100 Best Multiculturalism Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

5.0

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children tr

Recommended by Richard Branson, Chris Sacca, Howard Schultz, and 4 others.

Richard Branson

Founder/Virgin Group

Today is World Book Day, a wonderful opportunity to address this #ChallengeRichard sent in by Mike Gonzalez of New Jersey: Make a list of your top 65 books to read in a lifetime. [source]

Chris Sacca

Proud that @crystale and I could help fund the making of a film about one of our heroes, Bryan Stevenson. If you’ve read the book, then you know how powerful this film is. #JustMercy https://t.co/vNfXK4Imwr [source]

Howard Schultz

CEO/Starbucks

Perhaps one of the most powerful and important stories of our time. [source]

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Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.8

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER [[ LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD [[ Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States" (The New York Observer)

"This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of

Recommended by Barack Obama, Jack Dorsey, Doug McMillon, and 5 others.

Barack Obama

Former USA President

The president also released a list of his summer favorites back in 2015: All That Is, James Salter The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr [source]

Jack Dorsey

Co-Founder/Twitter

Q: What are the books that had a major influence on you? Or simply the ones you like the most. : Tao te Ching, score takes care of itself, between the world and me, the four agreements, the old man and the sea...I love reading! [source]

Doug McMillon

CEO/Walmart

Here are some of my favorite reads from 2017. Lots of friends and colleagues send me book suggestions and it's impossible to squeeze them all in. I continue to be super curious about how digital and tech are enabling people to transform our lives but I try to read a good mix of books that apply to a variety of areas and stretch my thinking more broadly. [source]

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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini and Simon & Schuster Audi

4.5

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacri

Recommended by James Altucher, Ann Miura-Ko, Magda Marcu, and 1 others.

James Altucher

Founder/StockPickr

Excellent novel. [source]

Ann Miura-Ko

Ann Miura-Ko recommended this book on the podcast "The Tim Ferriss Show". [source]

Magda Marcu

I’m currently reading “The Kite Runner”. I never have expectations from books, I let them surprise me as I get into the story. Learning about characteristics of different cultures, in this case the Afghan one, it’s one aspect I am interested in. [source]

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

4.5

Preview Summary

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation, with a foreword from Jaqueline Woodson.
Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully writt

Recommended by Rand Fishkin.

Rand Fishkin

Empathy is at the core of my beliefs, and this is one of the best books I’ve ever read that fosters empathetic thinking. It’s also a great reminder of how hard it is to accomplish anything when your life circumstances and surroundings negatively contribute to progress and a great reminder to stay humble. [source]

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Beloved

Toni Morrison

4.4

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby.

Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Her new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, wh

Recommended by Bianca Belair, Esi Edugyan, and Farah Jasmine Griffin.

Bianca Belair

@ylc130 I went to the library when I was in the 3rd grade and read Beloved... I remember being so confused and my Mama having to explain it to me... I later read it as an adult and it hit me completely different. GREAT BOOK! [source]

Esi Edugyan

I was shocked by the blunt force of its subject matter and its exquisitely torqued prose. It remains one of my most adored novels. [source]

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Beloved was Morrison’s fifth novel. It’s a gripping story, inspired by a famous abolitionist case, the true story of a woman who runs away from slavery with her children, but when the slave catchers catch up with her, she kills one of her own and tries to kill the others, rather than returning them to slavery. [source]

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I Love My Hair!

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E.B. Lewis

4.4

No matter how gently Mama pulls as she combs Keyana's hair, it still hurts. Keyana doesn't feel lucky to have such a head of hair, but Mama tells her she is because she can wear it any way she chooses.

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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

4.4

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.

Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thu

Recommended by Bianca Belair.

Bianca Belair

For #BlackHistoryMonth I will be sharing some of my favorite books by Black Authors 7th Book: The Hate U Give By: Angie Thomas @angiecthomas The movie was really great, but it just hits different when you read the book! https://t.co/rxMH5Uu6JN [source]

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier

4.4

The Barnes & Noble Review
Acclaimed author Doreen Rappaport and Coretta Scott King Award winner Bryan Collier, who previously collaborated on Freedom River, have pooled their talents yet again in a stunning tribute to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. An extraordinary picture-book biography, Martin's Big Words consists of Rappaport's own words interwoven with quotes from Dr. King...a

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The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)

Ezra Jack Keats

4.3

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal!

