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The Keeping Quilt
by Patricia Polacco (Simon &
Schuster, 1988) A homemade quilt
ties together the lives of four generations
of an immigrant Jewish
family, remaining a symbol of their
enduring love and faith. |
Halmoni's Day
by Edna Coe Bercaw (Dial, 2000)
Jennifer is worried that her grandmother,
visiting from Korea, will embarrass her on her
school's Grandparents' Day, but the event brings
her understanding and acceptance. |
Konnichiwa! I Am a
Japanese-American Girl
by Tricia Brown and Kazuyoshi
Arai (Henry Holt, 1995) Young
Lauren Kamiya descibes her life in
San Francisco in the midst of an
extended family and their traditions. |
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| How My Family Lives in America |
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I Love Saturdays y Domingos
by Alma Flor Ada (Atheneum,
2002) A young girl enjoys spending
time with her both her English-speaking
and her Spanish-speaking grandparents. |
Cuadros de Familia/Family Pictures
by Carmen Lomas Garza (Children's
Book Press, 1990) The author describes,
in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas. |
Celebrating Ramadan
by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (Holiday
House, 2001) This photo-essay presents
information about Islam and the special
month of Ramadan, as well as the family
life of an American fourth grader, Ibraheem. |
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| Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong |
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Home at Last
by Susan Middleton Elya (Lee
& Low Books, 2002) When she and
her family move from Mexico to the
United States, eight-year-old Ana helps
her mother adjust to the new situation
by encouraging her to learn English. |
Grandfather's Journey
by Allen Say (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)
This Caldecott-Medal winner shares the
compelling tale of the author's grandfather,
who immigrated to the United States from
Japan and then experienced split loyalties
for the two nations. |
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie
Robinson
by Betty Bao Lord (Harper, 1984)
In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers play a
crucial role in a Chinese girl's adjustment
to the United States. |
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Black Is Brown Is Tan
by Arnold Adoff (Amistad Press,
2002) This is a story poem about
family members delighting in each
other and in the good things of the earth. |
Celebrating Families
by Rosemarie Hausherr (Scholastic,
1997) This book presents brief descriptions
of many different kinds of families, both
traditional and non-traditional. |
Tea with Milk
by Allen Say (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
Raised in the U.S., Masako struggles with
life when her parents decide to move back
to Japan where Masako feels alone and out
of place. |
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| Me and Uncle Romie |
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The Art Box
by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House,
1998) Gibbons shows the tools,
supplies, and organization of an art
box and explains such information as primary and secondary colors. |
The Collector of Moments
by Quint Buchholz, translated by Peter
F. Neumeyer (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999)
When Max, an artist, departs for a long journey,
the boy who is his friend and neighbor visits his apartment and discovers an exhibition of pictures
created just for him. |
Back Home
by Gloria Jean Pinkney (Dial, 1992)
Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit
relatives on the North Carolina farm where
she was born. |
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