Multicultural Juvenile Books

Aardema, Verma. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale. New York: Dial Press, 1975. JUV PZ8.1.A213 W4 1975

Anderson, Paul S. Yong Kee of Korea, a story. New York: W.R. Scott, 1959. JUV PZ7.A5487 Y6 1959

Armstrong, William Howard. Sounder. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. JUV PZ7.A73394 S6 1969

Arora, Shirley Lease. What then, Raman? Chicago: Follett Pub. Co., 1960. JUV PZ7.A743 W4 1960

Aubrey, Irene, Louise McDiarmid, and Lorrie Andersen, comps. Storytellers' encore: More Canadian stories to tell to children. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association, 1984. JUV PR9192.6.C45 S76 1984

Baylor, Byrd. The desert is theirs. New York: Scribner, 1975. JUV QH541.5.D4 B38 1975,/p>

---. Hawk, I'm your brother. New York: Macmillan, 1976. JUV PZ7.B3435 H3 1976

---. When clay sings. New York: Scribner, 1972. JUV E78.S7 B36 1972

Bishop, Claire Huchet. Pancakes-Paris. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. JUV PZ7.B5245 P3 1947

---. Twenty and ten. New York: Viking Press, 1952. YA PZ7.B5245 T8 1952

Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes. Popo and Fifina. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. YA PZ7.B6443 P6 1993

Breckler, Rosemary. Hoang breaks the lucky teapot. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. JUV PZ7.B744 H6 1992

Brown, Marcia. Once a mouse ... A fable cut in wood. New York: Scribner, 1961. JUV PZ8.2.H5 O5 1961

Brown, Vinson. Return of the Indian spirit. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1996. JUV PZ7.B8187 R4 1982

Bruchac, Joseph. Between earth and sky: Legends of Native American sacred places. New York: Harcourt, 1996. JUV E98.F6 B8917 1996

Buff, Mary. Dancing Cloud: the Navajo Boy. New York: Viking Press, 1957. YA PZ7.B89 D3 1957

Bulla, Clyde Robert. Eagle Feather. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1975. YA PZ7.B912 E2 1975

Bunting, Eve. Smoky night. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1994. JUV PZ7.B91527 S6 1994

Cendrars, Blaise. Shadow. New York: Scribner's, 1982. JUV PQ2605.E55 F4713 1982

Chrisman, Arthur Bowie. Shen of the sea: Chinese stories for children. New York: Dutton, 1968. ya PZ7.C45 S54 1968

Clark, Ann Nolan. In my mother's house. New York: The Viking press, 1941. JUV PZ9.C374 I5 1941

---. Little Navajo Bluebird. New York: The Viking press, 1943. YA PZ7.C5296 L5 1943

---. Secret of the Andes. New York: Viking Press, 1952. YA PZ7.C5296 S4 1952

Ets, Marie Hall. Nine days to Christmas. New York: Viking Press, 1959. JUV PZ7.E855 N5 1959

Feelings, Muriel L. Jambo means hello: Swahili alphabet book. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1974. JUV PL8701 .F4 1974

---. Moja means one : Swahili counting book. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1971. JUV PZ9.F3 M6 1971

Finger, Charles Joseph. Tales from silver lands. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1938. YA PZ8.R494 T3 1924

Fox, Paula. The slave dancer : a novel. Scarsdale, N.Y.: Bradbury Press, 1973. YA PZ7.F838 S5 1973

George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the wolves. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. YA PZ7.G2933 J8 1972

Goble, Paul. The girl who loved wild horses. Scarsdale, N.Y.: Bradbury Press, 1978. JUV PZ8.G537 G5 1978

Guard, David. Deirdre: a Celtic legend. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1996. YA PZ8.1.G93 D4 1993

Haley, Gail E. A story, a story: An African tale. New York: Antheneum, 1970. JUV PZ8.1.H139 S8 1970

Hamilton, Virginia. The all Jahdu storybook. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. YA PZ7.H1828 A4 1991

---. In the beginning : creation stories from around the world. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. YA BL226 .H35 1988

---. M. C. Higgins, the great. New York: Macmillan, 1974. YA PZ7.H1828 M3 1974

---. Many thousand gone : African Americans from slavery to freedom. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1993. YA E450 .H23 1993

---. The people could fly: American Black folktales. New York: Knopf, 1985. YA PZ8.1.H154 P4 1985a