No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.

The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

"Keats's sparse collag

Recommended by Don Cheadle and Piper Perabo.

Don Cheadle

love love love this book!! https://t.co/KfdkUohHp1 [source]

Piper Perabo

@nypl @young_lions @EJKeats I love this book!!! [source]

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Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.3

Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented li

Recommended by Barack Obama, Angelica Ross, and Julia Enthoven.

Barack Obama

Former USA President

As 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing my year-end lists. It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved. It also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors – some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before. Here’s my best of 2018 list. [source]

Angelica Ross

@WarnerMediaGrp @tressiemcphd @Lupita_Nyongo @DanaiGurira LOVE THIS BOOK! Can’t wait for this!!!! [source]

Julia Enthoven

For non-business, I’ve loved so many different books that it’s hard to pick a favorite. Recently, I’ve enjoyed The Art of Fielding and Americanah, and I love classics like A Farewell to Arms and Lord of the Flies. [source]

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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

Marjane Satrapi

4.3

A New York Times Notable Book
A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year”
A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller

Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthro

Recommended by Pooneh Ghoddoosi.

Pooneh Ghoddoosi

I read the book and it was great, but more people saw the film because it was nominated for an Academy Award. And after seeing the movie, so many people I knew came up to me and told me that they thought it was exactly the story of my life. And not just me, but most of my Iranian friends had the same feeling of “Oh God, that could have been me, I could have written that book – it could have been the story of my life and my family, and that’s exactly how I felt in high school.” [source]

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Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books)

Alicia Ortego

4.3

A 2022 Mom's Choice Award winner.Teach your children the power of Kindness, one of the most important skills a child can learn.Are you one of 90 percent of parents, saying that their top priorities for their kids is to be caring? This makes sense: Kindness and concern for others are held as moral virtues in nearly every society and every major religion.The best social-emotional learning (SEL) book

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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson

4.3

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up

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Our Class is a Family

Shannon Olsen and Sandie Sonke

4.3

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A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School (The Classroom Community Collection)

Shannon Olsen

4.3

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I Am A Leader A 90- Day Leadership Jouranl For Kids

Peter J. Liang

4.3

I AM A LEADER journal began in 2017 when Leadership4kids.com founder, Peter J. Liang, began exploring various after-school programs for his kids, Benjamin and Audrey. There were certainly many options available for academics, sports, arts, and music, but he couldn't find anything focused on leadership skills such as focus, confidence, mindfulness, and grit.

Given Peter's own experience with leaders

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Amazing Grace

Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch

4.2

Grace loves stories, whether they're from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. When her school decides to perform Peter Pan, Grace longs to play the lead, but her classmates point out that Peter was a boy. Besides, he wasn't black.

With the support of her family, Grace learns that she can be anything she wants to be, and the results are amazing!

Remarkable watercolor illustrations give

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We're Different, We're the Same

Bobbi Kates and Joe Mathieu

4.2

Who better than Sesame Street to teach us that we may all look different on the outside--but it's important to remember that deep down, we are all very much alike. We all have the same needs, desires, and feelings. Elmo and his Sesame Street friends help teach toddlers and the adults in their lives that everyone is the same on the inside, and it's our differences that make this wonderful world, wh

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Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

4.2

Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection unerringly charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. "A writer of uncommon sensitivity and restraint...Ms. Lahiri expertly captures the out-of-context lives of immigrants, expatriates, and first-generation Americans" (Wall Street Journal). In stories that tra

Recommended by Jane Kamensky and Leah Lizarondo.

Jane Kamensky

Lahirihas a great knack for showing both the closeness and the distance of peoples and cities. They seem so close together at the same time, they’re incredibly far apart. [source]

Leah Lizarondo

Given free time to do anything I would read fiction. This book took me out of a long dry spell because it is a collection of short stories that I could read while in the bath. Each story is written so beautifully, I still remember putting the book down from time to time, just to close my eyes and absorb what I just read. [source]

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The Journey

Francesca Sanna

4.2

With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.

From the author: The Journey is actually a story about many journeys, and it began with the story of two g

Recommended by Beverley Naidoo.

