Multicultural Musings
a presentation by Susie Wilde for TESOL
Thursday, September 9, 1999
What is Multiculturalism: Searching for Authenticity
Sherley Ann WilliamsWorking Cotton (HBJ)
Jane YolenEncounter (HBJ)
Michael DorrisMorning Girl (Hyperion)
Slapin & SealeThrough Indian Eyes (American Indian Studies Center, 310-206-7508)
Virginia KrollJaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill (Charlesbridge)
Violet HarrisTeaching Multicultural Literature (Christopher Gordon 800-934-8332)
ed. Daphne MuseMulticultural Resources for Young Readers (New Press; 212-629-8617)
Julius Lester & Joe CepedaWhat a Truly Cool World (Scholastic)
Ann RinaldiMy Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie
Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Dear America series,(Scholastic)
Carolivia HerronNappy Hair (Knopf)
Different Lives in One Country (Domestic Multiculturalism)
Juanita HavillJamaica's Find (with tape) (Houghton Mifflin)
Dinah JohnsonSunday Week (Holt)
Neil WaldmanThe Starry Night (Boyds Mills Press)
Melrose CooperGettin' Through Thursday (Lee and Low)
Eve BuntingYour Move (HBJ)
Tynia ThomassieFeliciana Meets d'Loup Garoux(Little Brown)
Nikki GrimesMy Man Blue (Dial)
Shauille O'NealShaq and the Bean Stalk (Scholastic)
Settling Into and Keeping Culture (Domestic Multiculturalism)
DH FigueredoWhen This World Was New (Lee and Low)
Francisco JimenezLa Mariposa (Houghton Mifflin)
Pat MoraThe Rainbow Tulip (Viking)
Karen EnglishNadia's Hands (Boyds Mills Press)
Claire MatzeThe Stars in My Geddoh's Sky (Whitman)
Liz RosenbergThe Silence in the Mountains (Orchard)
Lenore LookLove as Strong as Ginger (Atheneum)
Laurence AnholtSummerhouse (DK Ink)
Arthur DorrosIsla (Puffin)
Grace LinThe Ugly Vegetable (Charlesbridge)
Learning History's Lessons (Domestic Multiculturalism)
Deborah HopkinsonA Band of Angels (Atheneum)
Christopher Paul CurtisBud, Not Buddy (Delacorte)
Christopher Paul CurtisThe Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 tape read by Levar Burton (BDD)
Andrea and Brian PinkneyDuke Ellington (Hyperion)
Ken MochizukiPassage to Freedom (Lee and Low)
Eve BuntingSo Far From the Sea (Clarion)
Marybeth LorbieckiSister Anne's Hands (Dial)
Vicki GroveThe Star Place (Putnam)
William MillerNight Golf (Lee and Low)
Lawrence McKayJourney Home (Lee and Low)
Evelyn ColemanThe Riches of Oseola McCarty (Whitman)
Linda Crew Children of the River (Recorded Audiobooks unabridged 5 cassettes, 1-800-638-1304 )
Stories of Children All Over the World (International Multiculturalism)
Stephanie Stuve-BodeenElizabeti's Doll (Lee and Low)
Margaret TsubakiyamaMei-Mei Loves the Morning (Whitman)
Niki DalyJamela's Dress (FSG)
Sylvia SikundarForest Singer (Barefoot Books)
Rukhsana KahnThe Roses in My Carpet (Holiday House)
Jane CutlerThe Cello of Mr. O (Dutton)
Tales from All Over The World (International Multiculturalism)
Nancy Van LaanSo Say the Little Monkeys (Atheneum)
DemiThe Donkey and the Rock (Holt)
Shirley Climo (reteller)The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb (Clarion)
Jeanne M. LeeI Was Once a Monkey: Stories Buddah Told (FSG)
Erica SilvermanRaisel's Riddle (FSG)
Shirley ClimoThe Persian Cinderella (HarperCollins)
Hiawyn OramBaba Yaga and the Wise Doll (Dutton)
Nancy FarmerCasey Jones's Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb (Penguin)
The History of World (International Multiculturalism)
Antonio Hernandez MadrigalErandi's Braids (Putnam)
Vera ProppWhen the Soliders Were Gone (Putnam)
Anita LobelNo Pretty Pictures (Greenwillow)
Sarah KilborneLeaving Vietnam (Aladdin)
Frances & Ginger ParkMy Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea (Boyds Mills Press)
Jane HertensteinBeyond Paradise (Morrow)
Adeline Yen MahChinese Cinderella (Delacorte)
Elinor SisuluThe Day Gog Went to Vote (Little Brown)
Non-Fictions Show Us Home and the World
Cynthia Chin-Lee andA is for the Americas (Orchard) Terri de la Pena
Diane Hoyt-GoldsmithLas Posadas (Holiday House)
Elizabeth KingQuinceanera: Celebrating Fifteen (Dutton)
Bill T. Jones- Susan KuklinDance
Ruby BridgesThrough My Eyes (Scholastic)
Susan Hazen-HammondThuder Bear and Ko: The Buffalo Nation and Nambe Pueblo (Dutton)
Jacqueline Left Hand BullLakota Hoop Dancer (Dutton) and Suzanne Haldane
Brian SwannTouching the Distance: Native American Riddle-Poems (HBJ)
Keith PotterCat Nap (Chronicle)
Caroline ArnoldSouth American Animals (Morrow)
George AnconaCharro: The Mexican Cowboy (HBJ)
Peter LourieLost Treasure of the Inca (Boyds Mills Press)
Mervet Sha'ban & Galit FinkIf You Could Be My Friend (Orchard)
Family of Man (Universal Multiculturalism)
Lezlie EvansCan You Count Ten Toes? (Houghton Mifflin)
Beatrice HollyerWake Up, World! A Day in the Life of Children Around the World (Holt)
Ann MorrisTeamwork (Lothrop)
Harriet GriffeySecrets of the Mummies (DK Publishing)
Feelings, Laughter, and Values for All
Karen Katz The Color of Us (Holt)
Rosemary WellsYoko (Hyperion)
Bonnie HausmanDo You Ever Feel Like Me (Dutton)
Leo and Diane DillonTo Everything There Is a Season (Scholastic)
English Titles Newly Released in Spanish
Elizabeth KingQuinceanera celebrando los quince (Dutton)
Virginia Lee BurtonMike Mulligan Y Su Maquina Maravillosa (Hougton Mifflin)
Emmy PayneKaty No Tiene Bolsa (Houghton Mifflin)
Ken MochizukiPasaje A La Libertad (Lee and Low)
Ezra Jack KeatsLa Silla de Pedro (Viking)
A.A. MilneWinny de Puh (Dutton)
Uri SchulevitzEl Tesoro (FSG)
Margot ZemachSiempre Puede Ser Peor (FSG)
Edith FineBajo La Luna de Limon (Lee and Low)
Cynthia Chin-LeeA es para decrir Americas (Orchard)
William SteigAmos Y Boris (FSG)
Leyla TorresEl Sancocho Del Sabado (FSG)
Jose-Luis Orozco De Colores & Other Latin American Folk Songs (Puffin)
Elisa KlevensIsla (Puffin)
Constance McGEorgeBoomer va a la escuela (Chronicle)