SKL Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 My girls are biologically Mayan. I've always made an effort to have a variety of races and cultures represented in the things they see / use, e.g., dolls, books, etc. Books designed for little kids and representing various races are easy to find. But books for older kids? Not so much. My dd5 is at a level where she's reading Charlotte's Web, Little House books, and the like (and she'll also read books for younger kids provided they are challenging). She also likes biographies and biographical fiction. Do you have any suggestions of really good books involving characters (shown in a positive light) that are non-white? Bonus points if they are also non-black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet had 3 friends from various ethnic backgrounds. She has 2 other books featuring the trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldGirl Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, simply by studying different countries each month as our Geography (notebooking method), we go to the library and I search for folk tales/stories from those cultures. The non-fiction books are helpful too because of the photographs of various people groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I thought of a couple more: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Call It Courage You might also look at the book list for Sonlight's Core F. Since the focus is Eastern Hemisphere there is a variety of cultures represented in the titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 What about? Secret of the Andes (Clark) - alot of detail about life in the Andes and the Incas - difficult reading, tho. It was a read-aloud for us. The Big Wave (Buck) - about a tidal wave in Japan - pretty easy reading Pocahontas and the Strangers (Bulla) - the main character is a Native American princess. My daughter thought this was the greatest book ever written. The Sign of the Beaver (Speare) - alot of detail about Native American life in Maine. We actually did a huge unit study with this book. My son thought THIS was the greatest book ever written. :D Little Pear - about a small boy in China long ago - easy to read I haven't read these, but these seem popular: House of Sixty Fathers (DeJong) - we plan to read this at some point - about China during a Japanese invasion Tales of a Korean Grandmother: 32 Traditional Tales from Korea - this is high on my booklist, but we haven't gotten to it yet Om-kas-toe - about the Blackfeet in the 1700s Naya Nuki - got good reviews Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman - this is on our list for next year Rickshaw Girl - about a girl in Bangladesh Like the other poster said: Look at Sonlight's Core F. Your daughter is probably a little too young for those books right now, but you'll be there soon. Here's a link to 50 Multi-cultural books every child should know. Website seems to be from University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42 I hope something out of that list helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Thanks for the great suggestions thus far! Bumping up . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Mufaro's beautiful daughters. It is also a magical tale of virtue and greed. beautiful pictures, and a good story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Updated version of a lovely tale that previously suffered under dated and racist nomenclature. You might like to look at my Amazon lists for China - there are some books for younger children on it. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Any of the books by these authors. We wish they'd hurry up and come out with more. We love their books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 My children aren't early readers, but they do like a good story. Two I can think of immediately from our bookshelf are: El Chino and How My Parents Learned to Eat. Wow, we've had both of these books since 2005. (Thank you amazon for that snippet of info!) They are just 32 page, illustrated stories. Decent vocabulary. Probably my alltime favorite "multicultural" book is Come Over to My House which has been republished under the Dr. Seuss name, but I gave you a link to the original. I still have my 1968 copy. Definitely for littles, but I still delight in it, as do my children. Oh, and how about Surf's Up for Kimo? Again, not a chapter book, but a good story. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Wow, we've had both of these books since 2005. (Thank you amazon for that snippet of info!) :lol: :lol: :lol: Your posts almost always crack me up. Guaranteed! :D :grouphug: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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