Bibliography of Children's Multicultural Books

Aardema, V. (1975). Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears. New York: Dial.

Aardema, V. (1977). Who's in rabbit's house. New York: Dial.

Aardema, V. (1981). Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain. New York: Dial.

Adams, E. (Ed. ). (1982). Korean Cinderella. Seoul, Korea: Seoul International Publishing House.

Adoff, A. (1973). Black is brown is tan. New York: Harper & Row.

Adoff, A. (1982). All the colors of the race. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard.

Adoff, A. (1985). Malcolm X. New York: HarperCollins.

Ahenakow, F. (Ed.). (1988). How the birch tree got its stripes. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Fifth House.

Ahenakow, F. (Ed.). (1988). How the mouse got brown teeth. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Fifth House.

Alexander, S. (1983). Nadia, the willful. New York: Dial.

Aliki. (1979). Mummies made in Egypt. New York: Harper & Row.

Aliki. (1983). A medieval feast. New York: Harper Trophy.

Aliki. (1986). How a book is made. New York: HarperCollins.

Aliki. (1988). Corn is maize. New York: Harper & Row.

Aliki. (1988). A weed is a flower. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Aliki. (1989). The Kings Day. New York: Harper Trophy.

Anderson, D. A. (1991). The origin of life of earth. Mt. Airy, MD: Sights Productions.

Anderson, J. (1989). The first Thanksgiving feast. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Armstrong, W. (1969). Sounder. New York: Harper & Row.

Ata, T. (1989). Baby rattlesnake. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Awiakta, M. (1983). Rising fawn and the fire mystery. Memphis, TN: St. Luke's Press.

Babbitt, N. (1969). Search for delicious. Toronto: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

Back, P. (1985). Crickets and corn. New York: Friendship Press.

Bains, R. (1982). Harriet Tubman: The road to freedom. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

Baker, B. (1982). And me coyote. New York: Macmillan.

Baker, K. (1989). The magic fan. San Diego: HBJ.

Baker, O. (1988). Where the buffaloes begin. New York: Puffin.

Ballingham, P. (1984). Earth mother lullabies from around the world. Tuscon, AZ:

Cross-Cultural Studies Program.

Batherman, M. (1981). Before Columbus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Baylor, B. (1972). When clay sings. New York: Aladdin Books.

Baylor, B. (1974). Everybody needs a rock. New York: Aladdin Books.

Baylor, B. (1974). They put on masks. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Baylor, B. (1975). The desert is theirs. New York: Macmillan.

Baylor, B. (1976). Hawk I'm your brother. New York: Macmillan.

Baylor, B. (1978). The other way to listen. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Baylor, B. (1980). If you are a hunter of fossils. New York: Macmillan.

Baylor, B. (1986). I'm in charge of celebrations. New York: Macmillan.

Baylor, B. (1989). Amigo. New York: Macmillan.

Behrens, J. (1986). Fiesta! Chicago: Children's Press.

Belpre, P. (1978). The rainbow-colored horse. New York: Warne.

Belting, N. (1974). Our fathers had powerful songs. New York: Dutton.

Bierhorst, J. (1979). A cry from the earth: Music of the Native American Indian.

New York: Four Winds Press.

Bierhorst, J. (1987). The naked bear: Folktales of the Iriquois. New York:

William Morrow.

Bishop, C. H. (1938). The five Chinese brothers. New York: Coward-Mcann.

Bjork, C. (1978). Linnea's windowsill garden. Stockholm: R & S Books.

Bjork, C. (1989). Linnea in Monet's garden. Stockholm: R & S Books.

Blood, C., & Link, M. (1990). The goat in the rug. New York: Macmillan.

Blume, J. (1981). Superfudge. New York: Dell.

Boholm-Olsson, E. (1988). Tuan. New York: R & S Books.

Borland, H. (1963). When the legends die. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.

Brown, M. (1982). Shadow. New York: Macmillan.

Brown, T. (1986). Hello, amigos. New York: Henry Holt.

Brown, T. (1987). Chinese New Year. New York: Henry Holt.

Bryan, A. (1987). Dancing granny and other African stories. New York: Macmillan.

Bryan, A. (1989). Turtle knows your name. New York: Atheneum.

Caduto, M., & Bruchac, J. (1991). Keepers of the earth. Golden, CO: Fulcrum.

Cameron, A. (1985). How raven freed the moon. B.C., Canada: Harbour.

