Children's - Diverse Picture Books ISBN: 0060287772 Title: Black is brown is tan by Emily Arnold McCully - Describes in verse the life of brown-skinned momma, white-skinned daddy, their children, and assorted relatives Author: Adoff, Arnold. ISBN: 9780316013727 Title: Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie - Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name... one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name Author: Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author. ISBN: 0811834905 Title: Ruby's wish by Shirin Yim Bridges - In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim. ISBN: 1880000008 Title: Abuela's weave by Omar Castaneda - A young Guatemalan girl and her grandmother grow closer as they weave some special creations and then make a trip to the market in hopes of selling them Author: Castañeda, Omar S., 1954- ISBN: 0395616263 Title: Halmoni and the picnic by Sook Nyul Choi - A Korean American girl's third grade class helps her newly arrived grandmother feel more comfortable with her new life in the United States Author: Choi, Sook Nyul. ISBN: 9780399257742 Title: Last stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things Author: de la Peña, Matt. ISBN: 9780735229860 Title: Islandborn by Junot Díaz - Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland Author: Díaz, Junot, 1968- author. ISBN: 0525447504 Title: Abuela by Arthur Dorros - While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City Author: Dorros, Arthur. ISBN: 9781442017726 Title: How my parents learned to eat by Ina R. Friedman - An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating Author: Friedman, Ina R. ISBN: 0399236023 Title: Peekaboo morning by Rachel Isadora - A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day Author: Isadora, Rachel. ISBN: 0805058648 Title: The colors of us by Karen Katz - Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friends' skin, viewed in terms of foods and things found in nature Author: Katz, Karen. ISBN: 0140501827 Title: The snowy day by Ezra Jack Keats - The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day Author: Keats, Ezra Jack. ISBN: 0670880647 Title: Peter's chair by Ezra Jack Keats - When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away Author: Keats, Ezra Jack. ISBN: 9780811879057 Title: Golden domes and silver lanterns : a Muslim book of colors by Hena Khan - In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam Author: Khan, Hena. ISBN: 9780823437627 Title: No kimchi for me! by Aram Kim - Yoomi hates stinky spicy kimchi—until Grandma makes kimchi pancakes for her! Author: Kim, Aram, author, illustrator. ISBN: 9780763670023 Title: Happy in our skin by Fran Manushkin - Depicts families of different colors and orientations as they play at a park, swim, and celebrate at a block party Author: Manushkin, Fran, author. ISBN: 9780553510249 Title: Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty - Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel Author: McAnulty, Stacy, author. ISBN: 9781580896948 Title: Lola plants a garden by Anna McQuinn - Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow Author: McQuinn, Anna, author. ISBN: 9781580894036 Title: Lola reads to Leo by Anna McQuinn - Lola reads story books to her new baby brother Leo, and even though Mommy and Daddy are busy, they still have time to read to Lola at bedtime Author: McQuinn, Anna. ISBN: 9780763669003 Title: Mango, Abuela, and me by Meg Medina - When Mia's Abuela comes to live with Mia and her family, she helps her learn English while Mia learns Spanish, both with the help of a parrot named Mango Author: Medina, Meg, author. ISBN: 9781442441774 Title: Take me out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon - A little boy's grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan, teach him about baseball and its rich, varying cultural traditions Author: Meshon, Aaron. ISBN: 0152022260 Title: Everywhere babies by Susan Meyers - Describes babies and the things they do from the time they are born until their first birthday Author: Meyers, Susan. ISBN: 0679804013 Title: Tomás and the library lady by Pat Mora - While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library Author: Mora, Pat. Title: Sumi's first day of school ever by Soyung Pak - By the time Sumi finishes her first day of school, she decides that school is not as lonely, scary, or mean as she had thought Author: Pak, Soyung. ISBN: 0618265112 Title: Bee-bim bop! by Linda Sue Park - A child, eager for a favorite meal, helps with the shopping, food preparation, and table setting Author: Park, Linda Sue. ISBN: 9780525579656 Title: All are welcome by Alexandra Penfold - Illustrations and rhyming text follow a group of children through a day in school where they learn from each others traditions Author: Penfold, Alexandra, author. ISBN: 9781479597468 Title: A different pond by Bao Phi - Bao Phi and his father wake up early in the morning to fish for food on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis and Bao's father tells him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam Author: Phi, Bao, 1975- author. ISBN: 0374351147 Title: My name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits - Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country Author: Recorvits, Helen. ISBN: 9781481448840 Title: And Tango makes three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell - At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches Author: Richardson, Justin, 1963- ISBN: 9780823421916 Title: Shades of people by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly - Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside Author: Rotner, Shelley. ISBN: 9781582462202 Title: What can you do with a rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla - A spunky young girl explains the many uses of her mother's red rebozo, a traditional Mexican woven shawl Author: Tafolla, Carmen, 1951- ISBN: 0395570352 Title: Grandfather's journey by Allen Say - The author recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes Author: Say, Allen. ISBN: 0395904951 Title: Tea with milk by Allen Say - After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place Author: Say, Allen. ISBN: 9781416985808 Title: All the world by Liz Garton Scanlon - Following a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning until night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in the world Author: Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton.q ISBN: 9781619631793 Title: I got the rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison - On a trip to the park with her mother, a young girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her and begins to move to the beat, finally beginning an impromptu dance in which other children join her Author: Schofield-Morrison, Connie, author. ISBN: 9780374300036 Title: One family by George Shannon - A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten Author: Shannon, George. ISBN: 9781481469111 Title: Harriet gets carried away by Jessie Sima - While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back home Author: Sima, Jessie, author, illustrator. ISBN: 9781481469098 Title: Not quite narwhal by Jessie Sima - Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why Author: Sima, Jessie, author, illustrator. ISBN: 0399221468 Title: Too many tamales by Gary Soto - Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when, hours later, she realizes the ring is missing Author: Soto, Gary. ISBN: 9781477826355 Title: Twenty yawns by Jane Smiley - Going to bed early after spending a busy day at the beach with her family, Lucy wakes up in the middle of the night to find that her imagination leads her to see things differently in the dark Author: Smiley, Jane, author. ISBN: 9781452102030 Title: Green is a chile pepper : a book of colors by Roseanne Greenfield Thong - A little girl discovers all the bright colors in her Hispanic American neighborhood Author: Thong, Roseanne, author. ISBN: 0811826767 Title: Round is a mooncake : a book of shapes by Roseanne Thong - As a little girl discovers things round, square, and rectangular in her urban neighborhood, she is reminded of her Chinese-American culture Author: Thong, Roseanne. ISBN: 9780763669713 Title: A piece of home by Jeri Watts - A child-friendly story about the trials and triumphs of starting over in a new place while keeping family and traditions close Author: Watts, Jeri Hanel, 1957- author. ISBN: 0786803959 Title: Yoko by Rosemary Wells - When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats—until one of them tries it for himself Author: Wells, Rosemary. ISBN: 9780786803712 Title: Yoko writes her name by Rosemary Wells - Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy Author: Wells, Rosemary. ISBN: 9780688009151 Title: A chair for my mother by Vera B. Williams - A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire Author: Williams, Vera B. ISBN: 0688091733 Title: "More more more" said the baby : 3 love stories by Vera B. Williams - Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother Author: Williams, Vera B. ISBN: 0689805306 Title: Jalapeño bagels by Natasha Wing - For International Day at school, Pablo wants to bring something that reflects the cultures of both his parents Author: Wing, Natasha. ISBN: 9780399246531 Title: The day you begin by Jacqueline Woodson - Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider Author: Woodson, Jacqueline, author. ISBN: 0670738581 Title: Umbrella by Taro Yashima - The excitement of a three-year-old as she finally uses her new umbrella and red boots Author: Yashima, Tarō, 1908-