---. The planet of Junior Brown. New York: Macmillan, 1971. JUV PZ7.H1828 P5 1971 Handforth, Thomas. Mei Li. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. YA PZ7.H192 M4 1938

Hearn, Lafcadio. Japanese fairy tales. Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1958. JUV PZ8.1.H4 J3 1958

Keats, Ezra Jack. The snowy day. New York: Viking Press, 1962. JUV PZ7.K2253 S6 1962

Kirn, Ann. Two Pesos for Catalina. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1974. JUV PZ7.K638 T9 1974

Levinson, Riki. Watch the stars come out. New York: Dutton, 1985. JUV PZ7.L5796 W3 1985

Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman. Young Fu of the upper Yangtze. Philadelphia, Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1932. YA PZ7.L5849 Y6 1932

Little, Lessie Jones. Children of long ago: poems. New York: Philomel Books, 1988. JUV PS3562.I78288 C5 1988

McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the sun: A Pueblo Indian tale. Mahwah, N.J.: Troll Associates, 1977. JUV PZ8.1.M159 A7 1977

McKissack, Pat. Mirandy and Brother Wind. New York: Knopf, 1988. JUV PZ7.M478693 M5 1988

Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the oven: mi vida. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. YA PZ7.M36718 P3 1996

Medearis, Angela Shelf. Dancing with the Indians. New York: Holiday House, 1991. JUV PZ8.3.M4 D3 1991

Mosel, Arlene. The funny little woman. New York: Dutton, 1972. JUV PZ8.1.M8346 F8 1972

Munsch, Robert N. A promise is a promise. Toronto: Annick Press; Willowdale, Ont.: Distributed in Canada and the USA by Firefly Books, 1988. JUV PZ7.M86 P7 1988

Musgrove, Margaret. Ashanti to Zulu : African traditions. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1980. JUV GN645 .M8 1980

---. Ashanti to Zulu : African traditions. New York: Dial Press, c1976. JUV GN645 .M8 1976

Myers, Walter Dean. Scorpions. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. YA PZ7.M992 S3 1988

O'Dell, Scott. Island of the blue dolphins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. YA PZ7.O237 I8 1960

Oughton, Jerrie. How the stars fell into the sky : a Navajo legend. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. JUV E99.N3 O88 1992

Pitcher, Diana. Tokoloshi: African folktales retold. Berkeley, CA : Tricycle Press, 1996. JUV PZ8.1.P67 T6 1993

Politi, Leo. Juanita. New York: Scribner, 1948. JUV PZ7.P753 J8 1948

---. Moy Moy. New York: Scribner, 1960. JUV PZ9.P74 M6 1960

Rites of passage: Stories about growing up by Black writers from around the world. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1994. YA PZ5 .R53 1994

Rollock, Barbara. Black authors & illustrators of children's books. Second Edition. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. (REF Z1037 .R63 1992)

Rollock, Barbara. Black authors & illustrators of children's books. Second Edition. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992. (CURRICULUM COLL Z1037 .R63 1988)

Say, Allen. Grandfather's journey. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. JUV OVR PZ7.S2744 G7 1993

Seattle, Chief. Brother eagle, sister sky : a message from Chief Seattle. New York: Dial Books, 1991. JUV E98.L3 S39 1991

Shorter, Bani. India's children. New York: Viking Press, 1960. YA PZ9.S323 I5 1960

Sperry, Armstrong. Call it courage. New York: The Macmillan company, 1940. YA PZ8.1.S75 C3 1940

Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee: a novel. New York: HarperTrophy, 1992. YA PZ7.S75663 M3 1992

Spohn, David. Starry night. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1992. JUV PZ7.S7635 S7 1992

Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of thunder, hear my cry. New York: Dial Press, 1976. YA PZ7.T21723 R6 1976

Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de. I, Juan de Pareja. New York: Bell Books, 1965. YA PZ7.T7327 I 1965

Van Laan, Nancy. Buffalo dance: a Blackfoot legend. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1993. JUV E99.S54 V36 1993

Yashima, Taro. Crow boy. New York: Viking Press, 1955. JUV PZ7.Y212 C7 1955

Yep, Laurence. American dragons: Twenty-five Asian-American voices. New York: Harpercollins, 1993. YA PZ5 .A51144 1995

Young, Ed. Lon Po Po: A red-riding hood story from China. New York: Philomel Books, 1989. JUV PZ8.1 .Y84 L6 1989

Compiled: May 26, 1999


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