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Diverse Summer Reading List 2017 For more information about building a culturally Grades PreK-2 diverse library or a customized quote, please contact: Abe Barretto, Vice President of Educational Sales [email protected] (212) 779-4400 ext. 23 For more information about building a is committed to meeting the needs of educators by culturally diverse library or a customized providing award-winning diverse books for today’s classrooms! Check out our selection of quote, please contact: summer reading books below, and find FREE Resources, including Teacher Guides, Lesson Abe Barretto, Vice President of Educational Sales Plans, and Activity Kits, online at leeandlow.com. [email protected] (212) 779-4400 ext. 23 GradesGrades PreK-2 Sparkle Boy • written by Lesléa Newman A Morning with Grandpa • written by Sylvia Liu • • illustrated by Maria Mola illustrated by Christina Forshay https://www.leeandlow.com/books/sparkle-boy https://www.leeandlow.com/books/a-morning-with-grandpa Young Casey loves sparkly things, just like his A curious and active little girl spends the day older sister, who does not approve until an learning tai chi from her grandfather, and in turn encounter with teasing bullies helps her learn to tries to teach him how to do yoga. accept and respect Casey for who he is. THEMES: FAMILY/GRANDPARENTS, IMAGINATION, CONFIDENCE THEMES: SELF-ESTEEM/SELF-ACCEPTANCE, GENDER BUILDING, HUMOR, PEOPLE IN MOTION, HOW TO, ASIAN CREATIVITY, EMPOWERMENT/ FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AMERICAN INTEREST SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS, TEASING/BULLYING, FAMILY, BIRACIAL FAMILIES Call Me Tree / Llámame árbol • written and Marisol McDonald and the Monster / Marisol illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez McDonald y el monstruo • written by Monica https://www.leeandlow.com/books/call-me-tree-llamame- Brown • illustrated by Sara Palacios arbol https://www.leeandlow.com/books/marisol-mcdonald-and- the-monster-marisol-mcdonald-y-el-monstruo An imaginary tale of self-discovery told by a child who grows, learns about the natural A free-spirited, multiracial Marisol McDonald world, embraces others, and is free to become confronts her fear of monsters and unfamiliar whoever he or she is meant to be—a child as nighttime noises. (Bilingual English/Spanish.) unique as a tree. (Bilingual English/Spanish.) THEMES: INDIVIDUALITY/NON-CONFORMITY, SELF-EXPRESSION, THEMES: NATURE, SELF-ESTEEM/SELF-DISCOVERY, IDENTITY, NIGHTTIME FEARS AND MONSTERS, FAMILY, MULTIRACIAL EMPOWERMENT, RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS, YOGA CHILDREN, LATINO INTEREST ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! / Olinguito from A Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del arcoíris • written by to Z! • written and illustrated by Lulu Delacre Linda Elovitz Marshall • illustrated by Elisa Chavarri https://www.leeandlow.com/books/olinguito-de-la-a-a-la- https://www.leeandlow.com/books/rainbow-weaver-tejedora- z-descubriendo-el-bosque-nublado-olinguito-from-a-to-z- del-arcoiris unveiling-the-cloud-forest A young Mayan girl isn’t allowed to use her mother’s Using the framework of the Spanish alphabet, thread to weave, so with a little ingenuity she this bilingual book introduces readers to a cloud discovers how to repurpose plastic bags to create forest in the Andes; the plants, animals, and colorful weavings. Based on an actual recycling other organisms found there; and the newly- movement in Guatemala. (Bilingual English/Spanish.) identified olinguito, a South American mammal. THEMES: FAMILY, ENVIRONMENT/NATURE, RECYCLING, TRADITIONS, THEMES: CLOUD FORESTS, PLANTS AND ANIMALS, NEW PERSEVERANCE, POVERTY, LATINO INTEREST ANIMAL SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTS AND HABITATS, SPANISH AND ENGLISH ALPHABETS, LATINO INTEREST Educator Resources copyright © 2017 LEE & LOW BOOKS. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to share and adapt for personal and educational use. 1 For questions, comments, and/or more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Visit us online at leeandlow.com. Find FREE educator resources online, GradesGrades PreK-2 including Teacher Guides, Lesson Plans, and Activity Kits, at leeandlow.com Find us online at leeandlow.com #DiverseSummerReads Block Party • written by Gwendolyn Music Time • written by Paula Yoo • Hudson Hooks • illustrated by Shirley illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez Ng-Benitez https://www.leeandlow.com/books/music-time https://www.leeandlow.com/books/block-party--2 In this series of stories about five friends from In this series of stories about five friends from diverse backgrounds, Henry dreams of becoming a diverse backgrounds, the neighborhood is having rock star drummer. He practices whenever he can, a block party where everyone is responsible for but sometimes he wants to play with his friends. bringing a food dish. Padma worries that her How can he practice and play with his friends too? friends won’t like her mom’s dish. THEMES: