A Bear for Miguel.
Elaine Marie Alphin.
Harper Collins, 1996. (Salvadoran)

A House By The River.
William Miller.
Lee & Low, 1997. (African American.)

A House of Tailors.
Patricia Reilly Giff.
Wendy Lamb Books, 2004. (German-American)

A River Dream.
Allen Say.
Houghton Mifflin, 1998. (Asian American)

A Very Important Day.
Maggie Rugg Herold.
Morrow, 1995. (Multicultural)

An American Face.
Jan Czech.
Child and Family Press, 2000. (Korean)

Apple Pie 4th Of July.
Janet S. Wong. Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine.
Harcourt, 2002. (Chinese American)

Buzz.
Janet S. Wong.
Harcourt, 2000. (Asian American)

Celebrating Families.
Rosmarie Hausherr.
Scholastic, 1997. (Multi-ethnic)

Chinatown.
William Low.
Holt, 1997. (Chinese American)

Christmas Cobwebs.
Odds Bodkin.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2001 (German American)

Come On, Rain!
Karen Hesse.
Scholastic Press, 1999. (African American)

Dear Juno.
Soyung Pak. Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung.
Viking, 1999. (Korean American)

Emma's Rug.
Allen Say.
Houghton Mifflin, 1996. (Asian American)

Erandi's Braids.
Antonio Hernandez Madrigal.
Putnam’s, 1999. (Mexican)

Faraway Drums.
Virginia Kroll.
Little, Brown, 1998. (African American)0316504491

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message.
Jake Swamp. Illustrated by Erwin Printup, Jr.
Lee & Low, 1995. (Native American)

Grandfather Counts.
Andrea Cheng. Illustrated by Ange Zhang.
Lee & Low, 2000. (Chinese)

Grandma's Records.
Eric Velasquez.
Walker and Co., 2001. (Puerto Rican)

Grandpa's Corner Store.
Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan.
Harper, 2000. (European American.)

Halmoni's Day.
Edna Coe Bercaw.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000. (Korean)

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez.
Kathleen Krull.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2003. (Mexican American)

Hooray, a Piñata!
Elisa Kleven.
Dutton Children’s Books, 1996. (Hispanic )

How Nanita Learned to Make Flan.
Campbell Geeslin.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. (Mexican)

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes.
Rose Lewis.
Little Brown, 2000. (Chinese)

If the Shoe Fits.
Gary Soto.
Putnam, 2002. (Mexican American)

If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People.
David J. Smith.
Kids Can Press, 2002. (Global)

In the Snow.
Huy Voun Lee.
H. Holt, 1995. (Chinese)

Jingle Dancer.
Cynthia Leitich Smith. Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.
Morrow/Harper, 2000. (Native American)

Journey Home.
Lawrence McKay, Jr., Illustrated by Dom & Keunhee Lee.
Lee & Low, 1998. (Vietnamese)

Juan Bobo Goes To Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale.
Marisa Montes. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda.
Harper, 2000. (Puerto Rican)

Knots on a Counting Rope.
Bill Martin Jr.
Owlet, 1997. (Native American)

Liliana's Grandmothers.
Leyla Torres.
Farrar, 1998. (Spanish)

Little Oh.
Laura Krauss.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Bks, 1997. (Japanese)

Lucky O'Leprechaun Comes to America.
Jana Dillon.
Pelican Publishing, 2000. (Irish Americans)

Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants.
Barbara Ann Porte.
Orchard Books, 2000. (Chinese)

Madelia.
Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. (African American)

Maggie's Door.
Patricia Reilly Giff.
Wendy Lamb Books, 2003. (Irish American)

Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice.
Sylvia Rosa-Casanova.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997. (Multicultural)

Manuela's Gift.
Kristyn Rehling Estes.
Chronicle Books, 1999. (Mexican American)

Marianthe's Story: Painted Words & Marianthe’s Story: Spoken Memories.
Aliki.
Greenwillow, 1998. (Greek-American)

Mei-Mei Loves the Morning.
Margaret Holloway Tsubakiyama.
Albert Whitman, 1999. (Chinese)

Minty: A Story Of A Young Harriet Tubman.
Alan Schroeder. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Dial, 1996. (African American)

Moon Ring.
Randy Duburke.
Chronicle Books, 2002. (African American)

Morning on the Lake.
Jean Bourdeau Waboose. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch.
Kids Can Press, 1998. (Native American)

Muskrat Will Be Swimming.
Cheryl Savageau. A Seneca traditional story retold by Joseph Bruchac.
Northland, 1996. (Abenaki)(French Canadian)

Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems.
Rukhsana Khan.
Napoleon Publishing-Canada, 1999. (Muslim)

My Father's Boat.
Sherry Garland.
Scholastic, 1998. (Vietnamese)

My Steps.
Sally Derby.
Lee & Low Books, 1996. (African American)

