Martha Jones 5th Grade- Multicultural Book Report

Below you will find a list of the selection of multicultural books we have at the library. If you have any questions, post them on the blog or come into the library!

Multicultural Books

Alvarez How Tia Lola Came to Stay (Dominican Republic)

Avi Beyond the Western Sea (Ireland)

Bosse Tusk and Stone (India)

Bradby Some Friend (African-American)

Budhos Ask Me No Questions (Bangladesh)

Cameron Colibri (Guatemala)

Carmi Samir and Yonatan (Israel)

Carvell Sweetgrass Basket (Native American)

Chen Peiling and the Chicken Fried Christmas (Taiwan)

Cheng The Lace Dowry (Hungary)

Cheng Honeysuckle House (China)

Choi Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Korea)

Choi Echoes of the White Giraffe (Korea)

Clinton A Stone in My Hand (Gaza Strip)

Cofer Call Me Maria (Puerto Rico)

Cowley Hunter (New Zealand)

D’Adamo Iqbal (Pakistan)

Dhami Bollywood Babes (India)

Dhami Bhangra Babes (India)

Doherty The Girl Who Saw Lions (Tanzania)

Ellis The Breadwinner series (Afghanistan)

Filipovic Zlata’s Diary (Sarajevo)

Flake The Skin I’m in (African-American)

Fletcher Shadow Spinner (Iran)

Fletcher Alphabet of Dreams (Iran)

Forrester Dust from Old Bones (African-American)

Forrester Sound the Jubilee (African-American)

George Julie of the Wolves (Eskimo)

Giff Nory Ryan’s Song (Ireland)

Glatshtein Emil and Karl (Austria/Holocaust)

Hansen The Heart Calls Home (African-American)

Hamilton numerous titles (African-American)

Hausman The Jacob Ladder (Jamaica)

Herrera Downtown Boy (Mexico)

Hesse Letters from Rifka (Russia)

Ho Rice without Rain (Thailand)

Hossack Green Mango Magic (Hawaii)

Hurst Torchlight (Ireland)

Jimenez The Circuit (Mexico)

Jimenez Breaking Through (Mexico)

Johnson Bird (African-American)

Johnston Any Small Goodness (Mexico)

Kimmel Sword of the Samurai (Japan)

Levine Dave at Night (African-American)

Levitin Journey to America (Germany/Holocaust)

Ly Home is East (Cambodia)

McCaughrean The Kite Rider (China)

Mah Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society (China)

Matas Daniel’s Story (Germany/Holocaust)

Mead Girl of Kosovo (Albania)

Monjo Porcelain Pagoda (China)

Morpurgo Kensuke’s Kingdom (Japan)

Mwangi The Mzungu Boy (Kenya)

Namioka numerous titles (China)

Naidoo Web of Lies (Nigeria)

Naidoo No Turning Back (South Africa)

Napoli The King of Mulberry Street (Italy)

O’Dell My Name is Not Angelica (Senegal)

Orlev Run, Boy, Run (Poland/Holocaust)

Orlev The Man from the Other Side (Poland/Holocaust)

Park numerous titles (Korea)

Parkinson Kathleen, The Celtic Knot (Ireland)

Pearsall Trouble Don’t Last (African-American)

Pearsall Crooked River (Native American)

Ryan Esperanza Rising (Mexico)

Ryan Becoming Naomi Leon (Mexico)

Sachs Call Me Ruth (Russia)

Salisbury Eyes of the Emperor (Japan)

Salisbury Under the Blood Red Sun (Japan)

Schanzer Escaping to America (Poland)

Skrypuch Aram’s Choice (Turkey)

Tate The Secret of Gumbo Grove (African-American)

Taylor numerous titles (African-American)

Uchida A Jar of Dreams (Japan)

Uchida The Invisible Thread (Japan)

Watkins So Far from the Bamboo Grove (Japan)

Whelan Goodbye Vietnam (Vietnam)

Whelan Homeless Bird (India)

Whelan The Turning (Soviet Union)

Wood Daughter of Madrugada (Mexico)

Woodruff The Orphan of Ellis Island (Italy)

Woodson numerous titles (African-American)

Wyss Bear Dancer, The Story of a Ute Girl (Native American)

Yee Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World (China)