Beverley Naidoo

A book about kindness, hope and resilience in the face of the turmoil of war. [source]

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A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School (The Classroom Community Collection)

Shannon Olsen

4.2

From the author and illustrator of Our Class is a Family, this touching picture book expresses a teacher’s sentiments and well wishes on the last day of school. Serving as a follow up to the letter in A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School, it’s a read aloud for teachers to bid a special farewell to their students at the end of the school year.Through a letter written from the teac

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Anne Fadiman

4.2

Lia Lee was born in 1982 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, over-medication, and culture clash: "What the doctors viewed as clinical efficiency the Hmong viewed as frosty arrogance." The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensio

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Son, You Are A King

Tená V. Baker

4.2

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Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

4.2

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touchi

Recommended by Barack Obama.

Barack Obama

Former USA President

In November 2014, Obama took a trip to D.C. independent bookstore Politics and Prose to honor small businesses and add to his personal library. Accompanied by daughters Malia and Sasha, POTUS picked up novels from the Redwall fantasy series by Brian Jacques, as well as some from the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park. He also added this title to his heavy bags. [source]

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Abuela

Arthur Dorros

4.2

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.

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The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

4.2

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.

Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing fo

Recommended by Craig Miller.

Craig Miller

For those asking, I actually read two books in February. "The House on Mango Street" is one of the most interestingly written books I've ever digested--a beautiful work. And I loved the Shatner book because I love Shatner. #newyearsresolutionstillgoingstrong https://t.co/4TVPbjJAEJ [source]

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White Teeth

Zadie Smith

4.2

At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing

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Kindness Starts with You - At School

Jacquelyn Stagg

4.2

Kindness is the single most powerful thing that we can teach our children.

Follow Maddy through her day at school, where your child will learn how easy it can be to spread kindness!

From taking turns on the swing to including everyone in the game - this storybook shows that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted!

A lightbulb lesson of kindness is found on each page!

Included in the bo

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The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

4.2

Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies established this young writer as one the most brilliant of her generation. Her stories are one of the very few debut works -- and only a handful of collections -- to have won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Among the many other awards and honors it received were the New Yorker Debut of the Year award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the highest critical praise

Recommended by Agnivo Niyogi ( ).

Agnivo Niyogi ( )

Jhumpa Lahiri. The name itself evokes nostalgia. Her book ‘The Namesake’ was among the first ones I bought from College Street after shifting to #Kolkata. She is synonymous with Presidency (College) for me. The Bengali in me will forever be in love with your works. Happy Birthday [source]

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Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson

4.2

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and the world around the

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Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger: Social Emotional Book for Kids about Diversity and Kindness (Children’s Book for Boys and Girls) (World of Kids Emotions)

Elizabeth Cole

4.2

"Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger" has been selected by the California Teachers Association (CTA) as a California Reads 2024-2025 Recommended Book!If you want to teach your child to accept himself and others as they are, then this picture book about diversity will be your best assistant. It will help your little ones to respect all the differences that make us unique.In this kids’ book, our little

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Whoever You Are

Mem Fox and Leslie Staub

4.2

Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different. But inside, they are all alike. Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our earth, across cultures and generations. At a time when, unfortunately, the lessons of tolerance st

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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson

4.2

I SET THE NORTH STAR IN THE HEAVENS AND I MEAN FOR YOU TO BE FREE....

Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman hears these words from God one summer night and decides to leave her husband and family behind and escape. Taking with her only her faith, she must creep through the woods with hounds at her feet, sleep for days in a potato hole, and trust people who could have easily turned her in.

But she was n

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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

Beverly Daniel Tatum

4.2

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identiti

Recommended by Denise Morris Kipnis.

Denise Morris Kipnis

I was serving on the board of a prestigious and exclusive school when I first read this. As part of the school’s commitment to inclusion, every group, including the board, went through diversity training. Our consultant, Glenn Singleton of Pacific Education Group, never let us forget why we were there: that improving outcomes for all our students was a business imperative. As a result of this experience, I blended organizational development and diversity and inclusion for my graduate thesis, and this is still the bedrock of my consulting practice. [source]

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B Is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings

Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd

4.2

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The Day You Begin

Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López

4.1

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.

There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or wher

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Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself!

Ciara L Hill

4.1

Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself!

