Reading in a Diverse World: New and Notable Global Literature (2008)
Compiled and Presented by Marianne Newman & Carolyn Angus
Books written in the order presented at Foothill Reading Council event - January 20, 2009
Picture Books
(Wordless or nearly wordless)
Appropriate for gradesBerner, Rotraut Susanne. In the Town All Year 'Round K-2
Trans. from German. A type of "Where's Waldo" as you must follow clues
Curriculum Tie-Ins
Amnesty International. We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human
Benjamin, Floella. My Two Grannies. K-2
One grandma from Trinidad, the other from England
Kruusval, Catarina. Ellen's Apple Tree. Trans. from SwedishK-2
Campbell, Nicola I. Shin-chi's Canoe. Canadian-Indian residential school 3-5
Milway, Katie Smith. One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference 3-5
Based on true story of man from Ghana and the "Mustard Seed Project"
Rumford, James. Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad 3-5
Arabic calligraphy. Beautiful illustrations
Shulevitz, Uri. How I Learned Geography. Boy's imagination takes him from his situation. 3-5
And Some Other Favorites
Browne, Anthony. Little Beauty. San Diego Zoo gorilla learns sign language K-2
Graham, Bob. How to Heal a Broken Wing. Australia K-2
Gravett, Emily. Monkey and Me. K-2
Grey, Mini. Traction Man Meets Turbodog. Told from action figure's point of view K-2
Lindgren, Barbro. Oink, Oink Benny. K-2
Nagagawa, Chihiro. Who Made This Cake? Trans from Japanese K-2
Choung, Eun-hee. Minji's Salon. Story from Korea K-2
Lee, Hyun Young. Something for School. Also from Korea K-2
Ravishankar, Anushka. Elephants Never Forget! Story from India K-2
Rinck, Maranke. I Feel a Foot. Story from the Netherlands K-2
Innovative, Intriguing, and Interesting Formats
Gravett, Emily. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. K-2
Rappaport, Doreen. Lady Liberty: A Biography 3+
Reibstein, Mark. Wabi Sabi. Japanese illustrations, text followed by Haiku 3+
Whelan, Gloria. Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers. Japanese historical fiction 3-5
D'Aluisio, Faith. What the World Eats. 5-8
Folklore
Isadora, Rachel. Rapunzel. Story set in Africa K-2
McGill, Alice. Way Up and Over Everything. Story about a slave girl K-2
Laird, Elizabeth. A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq. 3-5
Matthews, John & Caitlin Matthews. Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales3-5
Trickster tales from around the world
Taylor, Sean. The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon. 3-5
Poetry
Alarcon, Francisco X. Animal Poems of the Iguazu-Animalario del Iguazu. K-2
Lujan, Jorge. Colors! Colores! 1st poem English; 2nd poem Spanish K-2
Informational Books
Walsh, Melanie. 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World. Good for Earth Day K-2
Greenwood, Mark. The Donkey of Gallipoli: A True Story of Courage in WWI. 3-5
World War I - from Australia
Biographies
Li, Cunxin. Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer. 3-5
Li, Cunxin. Mao's Last Dancer 6-8
Both books based on 11 year old asked to train with Beijing Ballet
Berne, Jennifer. Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau. 3-5
Nivola, Claire A. Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai. 3-5
Good read-aloud about the 1st African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Fiction
Almond, David. My Dad's a Birdman. 3-5
Bond, Michael. Paddington Here and Now. 3-5
Riddell, Chris. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. 3-5
Lindo, Elvira. Manolito Four-Eyes. 3-5
Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. Set in England; child with Asburger's Syndrome 5-8
Hollyer, Belinda. River Song. Half Moiri, half English 5-8
Carter, Anne Laurel. The Shepherd's Granddaughter. 5-8
Wynne-Jones, Tim. Rex Zero, King of Nothing. 5-8
Used with permission from Mr. Angus, January 20, 2009