Cameron, A. (1987). Orca's song. B. C., Canada: Harbour.

Cameron, A. (1987). Raven returns the water. B. C., Canada: Harbour.

Cameron, A. (1988). Spider woman. B. C., Canada: Harbour.

Carl, E. (1991). Dragons dragons. New York: Putnam Group.

Carson, J. (1989). Stories I ain't told nobody yet. New York: Orchard Books.

Cherry, L. (1990). The great kapok tree. New York: Gulliver Books.

Chocolate, D. (1992). My first Kwanzaa book. New York: Scholastic.

Chow, O., & Widaure, M. (1987). The invisible hunters. San Francisco: Children's

Book Press.

Clark, M. G. (1980). Freedom crossing. New York: Scholastic.

Cleaver, E. (1985). The enchanted caribou. New York: Atheneum.

Clement, C. (1986). The painter and the wild swans. New York: Dial.

Coatsworth, E., & Coatsworth, D. (1979). The adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway

Indian stories. Toronto: Doubleday.

Coerr, E. (1977). Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York: Dell.

Cohen, C. (1988). The mud pony. New York: Scholastic.

Cohlene, T. (1990). Quillworker: A Cheyenne legend. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

Cohlene, T. (1990). Turquoise boy: A Navajo legend. Mahwah, NJ: Troll.

Corwin, J. (1990). African crafts. New York: Franklin Watts.

Cozzens, J. (Ed.). (1992). Kids explore America's Hispanic heritage. Santa Fe, NM:

John Muir.

Crowder, J. (1986). Tonibah and the rainbow. Bernalillo, NM: Upper Strata Ink.

Cruz, M. (1987). Yaguaa days. New York: Dial.

Curtis, E. (1978). The girl who married a ghost. New York: Four Winds Press.

Czernecki, S., & Rhodes, T. (1989). Time before dreams. Winnipeg: Hyperion Press.

Dailey, S. (1988). Land of the sky blue waters. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Rumplestiltskin.

Day, D. (1990). The sleeper. Nashville, TN: Ideals.

deCesare, R. (1988). Myth, music, and dance of the American Indian. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing.

Delacre, L. (1990). Arroz con leche: Popular songs and rhymes from Latin America. London: A & C Black.

Delacre, L. (1990). Las navidades: Popular Christmas songs from Latin America.

New York: Scholastic.

Delacre, L. (1993). Vejigante: Masquerader. New York: Scholastic.

Demi. (1980). Liang and the magic paintbrush. New York: Henry Holt.

Demi. (1987). The hallowed horse. New York: Dodd Mead.

Demi. (1990). The empty pot. New York: Henry Holt.

dePaola, T. (1978). The popcorn book. New York: Holiday House.

dePaola, T. (1983). The legend of the bluebonnet. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

dePaola, T. (1988). The legend of the Indian paintbrush. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Dorros, A. (1991). Abuela. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

Dorros, A. (1992). This is my house. New York: Scholastic.

Eagle, B. M. (1987). For my people. Davis, CA: Linda Waite.

Esbensen, B. (1988). The star maiden: An Ojibway tale. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.

Feelings, T. (1974). Jambo means hello. New York: Dial.

Feeney, S. (1985). Hawaii is a rainbow. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Flournoy, V. (1985). The patchwork quilt. New York: Dial.

Fritz, J. (1980). Where do you think you're going Christopher Columbus? New York:

Putnam's Sons.

Fritz, J. (1987). The double life of Pocahontas. New York: Puffin.

Garza, C. (1990). Family pictures/ Cuadros de familia. San Francisco: Children's

Book Press.

George, J. (1972). Julie of the wolves. New York: Harper & Row.

George, J. (1983). The talking earth. New York: Harper Trophy.

Giovanni, N. (1987). Spin a soft black song. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Girion, B. (1993). Indian summer. New York: Scholastic.

Glubock, S. (1976). The art of the woodland Indians. New York: Macmillan.

Goble, P., & Goble, D. (1973). Lone Bull's horse raid. New York: Bradbury.

Goble, P. (1978). The girl who loved wild horses. New York: Macmillan.

Goble, P. (1983). Star boy. New York: Macmillan.

Goble, P. (1984). Buffalo woman. New York: Macmillan.

Goble, P. (1985). The great race of the birds and the animals. New York: Bradbury.

