Multicultural

Chin-Lee, C. (2008). Amelia toZora: Twenty-six women who changed the world. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

26 amazing women; 26 amazing stories. From Amelia Earhart to Zora Neal Hurston, writer and anthropologist, learn about the hardships and triumphs that inspired each woman to change the world around her. 

Feelings, M. L. (1976). Mojameans one: Swahili counting book. New York, NY: Puffin Pied Piper.

Moja means one not only teaches people how to count to ten in Swahili, but it also is filled with information about East African culture. 

Fox, M. (2006). Whoever you are. Orlando, FL: Voyager Books.

There are children all over the world who may look different, live in different homes and different climates, go to different schools, and speak in different tongues but all children love, smile, laugh, and cry.

Rappaport, D. (2007). Martin'sbig words: The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, NY: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion Paperbacks for Children.

This book tells of Dr. Martin Luther King’s life, from when he was a little boy until his untimely death.  The theme of the book is that Dr. King taught people to fight with their words not with their fists. 

Thong, R. (2014). Round is amooncake: A book of shapes. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.

Through the use of rhyme this book teaches about shapes through the eyes of a Chinese girl.