During 2009 – 2010, I examined many children’s as potential resources related to teaching Human Relations in a Multicultural Society.
For activities in class:
Milford, S. (1992). Hands Around the World: 365 Creative Ways to Encourage Cultural Awareness and Global Respect. Charlotte, VT: Williamson Publishing.
These books may be useful to teaching human relations, multicultural education, and anti-bias education. My personal favorites are:
DeRolf, S. (1997). The Crayon Box That Talked. New York, NY: Random House.
Seuss, Dr. (1961). The Sneetches, and Other Stories. New York, NY: Random House.
Smith, D. J. (2002). If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People. Toronto, ONT: Kids Can Press.
Spier, P. (1980). People. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
For these favorites, I have found videos on youtube.com to show in classes at MSU. Click here for a list of the Children’s Books that I viewed this year.
Multi-cultural and Anti-Bias Children’s Books (4 to 12 years)
June, 2010
Adoff, A. (1973). Black Is Brown Is Tan. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
Aliki. (1998). Painted Words; Spoken Memories. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
Alvarez, J. (2001). How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay. New York, NY: Knopf.
Bridges, S. Y. (2002). Ruby’s Wish. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Brown, B. S. (1998). Oliver’s High Five. Santa Fe, NM: Health Press.
Bunting, E. (1998). So Far from the Sea. New York, NY: Clarion Books.
Caseley, J. (1991). Harry and Willy and Carrothead. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
Cisneros, S. (1994). Hairs = Pelitos. New York, NY: Knopf.
Cohen, B. (1998). Molly’s Pilgrim. New York, NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books.
Coleman, E. (1996). White Socks Only. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.
de Paola, T. (1979). Oliver Button Is a Sissy. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Dengler, M. (1996). The Worry Stone. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing.
DeRolf, S. (1997). The Crayon Box That Talked. New York, NY: Random House.
DiSalvo-Ryan, D. (1991). Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen. New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books.
Dooley, N. (1996). Everybody Bakes Bread. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books.
Gehret, J. (1996). The Don’t Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences. Fairport, NY: Verbal Images Press.
Gellman, E. (1992). Jeremy’s Dreidal. Rockville, MD: Kar-Ben Copies.
Ghazi, S. H. (1996). Ramadan. New York, NY: Holiday House.
Hoffman, M. (1991). Amazing Grace. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Kates, B. J. (1992). We’re Different, We’re the Same: Featuring Jim Henson’s Sesame Street Muppets. New York, NY: Random House.
Katz, K. (1999). The Colors of Us. New York, NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston.
Kindersley, B., & Kindersley, A. (1995). Children Just Like Me. New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley.
Kissinger, K. (1994). All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
Knight, M. B. (1993). Who Belongs Here? An American Story. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House.
Lears, L. (1998). Ian’s Walk: A Story about Autism. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman.
Lee, J. M. (1991). Silent Lotus. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
MacMillan, D. M. (1994). Tet: Vietnamese New Year. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers.
MacMillan, D. M. (1997). Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers.
Miller, W. (1997). Richard Wright and the Library Card. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books.
Millman, I. (1998). Moses Goes to a Concert. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Mochizuki, K. (1993). Baseball Saved Us. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books.
Moorman, M. (1994). Light the Lights! A Story About Celebrating Hanukkah & Christmas. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Morris, A. (1993). Bread, Bread, Bread. New York, NY: Mulberry Books.
Norman, H. (1997). The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese, and Other Tales of the Far North. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace.
Older, E. (2000). My Two Grandmothers. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
Olsen, M. (1998). Native American Sign Language. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates.
Oughton, J. (1992). How the Stars Fell Into the Sky: A Navajo Legend. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Parr, T. (2001). It’s Okay to Be Different. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Peacock, C. A. (2000). Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman.
Pinkney, A. D. (1993). Seven Candles for Kwanzaa. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Pinkwater, D. M. (2001). Fat Camp Commandos. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Schneyer, B., & Spadaccini, J. S. (2009). Biffons in Wymo Woods. La Crosse, WI: Universal Human Publishing.
Seuss, Dr. (1961). The Sneetches, and Other Stories. New York, NY: Random House.
Simon, N. (1976). Why Am I Different? Chicago, IL: A. Whitman.
Sis, P. (2000). Madlenka. New York, NY: Frances Foster Books.
Smith, D. J. (2002). If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People. Toronto, ONT: Kids Can Press.
Spier, P. (1980). People. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Stanek, M. (1989). I Speak English for My Mom. Niles, IL: A. Whitman.
Stanley, J. (1994). I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.
Stuve-Bodeen, S. (1998). We’ll Paint the Octopus Red. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House
Swamp, J. (1992). Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books.
Tarplay, N. A. (1997). I Love My Hair! Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Uchida, Y. (1992). Journey Home. New York, NY: Aladdin Books..
UNICEF. (2002). A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World. New York, NY: DK Publishing.
Vigna, J. (1992). Black Like Kyra, White Like Me. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company.
Wiles, D. (2001). Freedom Summer. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Wing, N. (1996). Jalapeño Bagels. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Wood, D. & Muth, J. J. (2003). Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
Yamate, S. (1992). Ashok by Any Other Name. Chicago, IL: Polychrome Publishing Corp.
Zolotow, C. (1972). William’s Doll. New York, NY: Harper & Row.