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    Angel to Angel
      The author-poet celebrates mothers in this collection of poems illustrated by archival photographs of African American families.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Black Star, Bright Dawn
      Bright Dawn, a teenaged Eskimo girl, takes her father's place in the grueling Iditarod, the 1000-mile dogsled race through the cold wilds of Alaska. In the process, she learns about herself, her family, and her culture.
      Author: O'Dell, Scott

    Blues Singers, The
      The author tells his granddaughter about the origin of blues in America through 10 stories of great blues musicians he and his father had known. The interesting illustrations are done in a thick line, solid color style. A bibliography and a recording li
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Calling the Doves
      The author joyously recounts the songs, the food, and the love of his parents of his boyhood in a migrant Mexican family in rhythmic, lyrical language with a bilingual format. The colorful illustrations recall both Diego Rivera and Marc Chagall in their
      Author: Herrera, Juan

    Childtimes
      Three African American women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, reminisce about their childhoods.
      Author: Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessive Jones

    Circle Unbroken
      A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets.
      Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
      This book is a partnership between African American artist, Michele Woods, who returned to the South and painted her family history, and author Toyomi Igus, who gave words to Woods's paintings.
      Author: Igus, Toyomi HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Holes
      This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of
      Author: Sachar, Louis

    I Saw Your Face
      Sketches from Tom Feelings's sketch book are used to frame a simple yet powerful poem about the "face game" played by the author with his mother that celebrates African-American heritage.
      Author: Dawes, Kwame HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
      This amazing book takes the reader inside the internment camps and shows the fortitude of the people who survived and thrived despite the hardships imposed on them. An amazing book for readers of all ages. Beautiful photos add to the text.
      Author: Sandler, Martin W. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Jack
      This is a biography of JFK, from birth through HS graduation. A bit of his parents' backgrounds is also provided. Primary documents, letters and school reports, are sprinkled throughout the text.
      Author: Cooper, Ilene HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Life Is So Good
      This is the autobiography of George Dawson, grandson of slaves, who began to learn to read at age 98. Like Having Our Say, this book offers an African American perspective to 100 years of history. Moreover, Dawson's character and philosophy for l
      Author: Dawson, George & Glaubman, Richard HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies

    Looks Like Daylight:Voices of Indigenous Kids
      For two years writer and activist Deborah Ellis traveled across the United States and Canada, interviewing Indigenous young people. The result is a collection of frank and often surporising interviews with kids aged 9 to 19, as they talk about their dail
      Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies | language arts - reading

    My Own True Name
      This partially bilingual collection of uniformly thoughtful and accessible poems includes many verse forms.
      Author: Mora, Pat

    Persepolis 2
      This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious adolescence and early adulthood among dissident outsider friends in Vienna and her voluntary return to her family in fundamentalist Tehran. Readers should be cautioned about referen
      Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Princess Ka'iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People
      This is a fascinating biography of Ka'iulani, Crown Princess of Hawaii. The history of Hawaii is also chronicled, as is a bit about life in the US and Europe in the late 19th century. Authentic photographs and political cartoons, a bibliography, and index
      Author: Linnea, Sharon HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Seven Brave Women
      A young girl recounts her family history passed down to her through stories and family artifacts of remarkable, ordinary women. Each of the seven women who lived at the time of a war "made history by not fighting in wars."
      Author: Hearne, Betsy

    Sioux, The
      This book is part of the "Lifeway Series," which also includes titles called The Cherokee, The Iroquois, and The Navajo. This title examines the origins, history, culture, beliefs, and language of the Native American tribe the S
      Author: Bial, Raymond HSE Descriptors: social studies

    This Jazzman
      Using vibrant colors, typeface, and onomatopoetic words, the author and illustrator introduce readers to types of jazz musicians. Back pages provide biographical information on jazz greats.
      Author: Ehrhardt, Karen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Voices from the Fields
      Photographs, poems, and interviews capture glimpses of life for today's migrant children.
      Author: Atkin, S. Beth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Walking the Choctaw Road
      A collection of twelve stories from the Mississippi and Oklahoma branches of the Choctaw People, including traditional lore arising from beliefs and myths, historical tales pased down through generations, and personal stories of contemporary life.
      Author: Tingle, Tim HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading


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