A BAND OF ANGELS
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Origin: USA
Theme: Perseverance, History
Grades: 1-4

An eloquent story about the most important black singing groups of the last century, the Jubilee Singers.

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.

A MAN CALLED RAVEN
Author: Richard Van Camp
Origin: Canada
Theme: Folklore
Grades: 1-4

A strange raven man teaches two boys the meaning of respect for nature.

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...

A PORTRAIT OF SPOTTED DEER'S GRANDFATHER
Author: Amy Littlesugar
Origin: The West
Theme: Biography
Grades: 1-4

This story is based on the life of George Catlin, who captured on canvas the great Indian tribes of the Ame...

AANI AND THE TREE HUGGERS
Author: Jeannine Atkins
Origin: India
Theme: Conservation
Grades: 2-5

Based on true events in India in the 1970's, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their for...

ABUELA'S WEAVE
EL TAP?Z DE LA ABUELA
Author: Omar S. Castaneda
Origin: Guatemala
Theme: Grandmother, Growing up
Grades: K-3

A young Guatemalan girl and her grandmother grow closer as they weave some special creations and then make ...

ABUELITA FULL OF LIFE/ABUELITA LLENA DE VIDA
Author: Amy Costales
Origin: Mexican American
Theme: Family, Grandmothers, Change
Grades: K-3

When José's grandmother comes to live with his family, there are many changes that happen to his life. Jos...

ALEJANDRO'S GIFT
Author: Richard E. Albert
Origin: Southwest
Theme: Respect: Desert
Grades: K-3

An uplifting story with a powerful environmental lesson that will prompt children and adults to look at the...

ALFREDITO FLIES HOME
ALFREDITO REGRESA VOLANDO A SU CASA
Author: Jorge Arqueta
Origin: El Salvador; America
Theme: Family, Belonging
Grades: K-3

This story celebrates the experience of so many people who have left their countries of birth to find a new...

ALWAYS WITH YOU
Author: Ruth Vander Zee
Origin: Vietnam
Theme: Challenges, Survival
Grades: 2-4

Kim was orphaned at age 4 when her small village was bombed. She was rescued by American soldiers and take...

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...

AMADI'S SNOWMAN
Author: Katia Novet Saint-Lot
Origin: Africa; Nigeria
Theme: Discoveries, Learning
Grades: 1-3

As a young Igbo boy, Amadi does not understand why his mother wants him to learn to read since he already k...

AMAZING GRACE
LA ASOMBROSA GRACIELA
Author: Mary Hoffman
Origin: African-American
Theme: Self Esteem
Grades: K-3

Why can't Peter Pan be played by an African-American girl? Grace's persistence and self-confidence wins over!

AMÉRICA IS HER NAME
LA LLAMAN AMÉRICA
Author: Luis J. Rodríguez
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Immigration, Literacy
Grades: 2-5

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

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.

ANGELS RIDE BIKES AND OTHER FALL POEMS/LOS ÁNGELES ANDAN EN BICICLETA Y OTROS POEMAS DE OTOÑO
Author: Francisco X. Alarcón
Origin: Los Angeles
Theme: Poetry, Family
Grades: 1-4

A bilingual collection of poems which celebrates the author's childhood memories of fall in Los Angeles.

ANIMAL POEMS OF THE IGUAZÚ/ANIMALARIO DEL IGUAZÚ
Author: Francisco X. Alarcón
Origin: Argentina; Brazil
Theme: Animals, Ecosystems, Poetry
Grades: K-3

A charming collection of poems about the animals, insects etc, that call the Iguazú home. Many of the anim...

ARMANDO AND THE BLUE TARP SCHOOL
Author: Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Jos
Origin: Mexico
Theme: School, Dreams
Grades: 2-5

Based on a true story about David Lynch, a teacher, who founded a school in Tijuana, Mexico along side of a...

ART FROM HER HEART--FOLK ARTIST CLEMENTINE HUNTER
Author: Kathy Whitehead
Origin: African-American
Theme: Dreams, Challenges, Art
Grades: 2-4

This is the remarkable story of Clementine Hunter who worked and lived on a plantation in Louisiana. Cleme...

AT THE CROSSROADS
Author: Rachel Isadora
Origin: South Africa
Theme: Segregation, Family
Grades: K-3

South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away a long time working in the m...

AUNTEE EDNA
Author: Ethel Footman Smoothers
Origin: USA
Theme: Family Haritage
Grades: K-4

A young girl is unhappy having to spend the day with her old-fashioned aunt. She soon discovers her aunt is...

BAKERY LADY, THE/LA SEÑORA DE LA PANADERÍA
Author: Pat Mora
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Cooking, Family
Grades: K-3

A family story that includes information about Mexican traditions and celebrations while appealing to many ...

BAND OF ANGELS, A
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Origin: USA
Theme: Perseverance, History
Grades: 1-4

An eloquent story about the most important black singing groups of the last century, the Jubilee Singers.

BAREFOOT: ESCAPE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Author: Pamela Duncan Edwards
Origin: The South
Theme: Slavery
Grades: K-3

A group of animals help a runaway slave escape his pursuers.

BASEBALL SAVED US
EL BÉISBOL NOS SALVÓ
Author: Ken Mochizuki
Origin: Japanese-American
Theme: War
Grades: 2-5

A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment ...

BE WATER MY FRIEND: THE EARLY YEARS OF BRUCE LEE
Author: Ken Mochizuki
Origin: China; United States
Theme: Martial Arts, Actors
Grades: 1-3

A biography of Bruce Lee focusing on his early years in Hong Kong and his developing interest and success i...

BEARS MAKE ROCK SOUP AND OTHER STORIES
Author: Lisa Erdrich
Origin: Ojibway and Oneida
Theme: Storytelling
Grades: 2-5

This book was made by two storytellers, one artist and one writer. Through their pictures and words, they b...

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...

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...