Shiloh and Dande the Lion is an imaginative story that explores diversity, tolerance, and empowerment through the fantastic dream of a young boy. Shiloh, whose name means peace, is bullied at a new school for the color of his skin. After talking to his mom about it, Shiloh discovers a dandelion in his backyard. He makes a wish, goes to

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The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

4.1

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies.

Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter

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What Can I Say: The Words Every Kid Actually Needs (Life Lessons For Kids)

Claire Monroe

4.1

Imagine handing your child a book where they actually learn what words to use in different situations.36 fully illustrated social skills — each one covering a real situation kids face every single day, with age-appropriate scripts that work for ages 6 through 12.Designed for ages 6–12. Loved by kids who want the right words, parents who are tired of watching their child freeze up, and anyone who h

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The Secret Playbook of Life Lessons for Kids Aged 6-10: 50 Fun Stories to Build Emotional Intelligence, Self Confidence and Social Skills

Claire Monroe

4.1

[2026 Edition] Imagine Your Child Growing into a Confident, Kind, and Resilient Person in just 15 minutes per day — No More "I Can't," "I'm Scared," or "Nobody Likes Me!Suitable format to support early readers and parent-child read-alongs.No More Self-Doubt: Your Child Will Develop Real Confidence That Comes From Within.Engaging Stories They'll Actually Want To Read: 50 Relatable Tales Trusted By

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Kim Michele Richardson

4.1

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller!

In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her fa

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The Other Side

Jacqueline Woodson, E. B. Lewis

4.1

Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.

With the addition of a brand-new author's note, this special edition celebrates the tenth anniversary of this classic book. As always, Woodso

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Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

4.1

It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:

He has his own suitcase full of special things.

He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.

His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Her

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The Sandwich Swap

Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio, Tricia Tusa

4.1

Lily and Salma are best friends. They like doing all the same things, and they always eat lunch together. Lily eats peanut butter and Salma eats hummus--but what's that between friends? It turns out, a lot. Before they know it, a food fight breaks out. Can Lily and Salma put aside their differences? Or will a sandwich come between them?

The smallest things can pull us apart — until we learn that fr

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I Love You More Than All

Kealy Connor Lonning

4.1

How much do you love your child? It is difficult for most parents to describe, and it might be immeasurable.
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ALL is a gorgeous, heartwarming book, that shows the unconditional, boundless love that parents have for their child. This heartfelt celebration, told from a mother's view, shows her little girl, surrounded by affection from her family.
Love is the greatest gift that we c

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It's Okay to Be Different

Todd Parr

4.1

It's okay to be a different color. It's okay to dance by yourself. It's okay to wear glasses. It's okay to have a pet worm.... It's okay to be different!

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A Positive Affirmations Storybook - I Am a Powerful Black Girl: True Stories, Journal Prompts & Poems to Inspire Unstoppable Confidence and Deep Self-Love (Positive Kids Books)

Serena James

4.1

Award-Winning Book That Builds Confidence in Black Girls — In Just 5 Minutes a DayTeacher-Approved & Winner of the Royal Dragonfly Award — a powerful storybook that builds self-love, celebrates Black Girl Magic, and becomes a gift she’ll carry with her for life.Includes 3 Bonus Activities She’ll Actually LoveImagine your daughter waking up every day knowing she’s powerful and unstoppable.Speaking

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Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhhà Lai

4.1

For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of

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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Glory Edim

4.1

An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature.

Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging can stick with readers the rest of their lives--but it doesn't come around as frequently f

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Linda Williams (undifferentiated)

4.1

“A splendiferous Halloween story.” — The Horn Book

“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard...clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap.

And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had

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Brown Boy

Daphnie Glenn

4.1

Malik Wilson, a brilliant brown boy, is starting the 3rd grade in a new school! Before he heads off to school, his mother gives him truths about being a brown boy in today's society. Cities and neighborhoods where little brown boys and girls reside, have unfortunately been the home to violence and senseless tragedies. From the Mike Browns, Trayvon Martins, and Tamir Rices, this book allows readers

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Something Beautiful

Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Chris K. Soentpiet

4.1

A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful things. Miss Delphine serves her a "beautiful" fried fish sandwich at her diner. At Mr. Lee's "be