Goble, P. (1987). Death of the Iron Horse. New York: Bradbury.

Goble, P. (1988). Her seven brothers. New York: Bradbury.

Goble, P. (1989). Beyond the ridge. New York: Bradbury Press.

Goble, P. (1989). Iktomi and the berries. New York: Orchard Books.

Goble, P. (1990). Dream wolf. New York: Bradbury Press.

Goble, P. (1990). The gift of the sacred dog. New York: Macmillan.

Greenfield, E. (1986). Honey, I love and other poems. New York: Harper & Row.

Greenfield, E. (1988). Nathaniel talking. New York: Writers & Readers.

Greenfield, E. (1988). Under the Sunday tree. New York: HarperCollins.

Grifalconi, A. (1986). The village of round and square houses. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

Grifalconi, A. (1990). Osa's pride. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.

Grinnell, G. (1982). The whistling skeleton: American Indian tales of the supernatural.

New York: Four Winds Press.

Hadley, E., & Hadley, T. (1983). Legends of the sun and moon. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Haley, G. (1970). A story, a story. New York: Aladdin.

Hamanaka, S. (1990). The journey: Japanese Americans, racism, and renewal.

New York: Orchard Books.

Hamilton, V. (1986). The people could fly. New York: Alfred Knopf.

Hamilton, V. (1987). Zeely. New York: Macmillan.

Hamilton, V. (1988). In the beginning: Creation stories from around the world.

San Diego: HBJ.

Harris, C. (1977). Mouse woman and the mischief-makers. New York: Atheneum.

Haskins, J. (1987). Count your way through Japan. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1989). Count your way through Korea. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Haskins, J. (1990). Count your way through the Arab world. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda.

Heide, F., & Gilliland, J. (1990). The day of Ahmed's secret. New York: Lothrop,

Lee, & Shepard.

Highwater, J. (1981). Moonsong lullaby. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Highwater, J. (1984). Legend days. New York: Harper & Row.

Highwater, J. (1985). Ceremony of innocence. New York: Harper & Row.

Highwater, J. (1986). I wear the morning star. New York: Harper & Row.

Hoffman, M. (1991). Amazing Grace. New York: Dial.

Holling, H. (1969). Paddle to the sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Hopkinson, D. (1993). Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. New York: Alfred Knopf.

Howard, C. (1971). Authentic Indian dances and folklore. Deal, NJ: Kimbo Educational.

Jagendorf, M., & Boggs, R. (1960). King of the mountains: A treasury of Latin

American folk stories. New York: Vanguard.

Jernigan, G. (1988). One green mesquite tree. Tuscon, AZ: Harbinger House.

Jones, H. (1971). The trees stand shining. New York: Dial Books.

Joseph, L. (1990). A coconut kind of day. New York: Penguin.

Kervin, R. (1986). Legends of the animal world. New York: Cambridge

University Press.

King, S. (1993). Shannon: An Ojibway dancer. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications.

Knight, M. B. (1992). Talking walls. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House.

Korty, C. (1975). Plays from African folktales. New York: Scribner.

Kroeber, T. (1964). Ishi, last of his tribe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Krumgold, J. (1953). And now Miguel. New York: Harper Trophy.

Kuklin, S. (1992). How my family lives in America. New York: Macmillan.

Lampman, E. (1978). Squaw man's son. New York: Atheneum.

Lawson, J. (1993). The dragon's pearl. New York: Clarion Books.

Lee, J. (1982). Legend of the Milky Way. New York: Henry Holt.

Lee, J. (1987). Ba-Nam. New York: Henry Holt.

Lee, J. (1991). Silent lotus. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.

Lenski, L. (1965). Sing a song of people. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.

Lepthien, E. (1987). Choctaw. Chicago: Children's Press.

Lester, A. (1990). Imagine. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.

Lewin, T. (1993). Amazon boy. New York: Macmillan.

Lewis, R. (1991). All of you was singing. New York: Atheneum.

Longfellow, H. (1983). Hiawatha. New York: Dial.

Longfellow, H. (1984). Hiawatha's Childhood. New York: Puffin.

Lopez, B. (1990). Crow and weasel. Berkeley, CA: North Point Press.

Lord, B. (1984). In the year of the boar and Jackie Robinson. New York:

Harper & Row.

Louie, A. (1982). Yeh-shen: A Cinderella story from China. New York: Philomel.

