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I Love Saturdays y Domingos

szachs — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:17:59 +0000

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Saturdays and Sundays are very special days for the child in this story. On Saturdays, she visits Grandma and Grandpa, who come from a European-American background, and on Sundays–los domingos–she visits Abuelito y Abuelita, who are Mexican-American. While the two sets of grandparents are different in many ways, they also have a great deal in common–in particular, their love for their granddaughter.

While we follow our narrator to the circus and the pier, share stories from her grandparents’ pasts, and celebrate her birthday, the depth and joy of both cultures are conveyed in Spanish and English. This affirmation of both heritages will speak to all children who want to know more about their own families and ethnic backgrounds.

Source: http://almaflorada.com/i-love-saturdays-y-domingos/

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Simon & Schuester

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978-068987409

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Alma Flor Ada

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Elivia Savadier

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Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin

msolomon — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:43:31 +0000

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Abrams Books for Young Readers

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9780810938724

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Duncan Tonatiuh

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Duncan Tonatiuh

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Deep in the Sahara

msolomon — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:14:58 +0000

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Schwartz & Wade Books

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9780375970344

Author:

Kelly Cunnane

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Hoda Hadadi

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Africa

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Mauritania

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Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:07:48 +0000

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Green is a chile pepper, spicy and hot. Green is cilantro inside our pot. In this lively picture book, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, but all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child’s day!

Source: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/green-is-a-chile-pepper.html

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Chronicle Books

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978-145210203

Author:

Roseanne Thong

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John Parra

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When the Shadbush Blooms

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:59:02 +0000

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My grandparents’ grandparents walked beside the same stream where I walk with my brother, and we can see what they saw.

Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in a warm home.

Told by Traditional Sister and Contemporary Sister, each from her own time, this is a book about tradition and about change. Then and now are not so very different when the shadbush blooms.

Source: http://gostorehub.com/store.php?asin=B005MWJSWW

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Tricycle Press

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978-158246192

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Carla Messinger

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David Kanietakeron Fadden

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Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:33:50 +0000

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Magnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and informative picture book celebrates Islam’s beauty and traditions. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, everyday colors are given special meaning as young readers learn about clothing, food, and other important elements of Islamic culture, with a young Muslim girl as a guide. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns is equally at home in a classroom reading circle as it is being read to a child on a parent’s lap.

Source: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/golden-domes-and-silver-lanterns.html

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Chronicle Books

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9780811879057

Author:

Hena Khan

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Mehrdokht Amini

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Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:30:44 +0000

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WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen.

Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but most of all, he loves the ancient art of calligraphy. When bombs begin to fall on his city, Ali turns to his pen, writing sweeping and gliding words to the silent music that drowns out the war all around him. Gorgeously illustrated with collage, pencil and charcoal drawings and, of course, exquisite calligraphy, this timely and yet universal story celebrates art and history but also offers young children a way to understand all they see and hear on the news.

Source: http://us.macmillan.com/silentmusic/jamesrumford

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Roaring Brook Press

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978-159643276

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James Rumford

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James Rumford

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Middle East

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Iraq

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Amal’s Eid

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:26:08 +0000

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Meet Amal. Amal is in the third grade. He loves playing outside, hanging out with his little brother Youssef (sometimes!), and eating Bengali sweets. Today, Amal is celebrating Eid al-Fitr with his family and he wants you to join in the celebration. Learn about Amal’s special family traditions as they celebrate the end of Ramadan.

Source: http://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/childrens-books/pict...

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Mascot Books

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978-163177298

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Amy Maranville

Illustrator:

Joshua Stevens

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Asia and the Pacific

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Bangladesh

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Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:23:05 +0000

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Imagination allows you the freedom to be who you want to be and do what you love to do, even when society dictates otherwise. No one knows this better than Drum Dream Girl. In this picture book bursting with vibrance and rhythm, a girl dreams of playing the drums in 1930s Cuba, when the music-filled island had a taboo against female drummers.

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream.

Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba’s traditional taboo against female drummers, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere.

Source: http://hmhyoungreadersblog.com/kids/picturebookparade-beats-on-with-drum...

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HMH Books for Young Readers

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978-054410229

Author:

Margarita Engle

Illustrator:

Rafael López

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Central America and the Caribbean

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Cuba

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Mali Under the Night Sky: A Lao Story of Home

srlombard — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:05:32 +0000

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Youme tells the true story of artist Mali Jai Dee, whose family was forced by civil war to flee Laos when she was five. Mali’s story reveals the strength of family and culture to carry a child through unthinkable hardship.

Mali Under the Night Sky is the true story of Laotian-American artist Malichansouk Kouanchao, whose family was forced by civil war to flee Laos when she was five. Before the war began, Mali lived an idyllic life in a community where she felt safe and was much loved. She loved to sit in front of her house and ask everyone who passed by, “Where are you going?” She herself went everywhere too—climbing on the flowering trees, catching tiny fish in a rice field, looking for pale bamboo shoots in the dark forest. She loved the time she spent with her family, napping in the hot afternoons, making feasts and coming together on special days to celebrate. But the coming war caused her family to flee to another country and a life that was less than ideal. What did she carry with her? She carried her memories. And they in turn carried her across the world, sharing where she is from and all that she loves with the people she meets.

Youme Landowne is an energetic and joyful painter, book artist and activist who thrives in the context of public art. Youme has lived in and learned from the U.S., Kenya, Japan, Laos, Haiti and Cuba. In all of these places, she has worked with communities and individuals to make art that honors personal and cultural wisdom, creating community murals, illustrating tiny books, and teaching poetry in the schools.

Source: http://www.cincopuntos.com/products_detail.sstg?id=158

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Cinco Puntos Press

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978-193369368

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Youme Landowne

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Youme Landowne

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Mali Under the Night Sky: A Lao Story of Home

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Asia and the Pacific

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Laos

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