My Very Own Room.
Amanda Irma Perez.
Children’s Pr, 2000. (Mexican American)

Nutik & Amaroq Play Ball.
Jean Craighead George.
Harper Collins, 2001. (Inuit)

Nutik, the Wolf-Pup.
Jean Craighead George.
Harper Collins, 2001. (Inuit)

Oh, No, Toto!
Katrin Hyman Tchana.
Scholastic, 1997. (African)

Picnic in October.
Eve Bunting.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1999. (Italian American)

Rap A Tap Tap.
Leo Dillon.
Blue Sky, 2002. (African American)

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.
Gerald McDermott.
Harcourt, 2001. (Native American)

Red Bird.
Barbara Mitchell.
Lothrop Lee & Shepard Bks, 1996. (Native American)

Richard Wright and the Library Card.
William Miller.
Lee & Low Books, 1997. (African American)

Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church.
Tonya Bolden.
Knopf, 2002 (African American)

Sam And The Lucky Money.
Karen Chinn. Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.
Lee & Low, 1995. (Chinese American)

Shake It, Morena.
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, compiler. Illustrated by Lulu Delacre.
Millbrook, 2002. (Puerto Rican)

Snapshots From the Wedding.
Gary Soto.
G.P. Putnam, 1996. (Mexican American)

Speak English for Us Marisol.
Karen English.
Children’s Book Press, 2000. (Hispanic)

The Adventures of Sugar and Junior.
Angela Shelf Medearis.
Holiday House, 1995. (Hispanic American)

The American Wei.
Marion Hess Pomeranc.
Whitman, 1998. (Chinese American)

The Birthday Swap.
Loretta Lopez.
Lee & Low Bks, 1997. (Mexican American)

The Brand New Kid.
Katie Couric.
Doubleday, 2000. (Hungarian American)

The Butterfly.
Patricia Polacco.
Philomel Books, 2000. (Jewish)

The Golem.
David Wisniewski.
Clarion Books, 1996. (Jewish)

The Good Luck Cat.
Joy Harjo. Illustrated by Paul Lee.
Harcourt, 2000. (Native American)

The Kingfisher Book of Family Poems.
Belinda Hollyer.
Larousse Kingfisher, 2003. (Multicultural)

The Legend Of The Valentine.
Katherine Grace Bond. Illustrated by Don Tate.
Zondervan Publishing House, 2002. (African American)

The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes.
Dakari Hru.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. (African American)

The Name Jar.
Yangsook Choi.
Knopf, 2001. (Korean)

The Other Side.
Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
G.P. Putnam, 2001. (African-American)

The Paperboy.
Dav Pilkey.
Orchard Books, 1996. (African American)

The Piano.
William Miller.
Lothrop & Low Books, 2000. (African American)

The Royal Bee.
Frances Park and Ginger Park.
Boyds Mills Press, 2000. (Korean)

The Sea Chest.
Toni Buzzeo. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Dial, 2002. (European American)

The Shadows of Ghadames.
Joelle Stolz.
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2004. (Libya)

The Talking Cloth.
Rhonda Mitchell.
Orchard Bks, 1997. (African American)

The Trip Back Home.
Janet S. Wong.
Harcourt, 2000. (Korean)

The Upside Down Boy.
Juan Felipe Herrera.
Children’s Book Press, 2000. (Mexican American)

The Village Basket Weaver.
Jonathan London.
Dutton Children’s Books, 1996. (African Caribbean)

This Next New Year.
Janet S. Wong.
Foster Frances Books, 2000. (Asian)

Tomas and the Library Lady.
Pat Mora.
Dragonfly, 2000. (Mexican American)

Two Brothers.
William Jaspersohn.
Vermont Folklife Center, 2000. (German American)

Two Mrs. Gibsons.
Toyomi Igus. Pictures by Daryl Wells.
Children’s Book Press, 1997. (Japanese American)(African American)(Bi-racial)

Under the Lemon Moon.
Edith Fine. Hope.
Lee & Low Books, 1999. (Mexican American)

Visiting Langston.
William Perdomo.
Henry Holt, 2002. (African American)

We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past.
Jacqueline Woodson.
Hyperion Books for Children, 1997. (African American)

What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses?
Richard Van Camp. Illustrated by George Littlechild.
Children’s Book Press, 1998. (Native American)

When I Left My Village.
Maxine Rose Schur.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. (Jewish)(Ethiopian)

Willie Wins.
Almira Astudillo Gilles. Illustrated by Carl Angel.
Lee & Low, 2001.. (Filipino American)

Wings.
Christopher Myers.
Scholastic, 2000. (African American)(Diversity)

Yoko.
Rosemary Wells.
Hyperion Bks for Children, 1998. (Japanese Amer.)

Yoko's Paper Cranes.
Rosemary Wells.
Hyperion Books for Children, 2001. (Japanese American)

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Multicultural Books for Upper Elementary Readers