Lovett, S. (1990). Kidding around the Hawaiian Islands: A guide for young readers. Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications.

Macaulay, D. (1975). Pyramid. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Macaulay, D. (1977). Castle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Margolies, B. (1990). Rehema's journey: A visit to Tanzania. New York: Scholastic.

Markun, P. (1993). The little painter of Sabana Grande. New York: Bradbury.

Martin, B., Jr., & Archambault, J. (1987). Knots on a counting rope. New York:

Henry Holt.

Martin, B., Jr., & Archambault, J. (1989). Chicka chicka boom boom. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Martin, R. (1992). The rough-face girl. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Mathis, S. B. (1975). The hundred penny box. New York: Viking.

Mattox, C. W. (1989). Shake it to the one that you love the best. El Sobrante, CA: Warren-Mattox.

McDermott, G. (1974). Arrow to the sun. New York: Puffin.

McDermott, G. (1975). The stone-cutter. New York: Puffin.

McDermott, G. (1986). Anansi the spider. New York: Henry Holt.

McGovern, A. (1984). A pilgrim's first Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic.

McGovern, A. (1987). The defenders. New York: Scholastic.

McGovern, A. (1991). If you sailed on the Mayflower. New York: Scholastic.

McKeown, M. (1969). Linda's Indian home. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort.

McKissack, P. (1985). Aztec Indians. Chicago: Children's Press.

McKissack, P. (1986). Flossie and the fox. New York: Dial.

McLain, G. (1990). The Indian way. Santa Fe, NM: John Muir.

McLean, V. (1987). Chasing the moon to China. New York: Redbird.

McLean, V., & Klyce, K. (1989). Kenya! Jambo! Memphis, TN: Redbird Press.

Mendez, P. (1989). The black snowman. New York: Scholastic.

Miles, M. (1971). Annie and the old one. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.

Mohr, N. (1979). Felita. New York: Bantam Skylark.

Mohr, N. (1986). Going home. New York: Dial.

Mora, P. (1992). A birthady basket for Tia. New York: Macmillan.

Moran, T. (1987). A family in Mexico. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications.

Morimoto, J. (1990). My Hiroshima. NY: Viking.

Morninghouse, S. (1992). Habari gani? What's the news? A Kwanzaa story. Seattle, WA: Open Hand.

Munsch, R. (1986). Love you forever. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books.

Musgrove, M. (1976). Ashanti to Zulu: African traditions. New York: Dial.

Myers, W. (1988). Scorpions. New York: Harper Keypoint.

Myers, W. (1991). The legend of Tarik. New York: Scholastic.

Myers, W. (1993). Malcolm X: A biography. New York: Scholastic.

Norman, H. (1987). Who-paddled-backward-with-trout. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

O'Dell, S. (1960). Island of the blue dolphins. New York: Dell.

O'Dell, S. (1989). Streams to the river, river to the sea. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Ortiz, S. (1988). The people shall continue. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Paek, M. (1988). Aekyung's dream. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Paterson, K. (1990). The tale of the mandarin ducks. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Paulsen, G. (1985). Dogsong. New York: Bradbury.

Perl, L. (1977). Mummies, tombs, and treasures. New York: Clarion.

Perrault, C. (1985). Cinderella. New York: Dial.

Polacco, P. (1988). The keeping quilt. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Polacco, P. (1990). Babushka's doll. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Prusski, J. (1988). Bring back the deer. San Diego: HBJ.

Ringgold, F. (1990). Tar Beach. New York: Crown.

Ringgold, F. (1992). Aunt Harriet's underground railroad in the sky. New York: Crown.

Rohmer, H., & Achondo, M. (1982). The legend of food mountain. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Rohmer, H., & Anchondo, M. (1988). How we came to the fifth world. San Francisco:

Children's Book Press.

Rohmer, H., Chow, O., & Vidaure, M. (1987). The invisible hunters. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Rose, D. (1990). The people who hugged the trees. Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart.

Roth, S. (1988). Fire came to the earth people. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Roth, S. (1990). The story of light. New York: Morrow Jr. Books.

Sakade, F. (1958). Japanese children's favorite stories. Boston: Charles E. Tuttle.

Sales, F. (1989). Ibrahim. New York: J. B. Lippincott.

San Souci, R. (1978). The legend of Scarface. New York: Doubleday.

San Souci, R. (1987). The enchanted tapestry. New York: Dial.

