Multi Cultural Book List
Spring, Rain and Nature titles
Float by Daniel Miyares
Ruby’s Birds by Mya Thompson
The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates (art activity included)l
Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle
Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse
Traditional stories
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alxie
Awȃsis and the World Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt
Pets/Animals stories
Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats
Hopeful stories
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (discussion questions included)
Ramadan
In My Mosque by M.O.Yuksel
A Party in Ramadan by Asma Mobin-Uddin
The White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi
Ramadan: The Holy Month of Fasting by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Holi
Festival of Colors by Surishtha Sehgal
Holi Hai! By Chitra Soundar
Let’s Celebrate Holi! by Ajanta Chakrabothy
Passover
More Than Enough: A Passover Story by April Halprin Wayland and Katie Kath
The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel
The Longest Night: A Passover Story by Laurel Snyder
Easter
Catherine’s Pascha: A Celebration of Easter in the Orthodox Church by Charlotte Riggle
Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
Easter Around the World by Shannon Knudsen
The Story of Easter by Jean Miller
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Poetry
My Village: Rhymes from Around the Worldby Danielle Wright
The Stuff of Starsby Marion Dane Bauer
by Nikki Giovanni
A Stick Is An Excellent Thingby Marilyn Singer
black is brown is tan by Arnold AdoffMy Mexicoby Tony JohnstonImagineby Juan Felipe Herrera
Around the World in Eighty Poemsby James BerryShaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the Worldby Susan HoodI Am Enoughby Grace Byers
One Leaf Rides the Windby Celeste Mannis
