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#WeHaveDiverseBooks New & favorite diverse books recommended by Mary Ann Scheuer BUSD Libraries, October 2014
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A selection of new and favorite books for children, representing a diverse range of voices. Geared for ages 5-11. Presentation to Berkeley Unified School District school libraries, October 2014.
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#WeHaveDiverseBooks
New & favorite diverse booksrecommended by Mary Ann Scheuer
BUSD Libraries, October 2014
Middle Grade Fiction (ages 9-12)
Serafina’s Promise, by Ann E. Burg
The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, by Brenda Woods
P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams Garcia
Kinda Like Brothers, by Coe Booth
Dash, by Kirby Larson
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Sugar, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Pickle, by Kim Baker
Gaby Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes
Zombie Baseball Beatdown, by Paolo Bacigalupi
Better Nate Than Ever, by Tim Federle
Zane and the Hurricane -- & -- The Ninth Ward
The Red Pencil, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
My Basmati Bat Mitzvah, by Paula Freedman
Dancing Home -- & -- Love, Amalia, both by Alma Flor Ada
Confetti Girl, by Diana Lopez
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Tortilla Sun, by Jennifer Cervantes
Sylvia & Aki -- & -- Separate Is Never Equal
Nonfiction for ages 5-11
Representing a diverse range of voices
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
Grandfather Gandhi, by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus
Yes! We Are Latinos, by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, by
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X,
by Ilyasah Shabazi
Twenty-two Cents: The Story of Muhammad Yunus, by Paula Yoo
Barbed Wire Baseball, by Marissa Moss
Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza, by JL Powers
Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone
Dear Malala, We Stand with You, by by Rosemary McCarney
Picture books
Just a few of the many titles to recommend
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen, by Thelma Godin
King for a Day, by Rukhsana Khan
The Honest to Goodness Truth, by Patricia McKissack
Firebird, by Misty Copeland & Christopher Myers
Each Kindness, by Jacqueline Woodson
A Dance Like Starlight, by Kristy Dempsey
Deep in the Sahara, by Kelly Cunnane and Hoda Hadadi
Made by Raffi, by Craig Pomranz
All Different Now, by Angela Johnson
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, by Christine Baldacchino
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors, by Roseanne Thong
Migrant, by Jose Manuel Mateo
Resources● SLJ’s recent list of new culturally diverse books
● SLJ: resources for finding Latino kid lit
● The Brown Bookshelf
● CCBC Multicultural Literature resourceso eg: booklist for picture books featuring interracial families