San Souci, R. (1987). The talking eggs. New York: Dial.

Say, A. (1990). El chino. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Say, A. (1991). Tree of cranes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Seattle, Chief. (1991). Brother eagle, sister sky. New York: Dial.

Seeger, P. (1986). Abiyoyo. New York: Macmillan.

Siberell, A. (1982). Whale in the sky. New York: Dutton.

Simon, S. (1988). Volcanoes. New York: Morrow Jr. Books.

Simon, S. (1992). Animal fact-animal fable. New York: Crown.

Sneve, V. D. (1989). Dancing teepees. New York: Holiday House.

Speare, E. (1983). The sign of the beaver. New York: Dell.

Spier, P. (1990). People. New York: Doubleday.

Stanek, M. (1989). I speak English for my mom. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman.

Stanley, D. (1988). Shaka, king of the Zulus. New York: Morrow Jr. Books.

Stanley, F. (1991). The last princess: The story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawaii.

New York: Four Winds Press.

Steptoe, J. (1988). Mufaro's beautiful daughters. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Stolz, M. (1988). Storm in the night. New York: HarperCollins.

Strickland, D. (Ed.). (1982). Listen children: An anthology of black literature.

New York: Bantam.

Surat, M. (1983). Angel child, dragon child. Madison, NJ: Steck-Vaughn.

Tadjo, V. (1989). Lord of the dance. New York: HarperCollins.

Taylor, M. (1975). Song of the Trees. New York: Dial.

Taylor, M. (1976). Roll of thunder hear my cry. New York: Bantam.

Taylor, M. (1981). Let the circle be unbroken. New York: Bantam Books.

Taylor, M. (1987). The friendship & the gold cadillac. New York: Bantam Books.

Taylor, M. (1987). The gold cadillac. New York: Dial.

Taylor, M. (1990). Mississippi bridge. New York: Dial.

Taylor, M. (1990). The road to Memphis. New York: Puffin.

Toye, W. (1969). The mountain goats of Temlaham. New York: Oxford University Press.

Toye, W. (1979). Fire stealer. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Troughton, J. (1979). How rabbit stole the fire. New York: Bedrick/Blackie.

Tsuchiya, Y. (1988). Faithful elephants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Tune, S. C. (1988). How Maui slowed the sun. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Turner, G. T. (1989). Take a walk in their shoes. New York: Cobblehill.

Uchida, Y. (1981). A jar of dreams. New York: Atheneum.

Uchida, Y. (1983). The best bad thing. New York: Macmillan.

Uchida, Y. (1985). The happiest ending. New York: Atheneum.

Vidal, B. (1991). The legend of El Dorado. New York: Alfred Knopf.

Velarde, P. (1989). Old father story teller. Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light.

Vuong, L. (1982). The brocaided slipper. New York: J. B. Lippincott.

Wallace, I. (1984). Chin Chiang and the dragon dance. New York: Atheneum.

Wallin, L. (1984). In the shadow of the wind. New York: Bradbury.

Waters, K., & Slovenz-Low, M. (1990). Lion dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year. New York: Scholastic.

Weinstein-Farson, L. (1988). Wampanoag. New York: Chelsea House.

Wells, R. (1992). A to zen: A picture book of Japanese culture. Saxonville, MA:

Picture Book Studio.

Wilbur, K. (1978). The New England Indians. Chester, CT: Globe Pequot.

Williams, K. L. (1990). Galimoto. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

Winter, J. (1988). Follow the drinking gourd. New York: Alfred Knopf.

Winter, J. (1991). Diego. New York: Alfred Knopf.

Xiong, B. (1989). Nine-in-one grr! grr! San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Yarbrough, C. (1979). Cornrows. New York: Coward-McCann.

Yee, P. (1990). Tales from gold mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the new world. New York: Macmillan.

Yep, L. (1975). Dragonwings. New York: Harper Trophy.

Yep, L. (1977). Child of the owl. New York: HarperCollins.

Yep, L. (1979). Sea Glass. New York: HarperCollins.

Yep, L. (1989). The rainbow people. New York: HarperCollins.

Yolen, J. (1972). The girl who loved the wind. New York: Crowell.

Young, E. (1989). Lon po po : A red-riding hood story from China. New York: Philomel.

Zim, J. (1975). My shalom, my peace. Tel-Aviv, Israel: Sabra Books.