COMMON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIP, THEMES: COMMON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIP, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, HUMOR, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, HUMOR, MULTIETHNIC INTEREST MULTIETHNIC INTEREST Want to Play? • written by Paula Yoo • illustrated by Lily’s New Home • written by Paula Yoo • illustrated Shirley Ng-Benitez by Shirley Ng-Benitez https://www.leeandlow.com/books/want-to-play https://www.leeandlow.com/books/lily-s-new-home In this series of stories about five friends from In this series of stories about five friends from diverse backgrounds, everyone heads to the diverse backgrounds, Lily and her parents move neighborhood playground to play. The friends have from their suburban neighborhood to New York to figure out a game that everyone wants to play. City. As she and her parents explore their new, multicultural neighborhood, Lily discovers that THEMES: COMMON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIP, sometimes change can be a good thing. CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, HUMOR, MULTIETHNIC INTEREST THEMES: COMMON CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIP, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, HUMOR, MULTIETHNIC INTEREST Wakame Gatherers • Holly Thompson • illustrated Juna’s Jar • written by Jane Bahk • illustrated by by Kazumi Wilds Felicia Hoshino https://www.leeandlow.com/books/the-wakame-gatherers https://www.leeandlow.com/books/juna-s-jar Nanami has two grandmothers: Baachan, who Juna, an imaginative Korean American girl, goes lives with her family in Japan, and Gram, who lives on magical adventures, by way of her special in Maine. When Gram visits Japan for the first time, kimchi jar, in search of her best friend who has Nanami’s two grandmothers discover that they moved away. have much more in common than they think. THEMES: FRIENDSHIP, IMAGINATION, CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, THEMES: FAMILY, COMPARE AND CONTRAST, ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS, HABITATS, FAMILY, ASIAN AMERICAN INTEREST HOME, GRANDPARENTS, WAR, ASIAN/ASIAN AMERICAN INTEREST The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen • written by The Story I’ll Tell • written by Nancy Tupper Ling • Thelma Lynne Godin • illustrated by Vanessa illustrated by Jessica Lanan Brantley-Newton https://www.leeandlow.com/books/the-story-i-ll-tell https://www.leeandlow.com/books/the-hula-hoopin-queen A story of international adoption in which a mother A spunky African American girl has a hula-hooping weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her competition with her friends in Harlem, and soon child came to be part of the family. everyone in the neighborhood—young and old alike—joins in on the fun. THEMES: ADOPTION, BI-RACIAL FAMILIES, BEDTIME STORIES, ADULT/CHILD LOVE, ASIAN AMERICAN INTEREST THEMES: INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, COMPETITION, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AFRICAN AMERICAN INTEREST My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo • David’s Drawings • written and illustrated by written and illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez Cathryn Falwell https://www.leeandlow.com/books/my-colors-my-world-mis- https://www.leeandlow.com/books/david-s-drawings colores-mi-mundo The story of a young boy who makes friends in Young readers join Maya as she discovers all the school by letting his classmates help with his colors in her world. (Bilingual English/Spanish.) drawing of a bare winter tree. THEMES: COLORS, NATURE, IMAGINATION, ENVIRONMENT, THEMES: MAKING FRIENDS, CREATIVITY, BACK TO SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD, HOME, FAMILIES, ART, LATINO INTEREST MULTIETHNIC INTEREST Educator Resources copyright © 2017 LEE & LOW BOOKS. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to share and adapt for personal and educational use. 2 For questions, comments, and/or more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Visit us online at leeandlow.com. For more information about building a culturally GradesGrades PreK-2 3-5 diverse library or a customized quote, please contact: Vice President of Educational Sales Find us online at leeandlow.com Abe Barretto, [email protected] #DiverseSummerReads (212) 779-4400 ext. 23 The Crane Girl • written by Curtis Manley Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh • • illustrated by Lin Wang written by Uma Krishnaswami https://www.leeandlow.com/books/the-crane-girl https://www.leeandlow.com/books/step-up-to-the- plate-maria-singh A boy helps an injured crane, that then returns in human form to weave silk and save the boy and Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball, his father from poverty. Adapted from Japanese just like her heroes in the All-American Girls’ folktales and told in alternating prose and haiku. League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India’s THEMES: KINDNESS/COMPASSION, NATURE, POETRY (HAIKU, independence,
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