

This book should be a reference in every elementary classromm in the United States.

CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME/NINOS COMO YO
Author: Barnabas & Anabel kindersley
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Diversity
Grades: 1-6

A unique celebration of children around the world. UNICEF receives a royalty for every book sold. Spanish v...

CHILDREN OF THE USA
Author: Maya Ajmera, Yvonne Wakim Dennis etal.
Origin: United States
Theme: Culture, Identity, Diversity
Grades: K-6

Every state is respresented by a city and the diverse population of children living there. A wonderful boo...

COMING TO AMERICA
Author: Betsy Maestro
Origin: USA
Theme: Immigration
Grades: K-4

A charmingly illustrated introduction to the moving story of immigration to the United States.

EVERYBODY COOKS RICE
Author: Norah Dooley
Origin: Multi-cultural
Theme: Culture
Grades: P-3

A child is sent to find a younger brother at dinnertime and is introduced to a variety of cultures through ...

GRAND MOTHERS
Author: Edited by Nikki Giovanni
Origin: USA
Theme: Family, Ancestors, H
Grades: 9-12

Such women as Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Elizabeth King, Gloria Naylor and Kyoko Mori celebrate the unique role...

GRANNY WENT TO MARKET
ABUELITA FUE AL MERCADO: UN LIBRO EN RIMA PARA CONTAR POR EL MUNDO
Author: Stella Blackstone-adapted in Spanish by
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Discoveries
Grades: Pre-K-1

Granny travels around the world buying things in quantities that illustrate counting from one to ten.

HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
Author: Sophie Fatas & Fred Penner
Origin: United States
Theme: Multicultural
Grades: PreK-2

This book includes a CD of the ten verses of the the popular song, with illustrations of children from diff...

I AM AMERICA AND AMERICA IS ME
Author: Charles Smith Jr.
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Diversity, Similarities-Differences
Grades: PreK-3

Brilliant full-color photographs depict vivacious children of different ethnic and racial backgrounds as th...

JOIN HANDS--THE WAYS WE CELEBRATE LIFE
Author: Pat Mora
Origin: United States
Theme: Celebrations
Grades: PreK-2

The author weaves the repeating lines of a pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, into a joyful tribute to commu...

MARKET!
Author: Ted Lewin
Origin: International
Theme: Food
Grades: 1-5

Simple text and illustrations show us special characteristics of different types of markets throughout the ...

MR. LINCOLN'S WAY
Author: Patricia Polacco
Origin: USA
Theme: Prejudice
Grades: 1-4

Mr. Lincoln, the coolest principal in the whole wide world, helps turn around the school bully and overcome...

SPIRIT THAT MOVES US, VOL. 1
Author: Laura R. Petovello
Origin: International
Theme: Education, Cultural
Grades: K-4

A literature-based resource guide teaching about diversity, prejudice, human rights and Holocaust. (316 pages)

SPIRIT THAT MOVES US, VOL. 2
Author: Rachel Quenk
Origin: International
Theme: Education, Cultural
Grades: 5-8

A literature-based resource guide teaching about human rights and Holocaust. (224 pages)

TALKING WALLS
Author: Margy Burns Knight
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Social Studies
Grades: 4-6

An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, from the Great Wall of China t...

TALKING WALLS: THE STORIES CONTINUE
Author: Margy Burns Knight
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Social Studies
Grades: 4-6

The sequel to the award winning Talking Walls. It shows us 17 more wall murals and paintings to share histo...

TAN TO TAMARIND-POEMS ABOUT THE COLOR BROWN
Author: Malathi MIchelle Iyengar
Origin: Multicultural
Theme: Colors, Identity, Poetry
Grades: K-5

Here are beautiful poems about every color of brown imaginable. The author says "We are Brown. We are beau...

TELL ALL THE CHILDREN OUR STORY
Author: Tonya Bolden
Origin: USA
Theme: History, Race Relati
Grades: 3-6

Memories and mementos of being young and black in America. The author wanted to create a book to tell the ...

THE SEASON SEWN
Author: Ann W. Paul
Origin: USA
Theme: Heritage, Seasons
Grades: 3-5

Patchwork tells us our past during the 19th century. It shows pioneers, Native-American and African-America...

THE TREE IS OLDER THAN YOU ARE
Author: Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
Origin: Mexico
Theme: Culture, Art, Poetry
Grades: REF

A bilingual gathering of poems and stories from Mexico with paintings by Mexican artists. Indexes of titles...

THE VIGIL OF THE LITTLE ANGELS, DAY OF THE DEAD IN
Author: Mary J. Andrade
Origin: Michoacan
Theme: Celebrations, Cultur
Grades: 4-12

The Vigil of the Little Angels takes place early on the morning of November first on the island of Janitzio...

THROUGH MY EYES
Author: Ruby Bridges
Origin: New Orleans
Theme: School Integration
Grades: All

Ruby Bridges tells the story of the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960. Articles and intervie...