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Mr. Lincoln's Way

Patricia Polacco

4.1

Mr. Lincoln is the coolest principal ever! He knows how to do everything, from jumping rope to leading nature walks. Everyone loves him . . . except for Eugene Esterhause. "Mean Gene" hates everyone who's different. He's a bully, a bad student, and he calls people awful, racist names. But Mr. Lincoln knows that Eugene isn't really bad-he's just repeating things he's heard at home. Can the principa

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Twenty-first Century Dynamics of Multiculturalism: Beyond Post-racial America

Martin Guevara Urbina

4.1

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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

Ronald Takaki

4.1

The "brilliant revisionist history of America" (Publishers Weekly) that dramatically retells our nation's story from the perspective of minorities.
Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the n

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My Nana and Me

Irene Smalls

4.1

A joyful story celebrating the love between a granddaughter and her grandmother.

This delightful picture books follows a young girl and her grandmother through a day of tea parties, dancing, hide and seek, pat-a-cake, bath time, story time, and bedtime. At the end of the story the little girl discovers why she is so extra special. Irene Smalls' rhythmic, upbeat text and Cathy Ann Johnson's lush ar

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The Darkest Child

Delores Phillips

4.1

Bakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve

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The Bridge of Hope

Monika Martha Wojciechowski

4.1

How would you feel if the Scary Troll under the bridge wasn’t really scary at all?In The Bridge of Hope, we find out that the Troll isn’t mean after all—he’s a playful and gentle giant navigating friendship and acceptance in a world where he looks different.The Scary Troll was called cruel and ugly by fearful strangers, but in this reimagining, he is kind and reflective. You’ll find out that the T

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One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)

Rita Williams-Garcia

4.1

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

In a humorous and brea

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Dolly's Kindness Journey: An Interactive Tale of Empathy and Friendship (Choose to Lead: Adventures in Kindness, Courage, and Confidence.)

Melissa Eastin

4.1

Award-Winning Interactive Adventure That Helps Kids Build Kindness, Friendship, and Good ChoicesPerfect for children learning how to share, make friends, and treat others with kindness.In this fun, interactive story, kids help decide what Dolly should do next — and discover how small choices can make a big difference.In Dolly’s Kindness Journey, children don’t just read — they take the lead.Writte

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Big Red Lollipop

Rukhsana Khan, Sophie Blackall

4.1

Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can't convince Ami that you just don't bring your younger sister to your friend's party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win every game, but after the party she steals Rubina's prized party favor, a red lollipop. What's a fed-up b

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

4.1

Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ—the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for gen

Recommended by Timothy Ferriss and Kushanava Choudhury.

Timothy Ferriss

Author & Entrepreneur

Raised in a culture where men are powerful, sexual, and dominant, the Klingon-speaking, D&D-playing chubby boy thinks he’ll never find true love or physical affection. Oscar struggles as a young immigrant from the Dominican Republic living with his older sister and mother in Paterson, New Jersey. A fun read with lots of geek culture, great history, and oh, it also won the Pulitzer Prize. [source]

Kushanava Choudhury

Oscar Wao is very real to me. When I read Wao, I think, there but for the grace of God go I. [source]

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The Colors of Us

Karen Katz

4.1

A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective.

Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.

Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrat

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Paciencia: Escuchar, Esperar y Pensar: Un cuento en español para niños que enseña a tener paciencia. Para preescolar, primeros grados... ¡y como ... dormir! (Vamos hipopótamos) (Spanish Edition)

Maria Posa

4.1

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No Hitting Please: A Social Story to Stop Toddlers and Kids from Hitting (Picture Books for Kids)

Marcus Rowntree, Uliana Barabash

4.1

It's a normal phase for toddlers to hit when they're frustrated. Getting them out of it requires helping them understand their feelings and teaching them other ways to express themselves and self-regulate. You don't need to tell them off, but you don't need to accept hitting either. No Hitting Please calmly and kindly establishes boundaries and gives support in a way a small child can actually fol

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The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla

4.1

How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport?

Or be told that, as an actress, the part you’re most fitted to play is ‘wife of a terrorist’? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated and used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be abou

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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale

Verna Aardema

4.1

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.”

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I'm a Supervegan: A Confidence-Building Children's Book for Our Littlest Vegans

Katie Clark and Sonnaz

4.1

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Same, Same But Different

Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

4.1

Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar. Same, same. But different!

Through an inviting point-of-view and colorful, vivid illustrations, this story shows how two boys living oceans apart can b

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Bee-Bim Bop!

