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Notable Books for a Global Society - 2006 List
(Outstanding K-12 Multicultural Literature)

 

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Interest Level Code:
P - Primary (PreK-1st grade)
ME = Middle Elementary (2nd - 3rd grade)
UE = Upper Elementary (4th - 5th grade)
MS = Middle School (6th - 8th grades)
YA = Young Adult (9th grade and above)
All = Broad general interest

Genre Code:
PB = Picture Book
HF = Historical Fiction
F = Fantasy/Science Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
BIO = Biography
RF = Realistic Fiction
FL = Folk Literature

All these books were copyright in 2005:

Ahmadi, Farah. The story of my life: An Afghan girl on the other side of the sky. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler youth: Growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic.

Carling, Amelia Lau.Sawdust carpets. Toronto: Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre.

Carvell, Marlene. Sweetgrass basket. New York: Dutton.

Chamberlin, Mary and Chamberlin, Rich. Mama Panya's pancakes: A village tale from Kenya. Illus. by Julia Cairns. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books.

Cheng, Andrea. Shanghai messenger. Illus. by Ed Young. New York: Lee and Low Books.

Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Illus. by Bryan Collier. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Hillman, Laura. I will plant you a lilac tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's list survivor. New York: Atheneum.

Johnson-Davis, Denys. Goha the wise fool. Illus. by Hag Handy and Hany. New York: Philomel.

Jurmain, Suzanne. The forbidden schoolhouse: The true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal, and Steinhardt, Bernice. Memories of survival. New York: Hyperion.

Lester, Julius. The Old African. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books.

Millman, Isaac. Hidden child. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.

Nelson, Marilyn. A wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. by Philippe Lardy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Park, Linda Sue. Project mulberry. New york: Clarion.

Rappaport, Doreen. The school is not white! A true story of the Civil Rights Movement. Illus. by Curtis James. New York: Hyperion.

Reich, Susanna. José!: Born to dance: The story of José Limon. Illus. by Raul Colon: New York: Simon & Schuster.

Ruurs, Martriet. My librarian is a camel: How books are brought to children around the world. New York: Boyds Mills Press.

Say, Allen. Kamishibai man. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the persimmon tree. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Tal, Eve. Double crossing. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. A Negro league scrapbook. Honesdale: Boyds Mills Press.

Williams, Mary. Brothers in hope: The story of the lost boys of Sudan. Illus. by R. Gregory Christie. New York: Lee & Low books.

Woodson, Jacqueline. Show way. Illus. by Hudson Talbott. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Yoo, Paula. Sixteen years in sixteen seconds. Illus. by Don Lee. New York: Lee & Low.

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Selection Committee

Sue Chase Corbin, Chair, Shaker Heights Middle School, OH
Nancy Hadaway, Co-chair,University of Texas at Arlington
Carolyn Angus,
Past Chair Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
April Bedford, University of New Orleans, LA
Jo Ann Brewer
, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Shirley B. Ernst,
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Cyndi Giorgis
, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, NV
Linda Leonard Lamme
, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Janelle Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Mary Napoli, Penn State, Harrisburg, PA

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Reprints

This list (along with annotations, teaching ideas, and related books for each title) is available in The Dragon Lode (24/1), Fall 2005, In press.

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