Multi-Cultural

King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan

Although confined to a wheelchair, Malik, a Pakistani boy, captures the most kites, including those of the bully next door, during the annual spring kite-flying festival of Basant and becomes "King" of the festival for the day.

Sports in different Places by Robin Johnson

 Sports are played all around the world, in many different forms. Readers will discover that some countries have their own national sports, while many others are played locally, while there are other sports, such as soccer / football, that are played in...

Art in different Places by Robin Johnson

Through vibrant photographs and accessible text, this inviting title looks at the rich diversity of art forms in different places around the world. From decorative art forms such as basketweaving to painting, sculpture, and other visual arts, readers...

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by alex Kotlowitz

This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.

Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration of Children Around the World by Katherine Saunders

Highlights the lives of children from over thirty countries around the world, explaining how their experiences are different, and yet the same, all over the globe.

Mama Panya's Panckaes: A Village Tale from Kenya by Richard Chamberlin

Mama Panya has just enough money to buy ingredients for a few pancakes, so when her son Adika invites all their friends to join them, she is sure there will not be enough to go around. With facts about Kenya and Kiswahili.

The Barefoot Book of Children by Tessa Strickland

Innovative and inclusive, The Barefoot Book of Children empowers young readers to learn about children around the globe and ponder their own place in it. Created with the guidance of diversity specialists, this groundbreaking work of narrative...

The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend by David Bouchard

Frightened into sleeplessness by the noisy celebration of the Chinese New Year, a young girl takes comfort in her grandmother's soothing story of a dragon, a mother's sorrow, and Buddha.

One Little Two Little Three Little Children by Kelly S Dipucchio

A rhyming celebration of the diversity and universality of children and their families