Linda Sue Park and Ho Baek Lee

4.1

Bee-bim bop (the name translates as “mix-mix rice”) is a traditional Korean dish of rice topped, and then mixed, with meat and vegetables. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and finally sitting down with her family to enjoy a favorite meal. The energy and enthusiasm of the young narrator are co

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The Muslims

Zanib Mian (author)

4.1

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Our School is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection)

Shannon Olsen

4.1

This picture book for building school community is a follow-up to the bestselling Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen and Sandie Sonke.Students have a classroom community with their teacher and peers, but they also have an extended family to support them. Specifically, all of the helpers who are a big piece of the heart of a school:Administrators, school librarians, counselors, speech pathologi

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Goggles!

Ezra Jack Keats

4.1

Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats?s award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter?s Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin.?A well-loved character, a familiar childhood situation, and an urban setting are the components of this winning picture book, one of

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The 10-Year-Old Girl’s Guide to Being UNSTOPPABLE: 12 Empowering Stories and Reflection Activities to Build Confidence, Courage, and Resilience

Emery Ellison

4.0

Does your daughter have what it takes to be truly UNSTOPPABLE, even when doubt, fear, and comparison try to hold her back? Inside, she’ll discover 12 inspiring stories, meaningful reflection activities, and beautiful full-color watercolor illustrations that bring every lesson to life.At age 10, something powerful begins to shift.She is not quite a little kid anymore, but not yet a teenager.She is

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Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

4.0

Eight stories—longer and more emotionally complex than any Lahiri has yet written—that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers.

From the internationally best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories—longer and more emotion

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American Born Chinese

Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien

4.0

All Jin Wang wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenly finds that he's the only Chinese American student at his school. Jocks and bullies pick on him constantly, and he has hardly any friends. Then, to make matters worse, he falls in love with an all-American girl...

Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King is one of the oldest

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And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

4.0

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More

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Folk Tales from Asia for Children Everywhere (Folk Tales: Asian Copublication Programme, #2)

Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO

4.0

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Strive to Be Happy!: Awaken the Sleeper Within to Create a Happier Life

Frank Losik

4.0

A step-by-step guide designed to help the serious traveler on the journey of life to identify his or her life goals, to create a plan for achieving them, and to begin putting those plans into effect. It is written in plain, every-day language, and is broken down into bite-sized, easy to digest chapters that provide essential background information, as well as easy-to-understand strategies to help

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Show Way

Jacqueline Woodson, Hudson Talbott

4.0

Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on

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Annie's Plaid Shirt

Stacy B. Davids

4.0

Annie loves her plaid shirt and wears it everywhere. But one day her mom tells Annie that she must wear a dress to her uncle's wedding. Annie protests, but her mom insists and buys her a fancy new dress anyway. Annie is miserable. She feels weird in dresses. Why can't her mom understand?

Then Annie has an idea. But will her mom agree?

Annie's Plaid Shirt will inspire readers to be themselves and wil

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Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory

Bhikhu Parekh

4.0

Bhikhu Parekh argues for a pluralist perspective on cultural diversity. Writing from both within the liberal tradition and outside of it as a critic, he challenges what he calls the "moral monism" of much of traditional moral philosophy, including contemporary liberalism--its tendency to assert that only one way of life or set of values is worthwhile and to dismiss the rest as misguided or false.

Recommended by Tariq Modood.

Tariq Modood

Bhikhu Parekh is really the leading British theorist of multiculturalism and he combines extensive public service with political philosophy. For instance, he was the acting chair of the Commission for Racial Equality in the early 1990s and at the end of the 1990s he chaired the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. He published a string of essays on multiculturalism in the 80s and 90s. Then he produced this book which came out in the year 2000 and is a very substantial statement of multiculturalism. Unlike Will Kymlicka, he wants to go beyond liberalism; he wants to argue that we should include groups, and not just because ultimately individual freedom is so important, and that somehow groups contribute to individual freedom. He thinks that both people and groups are important, so he is talking about people whose fulfilment lies in membership of a certain group. He says we shouldn’t have to find reasons for including groups based on what one might call liberal or individualist arguments. [source]

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Jake the Growling Dog

Samantha Shannon, Parker Sinclair, et al.

