Tag Archives: Diversity

Yoko Writes Her Name

Author and Illustrator: Rosemary Wells Publisher and Year: Hyperion Books for Children, 2008 Number of pages: 22 Genre: Fantasy The main character of this book, Yoko, is a Japanese-American cat, and she encounters a lot of racial prejudice from some … Continue reading

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Maya’s Blanket/ La Manta de Maya

Author: Monica Brown Illustrator: David Diaz Publisher and Year: Children’s Book Press, 2015 Number of pages: 32 Tags: K-1, 2-3, Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Family, Amy Sanchez Analysis: This book is bilingual (English-Spanish). Maya’s grandma stitched her a special blanket, or … Continue reading

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Apple Pie 4th of July

  Author: Janet S. Wong Illustrator: Margaret Chodos-Irvine Publisher and Year: HMH for Young Readers, 2006 Number of pages: 40 Tags: K-1, 2-3, 4-5 Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Family, Amy Sanchez Analysis: This book is about a young Chinese-American girl. Her … Continue reading

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This Land Is Your Land

Author/Lyricist: Woody Guthrie Illustrator: Kathy Jakobsen Publisher and Year: Little, Brown and Company, 1998 Number of pages: 32 Genre: Poetry This picture book is about the song “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie.  In the story, the narrator … Continue reading

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Families, Families, Families!

Author: Suzanne Lang and Max Lang Illustrator: N/A Publisher and Year: Random House Books, 2015 Number of pages: 32 Tags: K-1, 2-3, Fiction, Diversity, Family, Amy Sanchez, Award Book Analysis: This book explores what different families could look like. The … Continue reading

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The Princess and the Warrior

Author: Duncan Tonatiuh Illustrator: N/A Publisher and Year: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016 Number of pages: 40 Tags: K-1, 2-3, 4-5 Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Family, Amy Sanchez Analysis: The Princess and the Warrior is about the origin of the … Continue reading

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I Hate English

  Author: Ellen Levine Illustrator: Steve Bjorkman Publisher and Year: Scholastic Inc., 1989 Number of pages: 32 Tags: 2-3, 4-5 Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Amy Sanchez Analysis: This book is about a young girl named Mei Mei who just moved to … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk About Race

Author: Julius Lester Illustrator: Karen Barbour Publisher and Year: Amistad Pres, 2005 Number of pages: 32 Tags: 4-5, Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Amy Sanchez Analysis: This book explores the idea that we are all the same under our skin. The author … Continue reading

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Author and Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh Publisher and Year: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Biography This story is about desegregation in 1940s California, anti-Latinx racism, and how one one girl’s family decided to never give … Continue reading

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The Colors of Us

Author: Karen Katz Illustrator: Karen Katz Publisher and year: Square Fish, 2002 Number of pages: 32 pages Genre: Picture Book The book The Colors of Us tells the story of how seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in … Continue reading

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