Children's literature list
BiblioBurro : A TRUE STORY FROM COLUMBIA bY JEANETTE WINTER
Winter, J. (2010). Biblioburro: a true story from columbia. New York, NY: Beach Lane Books.
Luis lives in a village in Columbia. When his home begins to overflow with books, he decides to share them with others by starting a traveling library. Using two donkeys, he is able to carry books to faraway places for children so that many children can read and learn. Based on a true store, we see how one man worked to better the lives of many.
http://www.amazon.com/Biblioburro-Story-Colombia-Jeanette-Winter/dp/1416997784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365528799&sr=1-1&keywords=biblioburro+a+true+story+from+colombia
Luis lives in a village in Columbia. When his home begins to overflow with books, he decides to share them with others by starting a traveling library. Using two donkeys, he is able to carry books to faraway places for children so that many children can read and learn. Based on a true store, we see how one man worked to better the lives of many.
http://www.amazon.com/Biblioburro-Story-Colombia-Jeanette-Winter/dp/1416997784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365528799&sr=1-1&keywords=biblioburro+a+true+story+from+colombia
Brave Girl: Clara AND THE sHIRTWAIST MAKER'S STRIKE OF 1909
BY MICHELLE MARKEL
Markel, M. (2013). Brave girl: clara and the shirtwaist maker's strike of 1909. New York, NY: Balzer & Bray.
Clara Lemlich was the daughter of poor Ukrainian immigrants. After coming to America, she toiled long days sewing in a factory to help support her family. She wanted an education so she went to school at night. She also had to learn English.
She was a determined person who knew what she wanted and worked hard to get it.
This is a true story based on the life of Clara Lemlich. She is credited with initiating the largest strike of working women in America's history.
Clara Lemlich was the daughter of poor Ukrainian immigrants. After coming to America, she toiled long days sewing in a factory to help support her family. She wanted an education so she went to school at night. She also had to learn English.
She was a determined person who knew what she wanted and worked hard to get it.
This is a true story based on the life of Clara Lemlich. She is credited with initiating the largest strike of working women in America's history.
everybody COOKS RICE BY NORAH DOOLEY
Dooley, N. (1992). Everybody eats rice. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books.
Carrie searches her neighborhood looking for her brother because it is time for dinner. As she searches door-to-door, she discovers the ethnic diversity of her neighborhood with neighbors from Vietnam, Barbados, Puerto Rico, India, China, and Haiti. They are all gathered with their families having rice for dinner prepared in unique ethnic dishes. Recipes for the rice dishes are included.
http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Cooks-Rice-Picture-Books/dp/0876145918/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365531553&sr=1-1&keywords=everybody+cooks+rice+by+norah+dooley
Carrie searches her neighborhood looking for her brother because it is time for dinner. As she searches door-to-door, she discovers the ethnic diversity of her neighborhood with neighbors from Vietnam, Barbados, Puerto Rico, India, China, and Haiti. They are all gathered with their families having rice for dinner prepared in unique ethnic dishes. Recipes for the rice dishes are included.
http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Cooks-Rice-Picture-Books/dp/0876145918/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365531553&sr=1-1&keywords=everybody+cooks+rice+by+norah+dooley
mY nAME IS yOON BY HELEN RECORVITS
Recorvitis, H. (2003). My name is yoon. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Yoon is young girl from Korea that struggles to adapt to her new life in the United States. She feels alone as she adjusts to the many changes in a foreign country including learning to write in English and attending a new school.
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Yoon-Keats-Illustrator-Award/dp/0374351147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365531601&sr=1-1&keywords=my+name+is+yoon
Yoon is young girl from Korea that struggles to adapt to her new life in the United States. She feels alone as she adjusts to the many changes in a foreign country including learning to write in English and attending a new school.
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Yoon-Keats-Illustrator-Award/dp/0374351147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365531601&sr=1-1&keywords=my+name+is+yoon
MY FRIEND HAS AUTISM BY AMANDA TOURVILLE
Tourville, A. D. (2010). My friend has autism. Mankato, MN: Picture Window Books.
Nick and Zack are friends. Zack happens to have Austism. it doesn't matter because Nick is happy that Zack is his friend. This is a great book to educate students about Austism with facts given on every few pages.
http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Autism-Friends-With-Disabilities/dp/1404861092/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t
Nick and Zack are friends. Zack happens to have Austism. it doesn't matter because Nick is happy that Zack is his friend. This is a great book to educate students about Austism with facts given on every few pages.
http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Autism-Friends-With-Disabilities/dp/1404861092/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t