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Youth Multicultural Books

Experience brand new cultures with one of these titles.

Picture Books:

J PIC Ana
Farolitos for Abuelo | by Rudolfo Anaya (unpaged)
Mexican Americans

J PIC Cal
Tonio's Cat | by Mary Calhoun (unpaged, Lexile 470)
Mexican Americans

J PIC Car
Mama and Papa Have a Store | by Amelia Lau Carling (unpaged, Lexile 810)
Guatemalan/Multi-ethnic

J PIC Cow
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey | by Joy Cowley (unpaged, Lexile 470)
Puerto Rican Americans

J PIC Doo
Everybody Bakes Bread | by Norah Dooley (unpaged, Lexile AD670)
Multi-ethnic

J PIC Doo
Everybody Cooks Rice | by Norah Dooley (31 p., Lexile AD690)
Multi-ethnic

J PIC Dor
Abuela | by Arthur Dorros (40 p., Lexile 510
Hispanic Americans

J PIC Dor
Isla | by Arthur Dorros (unpaged, Lexile AD410)
Hispanic Americans

J PIC Gar
The Lotus Seed | by Sherry Garland (unpaged, Lexile AD880)
Vietnamese Americans

J BOCD Fic Hoffman, M.
Amazing Grace [audio book] | by Mary Hoffman (15 min., Lexile 680)
African Americans

J PIC Hop
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers | by Deborah Hopkinson (unpaged, Lexile 590)
African Americans

J PIC Joo
Ghost Wings | by Barbara Joosse (unpaged, Lexile AD390)
Mexican Americans

J PIC Lei
An Ellis Island Christmas | by Maxinne Leighton (31 p., Lexile 430)
Polish Americans

J PIC Lev
Abuelito Eats with His Fingers | by Janice Levy (unpaged)
Mexican Americans

J PIC Loo
Henry's First-Moon Birthday | by Lenore Look (unpaged, Lexile AD520)
Chinese Americans

J PIC McK
Mirandy and Brother Wind | by Patricia McKissack (32 p., Lexile 690)
African Americans

J PIC Med
Daisy and the Doll | by Michael Medearis (unpaged, Lexile 450)
African Americans

J PIC Pell
Families are Different | by Nina Pellegrini (32 p., Lexile 540)
Korean Americans

J PIC Pol
The Butterfly | by Patricia Polacco (unpaged, Lexile 430)
Jews-France-World War II

J PIC Pol
The Keeping Quilt | by Patricia Polacco (32 p., Lexile 920)
Russian Americans

J PIC Ray
Shaker Boy | by Mary Lyn Ray (unpaged)
Shakers

J PIC Rei
Tortillas and Lullabies, Tortillas y Cancioncitas | by Lynn Reiser (40 p.)
Bilingual-Spanish and English

J PIC Rin
Tar Beach | by Faith Ringgold (32 p., Lexile 790)
African Americans

J PIC Ros
Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice | by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova (unpaged, Lexile 900)
Hispanic Americans

J PIC Say
Grandfather's Journey | by Allen Say (32 p., Lexile AD650)
Japanese Americans (Caldecott winner)

J PIC Wat
The Butterfly Seeds | by Mary Watson (unpaged)
Immigrants

J PIC Wil
Working Cotton | by Sherley Anne Williams (unpaged, Lexile AD600)
African Americans

J PIC Wil
"More More More" Said the Baby: Three Love Stories | by Vera B. Williams (32 p.)
Multi-ethnic

Ages 10-12 Years:

J FIC Crew, L.
Children of the River | by Linda Crew (213 p., Lexile 700)
Cambodian Americans

J FIC Curtis, C.
Bud, Not Buddy | by Christopher Paul Curtis (245 p., Lexile 950)
African Americans (Newbery winner)

J FIC Giff, P.
Nory Ryan's Song | by Patricia Reilly Giff (148 p., Lexile 600)
Irish

J 305.8953073 Knight, M.
Who Belongs Here?: An American Story | by Margy Knight (32 p., Lexile AD900)
Multi-ethnic

J FIC Lipsyte, R.
The Brave | by Robert Lipsyte (195 p., Lexile 650)
African Americans, Native Americans

J FIC Lord, B.
In the Year of the Board and Jackie Robinson | by Bette Lord (169 p., Lexile 730)
Asian Americans

J FIC O'Dell, S.
Black Star, Bright Dawn | by Scott O'Dell (134 p., Lexile 670)
Native Americans

J Paterson, K.
Park's Quest | by Katherine Paterson (148 p., Lexile 710)
Vietnamese Americans

J 305.8009 Str
Quilted Landscape: Conversations with Young Immigrants | by Yale Strom (80 p.)
Multi-ethnic

J FIC Taylor, M.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | by Mildred Taylor (276 p., Lexile 920)
African Americans (Newbery winner)

J FIC Yep, L.
Angelfish | by Laurence Yep (216 p., Lexile 570)
Asian Americans

J FIC Yep, L.
Dragonwings | by Laurence Yep (248 p., Lexile 870)
Asian Americans

Young Adults:

YA Fic Na, A.
A Step from Heaven | by Anna Na (156 p., Lexile 670)
Asian Americans

YA FIC Velasquez, G.
Ankiza | by Gloria Velasquez (144 p.)
African Americans

YA FIC Yamanaka, L.
Name Me Nobody | by Lois-Ann Yamanaka (229 p.)
Hawaiian

Poetry and Folktales:

J 398.2 Bre
Stories from the Caribbean | by Petronella Breinburg (48 p., Lexile 570)
Caribbean

J 811.54
Honey, I Love, and Other Poems | by Eloise Greenfield (48 p., Lexile NP)
African Americans

J FIC Hamilton, V.
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales | by Virginia Hamilton (112 p., Lexile 880)
African Americans

J 808.810083
My Song is Beautiful: Poems and Pictures in Many Voices | by Mary Ann Hoberman (32 p.)
Multi-ethnic

J 398.2 Cel
Celtic Fairy Tales | by Neil Philip (137 p.)
Celtic

J 811.008 In
In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | by Javaka Steptoe (unpaged, Lexile NP)
African Americans