4.0

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Baseball Saved Us

Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee

4.0

Shorty and his family, along with thousands of Japanese Americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighting the heat and dust of the desert, Shorty and his father decide to build a baseball diamond and form a league in order to boost the spirits of the internees. Shorty quickly learns that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect as well.

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Very Last First Time

Jan Andrews, Ian Wallace

4.0

Eva, an Inuit girl, lives along Ungava Bay in northern Canada. In the winter, her people search for mussels along the bottom of the seabed. Although Eva has often joined her mother on these searches, today is the very first day she's climbing down through the ice hole by herself. "A unique experience for young listeners and an intriguing introduction to another culture".--"Bulletin of the Center f

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My Hair is a Garden

Cozbi A. Cabrera

4.0

After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more. On her way home from school, she seeks the guidance of her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie. Using the beautiful garden in her backyard as a metaphor, Miss Tillie shows Mackenzie that maintaining healthy hair is not a chore nor is it something to fear. But most importantly, Mackenzie learns th

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)

Mildred D. Taylor

4.0

Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw st

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De Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children

Jose-Luis Orozco and Elisa Kleven

4.0

Bursting with color and spirit, this collection of Latin-American songs is a tribute to Latino culture. From traditional tunes to rhymes and hand games, De Colores has songs for all occasions and moods. Each song is accompanied by simple musical arrangements, with lyrics in both English and Spanish. Slightly abridged from the original edition, this is ideal for classroom use, multicultural studies

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The Legend of Sleeping Bear

Kathy-Jo Wargin, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen

4.0

It is believed that the Ojibwe Indians of Michigan were the first to tell the story of Sleeping Bear and her cubs, a story which has since become known as 'The Legend of Sleeping Bear.' Artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in Holland, and author Kathy-jo Wargin bring this enchanting and popular tale to life. the richness of their work underscores the beauty of t

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Girl in Translation

Jean Kwok

4.0

When young Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to America, they speak no English and own nothing but debt. They arrive in New York hopeful for a better life, but find instead a squalid Brooklyn apartment and backbreaking labor in a Chinatown sweatshop. Unable to accept this as her future, Kim decides to use her "talent for school" to earn a place for herself and her mother in the

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Chicano Jr's Mexican Adventure

Raúl Jiménez and Felipe Vasconcelos

4.0

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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson

4.0

You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major P

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My Name Is Not Refugee

Kate Milner

4.0

A young boy discusses the journey he is about to make with his mother. They will leave their town, she explains, and it will be sad but also a little bit exciting. They will have to say goodbye to friends and loved ones, and that will be difficult. They will have to walk and walk and walk, and although they will see many new and interesting things, it will be difficult at times too. A powerful and

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Managing Multiculturalism: Indigeneity and the Struggle for Rights in Colombia

Jean E. Jackson

4.0

Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short of extraordinary. In Managing Multiculturalism, Jean E. Jackson examines the evolution of the Colombian indigenous movement over the course of her forty-plus years of res

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Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life

Bryan R Johnson

4.0

Life at Flint Hill Elementary School may seem normal, but seven friends find themselves on a path to crack the code for an epic life. Whether they're chasing their dreams on stage, searching for an elusive monster fish, or running a makeshift business out of a tree house, can these heroes find a way to work together to change their community?

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The Stories Julian Tells

Ann Cameron

4.0

Julian is a quick fibber and a wishful thinker. And he is great at telling stories. He can make people—especially his younger brother, Huey—believe just about anything. Like the story about the cats that come in the mail. Or the fig leaves that make you grow tall if you eat them off the tree. But some stories can lead to a heap of trouble, and that's exactly where Julian and Huey end up!

This book

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A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki

4.0

In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century. A diary is Nao’s only solace—and will touch lives in a ways she can scarcely imagine.

Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a r

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Multiculturalism on Campus: Theory, Models, and Practices for Understanding Diversity and Creating Inclusion

Michael J. Cuyjet, Chris Linder, et al.

4.0

The first edition of this book constituted a comprehensive resource for students of higher education, faculty, higher education administrators and student affairs leaders engaging with multiculturalism and diverse populations on college campuses. It was one of the first texts to gather in a single volume the related theories, assessment methods, and environmental and application issues pertinent t

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This Jazz Man

Karen Ehrhardt and R.G. Roth

4.0

In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine."

Easy on the ear and the eye,