This book has wonderful diversity. It was fun to learn about a few holidays that people celebrate throughout the year as characters share about them to their classmates. I appreciated that one of the holidays had no religious connotations (Pi Day).…
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Let Me Share My Culture With You
Dive into these wonderful picture books that feature children sharing their culture with classmates, friends, and neighbors. #IndyPLKids
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- This is a book filled with people who are just a bit different; they look different, they eat different things for lunch, and they did different things over summer break. Sometimes being just a bit different can make you feel a lot different and…
- A very cute book about one girl's traditional foods, some of the meanings behind them, and exposing others to a wider variety of foods. I like the hopeful ending of this book, that Zia's parents brought a variety of their foods to Zia's class, and…
- Adorable illustrations and sparse text combine to tell the at first hard and sad story of going to a new school where you know no one and do not speak the language, but then, when someone offers friendship, what a hopeful and rich experience that…
- Based on the author's own experience as a child. Constantia seems fairly straightforward, right, but she didn't recognize it the first time the teacher called her name. When the teacher says it, "it's strange and sharp, and sounds like something is…
- When Amy and her classmates are asked to create some dragons, hers doesn't look the same as theirs. She later discovers that her idea of a dragon is a mix of Eastern and Western dragons (or Asian and European), so she asks her family to help her…
- There's a new student in Amy's class who's also from a Chinese immigrant family! Though Amy tries to make him feel welcome, he never says anything in response; then she sees him excitedly talking to his little sister in Chinese and wonders about the…
- A fairly simple but important book that shows the experiences of three immigrant/refugee students as they start at a new school. It conveys how it can be frustrating, lonely, and scary it can be because you may not know the language (i.e. you know…
- This is an excellent companion book to I'm New Here, and I think it would be great to use in a storytime read after the other book. The other book is told from the perspectives of the new kids, and this one is told from the perspectives of students…
- Luli is in a room full of children whose parents are learning English in a classroom next door. Though the room is full, almost everyone plays alone. They all speak different languages and come from different cultures, but Luli has a brilliant…
- This book is bright and beautiful and does a wonderful job of showing the richness of experiencing two cultures. Through the illustrations and text, it also does a wonderful job of conveying how exhausting it can be to try and fit into two cultures.…
- A beautiful story about a multicultural child figuring out how to share all she is with her class, she decides she doesn't have to choose just one culture to represent her, "I can be all three!" After sharing, she then discovers that there are other…
- A child named Kora-Jalimuso is sad and frustrated after her first day of school because everyone, including her teacher, has trouble pronouncing her name (and some make fun of it). On their way home, her mother shows her how names can be a song, a…
- I haven't seen this one yet, but we have it on order, and, based on the description, I thought it fit really well. From the publisher: Mina’s mother is a seamstress who works from home and always keeps the cupboard full of snacks. Her friends…
- I really liked this book in so many ways. I like how it showed the little girl having some independence (she was the one to talk to people and buy the ingredients), but her Mom lingered in the background (keeping her safe but giving her space). I…
- Back home in India, everyone would already be getting ready for Diwali, but in Priya's new town and school, no one even seems to know about it. As she and her family begin cooking and decorating their home to celebrate, the warmth of the holiday…
- The Tray of Togetherness is a platter of sweets that families traditionally use to welcome visiting friends and loved ones around the Chinese Lunar New Year. Each tray or box usually has six or eight compartments (the number six symbolizing luck,…
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