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Multicultural Literature For Children
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Picture Books that
focus on cultures from around the world (updated 10/10)
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| Aardema, Verna |
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi
Tale (Kenya) |
| Alakiji, Polly |
Catch That Goat! (Nigeria) |
| Armstrong, Jennifer |
Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat (China) |
| Atkins, Jeannine |
Aani and the Tree Huggers (India) |
| Braun, Lutz |
Faster than the Bull! (Spain) |
| Bunting, Eve |
I Have an Olive Tree (Greece) |
| Chamberlin, Mary |
Mama Panya's Pancakes (Kenya) |
| Ichikawa, Satomi |
My Father's Shop (Morocco) |
| Javaherbin, Mina |
Goal! (South Africa) |
| Krishnaswami, Uma |
Monsoon (India) |
| Leiner, Katherine |
Mama Does the Mambo (Cuba) |
| Lester, Alison |
Are We There, Yet? A Journey Around Australia
(Australia) |
| Lester, Julius |
Shining (Africa) |
| Little, Mimi Otey |
Yoshiko and the Foreigner (Japan) |
| Milway, Katie Smith |
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (Ghana) |
| Mortenson, Greg |
Listen to teh Wind (Pakistan) |
| Nye, Naomi Shihab |
Sitti's Secrets (Israel) |
| Olaleye, Isaac |
Bitter Bananas (Nigeria) |
| Park, Frances |
Where on Earth is my Bagel? (Korea) |
| Pirotta, Saviour |
Turtle Bay (Japan) |
| Port, Barbara Ann |
Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants (China) |
| Raczek, Linda Theresa |
Rainy's Powwow (Native American) |
| Reibstein, Mark |
Wabi Sabi (Japan) |
| Rumford, James |
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad (Iraq) |
| Say, Allen |
Grandfather's Journey (Japan) |
| Scott, Ann Herbert |
On Mother's Lap (Inuit) |
| Smith, Jeremy |
Lily's Garden of India (India) |
| Ward, Leila |
I Am Eyes - Ni Macho (Kenya) |
| Williams, Karen Lynn |
Four Feet, Two Sandals (Pakistan) |
| Young, Ed |
My Mei Mei (China) |
Novels that focus
on cultures from around the world
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| Brooke, William J |
A Brush with Magic (China) |
| Buchac, Joseph |
Eagle Song (Native American) |
| Coldsmith, Don |
Winter Camp (Native American) |
| Danticat, Edwidge |
Behind the Mountains (Haiti) |
| Divakaurin, Chitra Banerjee |
The Conch Bearer (India) |
| Gregory, Kristiana |
Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile
(Egypt) |
| Honey, Elizabeth |
Fiddleback (Australia) |
| Jacobs, Shannon K. |
Song of the Giraffe (Africa) |
| Kadohata, Cynthia |
Weedflower (Japan) |
| Kadohata, Cynthia |
Kira-Kira (Japan & US) |
| Kendall, Sarita |
Ransom for a River Dolphin (Columbia) |
| Lester, Alison |
Snow Pony (Australia) |
| Levine, Anna |
Running on Eggs (Israel) |
| Liu, Lesley |
Bird Boy (China) |
| Mead, Alice |
Crossing the Starlight Bridge (Native
American) |
| Meyer, Carolyn |
Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess (Russia) |
| Mikaelson, Ben |
Countdown (US & Kenya) |
| Mwangi, Meja |
The Mzungu Boy (Africa) |
| Naidoo, Beverly |
The Other Side of the Truth (Nigeria) |
| Smith, Cynthia Leitich |
Indian Shoes (Native American) |
| Park, Linda Sue |
A Single Shard (Korea) |
| Smith, Roland |
Thunder Cave (Africa) |
| Talbot, Hudson |
Amazon Diary: Property of Alex Winters
(Venezuela) |
| Taylor, Theodore |
Ice Drift (Inuit) |
| Trevor, William |
Juliet's Story (Ireland) |
| Whelan, Gloria |
Homeless Bird (India) |
| Wilkenson, Carole |
Dragon Keeper (China) |
| Yumoto, Kazumi |
The Friends (Japan) |
Authors who write
multicultural literature for children and young adults:
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| Arnold Adoff |
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| James Lincoln Collier |
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| Christopher Paul Curtis |
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| Nikki Grimes |
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| Virginia Hamilton |
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| Julius Lester |
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| Pat McKissack |
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| Walter Dean Myers |
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| Naomi Shihab Nye |
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