Global Literacy Engagement

Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 - Friendship

• Thank You, Baobab Tree by Mi-hwa Joo & Yun-heu Park (Madagascar)
• Unlikely Friendships: The Dog and the Piglet by Jennifer Holland
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (Korea)
• Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela Turner & Yan Nascimbene (Japan)
• Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne (East Africa)
• Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee by Roberta Edwards & Carol Schwartz (Southeast Asia)
• Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, & Sue Cornelison (Iraq & Greece)
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margare by Lynn Reiser
• Dear Juno by Soyung Pak & Susan Kathleen Hartung (Korea)
• The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffle
• Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (France)
• First Come the Zebra by Lynne Barasch (Kenya)
• Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson& Fumi Kosaka (world)
• Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day by Emily Pearson& Fumi Kosaka

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Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 - Music

• Ah, Music! by Aliki
• Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers (Cuba)
• The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ilse Plume (Germany)
• Kenya's Song by Linda Trice (Carribean)
• Music Everywhere! by Maya Ajmera, Elise Hofer Derstine, Cynthia Pon (world)
• Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood (Mexico)
• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
• Mortimer by Robert Munsch (Canada)
• Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett (France)
• Mr. Putter and Tabby Toot the Horn by Cynthia Rylant
• Drum City by Thea Guidone

 

 

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Spring 2020 - Resilience

• Yard Sale by Eve Bunting (United States)
• Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges (China)
• Babu's Song by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (Tanzania)
• Tía Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina (United States)
• Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams (Malawi)
• Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
• For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Ann Langston-George (Pakistan)
• The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola (United States)

 

 

 

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Fall 2019  - Resilience

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (United States)
• Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake (United States - Alaska)
• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman (Japan)
• Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina (Cuba)
• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema (Kenya)
• It's Mine! by Leo Lionni (The Netherlands)
• All the Way to America by Dan Yaccarino (Italy)
• Amos and Boris by William Steig (The Ivory Coast)

 

 

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Spring 2019 - Discovery

• This Is How We Do It by Matt LaMothe (world)
• Little Guides to Great Lives by Marie Curie (Poland)
• I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi (Japan)
• Starry Messenger by Sidereus Nuncius (Italy)
• Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne (France)
• Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Khan (Saudi Arabia)
• Masai and I by Virginia L. Kroll (Kenya & Tanzania)
• Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky (world)

 

 

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Fall 2018 - Discovery

• Neo Leo by Gene Barretta (Italy)
• Me, Frida by Amy Novesky (Mexico)
• Hello Ocean by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Pacific Ocean)
• Koala Lou by Mem Fox (Australia)
• Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight & Mark Melnicove (countries in Africa)
• The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt (France)
• The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen (China)
• Anna and her Rainbow-Covered Yoga Mats by Giselle Shardlow (India)
• Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Jones​ (world)

 

 

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Spring 2018 - Clothing

• The Hat by Jan Brett (Scandinavia)
• Suki's Kimono by Cheri Uegaki (Japan)
• Abuela's Weave by Enrique O. Sanchez (Guatemala)
• I'm New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Guatemala, Korea & Somalia)
• Clothing of the World by Paula Skelley
• Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (India & United States)
• The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox (Iraq)
• I Lived on Butterly Hill by Marjorie Agosin (Chile)

 

 

 

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Fall 2017 - Buildings and Homes Around the World

• Home by Carson Ellis (world)
• If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche 
• Pueblos: American Indian Homes by Jack Manning (Mexico & Southwest United States)
• National Geographic Readers: Pyramids by Laura Marsh (Egypt)
• National Geographic Readers: Skyscrapers by Libby Romero (world)
• Gustave Eiffel's Spectacular Idea: The Eiffel Tower by Sharon Katz Cooper (France)
• Igloos: American Indian Homes by Jack Manning (Canada & Northern United States)
• 13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Roeder (world)

 

 

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Spring 2017 - Animals

• Koala Lou by Mem Fox (Australia)
• Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett (Austria)
• Meerkats by National Geographic (Kalahari Desert)
• Elephants by National Geographic (India)
• One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies (Brazil)
• Think of an Eel by Karen Wallace (Sargasso Sea)
• Camels by Seedlings (Egypt)
• Bears in the Forest by Karen Wallace (Canada)
• Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins (Madagascar)
• Cuckoo by Lois Ehlert (Mexico)
• Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer Holland (around the globe)

 

 

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2016 - Animals

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (England)
• We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs (United Republic of Tanzania)
• National Geographic: Polar Bears (The Artic)
• National Geographic: Penguins (Antarctica)
• See What a Seal Can Do by Christine Butterworth (Scotland)
• Tracks of a Panda by Nick Dowson (China)
• Walk with a Wolf by Janni Howker (Canada - Yukon Territory)
• Tigress by Nick Dowson (India)
• Stork's Landing by Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Israel)
• Moon Rope: Un Lazo a la Luna by Lois Ehlert (Peru)
• The One and Only Ivan by K. A. Applegate

 

 

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Spring 2016 - Nourishment

• Yoko by Rosemary Wells (Japan)
• Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin (China)
• Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong (Mexico)
• Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris (Israel)
• The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord (England)
• Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park (Taiwan)
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaolo (Italy)
• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (France)
• Mama Panya's Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya by Mary and Rich Chamberlin (Kenya)
• Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore (The Phillipines)
• Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures by Erin Hagar (France)

 

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Fall 2015 - Imagination

• Journey by Aaron Becker
• Ganesha's Sweet Tooth by Emily Haynes & Sanjay Patel
• Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
• Imagine by Alison Lester
• No Such Thing as Nessie by Chani McBain
• My Little Island by Frane Lessac
• The Littlest Matryoshka by Corinne Demas Bliss
• Possum Magic by Mem Fox
• The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
• William and the Missing Masterpiece by Helen Hancocks
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai

 

 

 

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Spring 2015 - Heroes

• Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change by Garth Sundem
• Courage by Bernard Waber
• All the Colors We Are by Katie Kissinger
• The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Meghan McCarthy
• Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter
• Cesar Chavez by Susan Eddy
• The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan Roth and Cindy Trumbone
• Madame Martine by Sarah Brannen
• Clemente! by Willie Perdomo
• Nelson Mandela by Karima Grant

 

 

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Fall 2014 - Sports and Games

• Games by Lisa Easterling
• Kite Flying by Grace Lin
• Pele, King of Soccer by Monica Brown
• What It’s Like to be Mariano Rivera by John Bankston
• Surf’s Up for Kimo by Kerry Germain
• Dog Team by Gary Paulson       
• Kiana’s Iditerod by Shelley Gill
• Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted Lewin
• Beautiful Warrior:  The Legend of theKung Fu by Emily Arnold McCully
• When Children Play:  The Story of Right to Play by Gina McMurchy Barber

 

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Spring 2014 - Resolution. Problem solving. Pay it forward.

• Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
• Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
• I have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres
• Same, Same, but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
• Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
• Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey and Giselle Potter
• Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams
• Frida by Jonah Winter
• Rain School by James Rumford
• Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winte
• The Bathing Costume: Or My Worst Vacation Ever by Charlotte Moundlic

 

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Fall 2014 - The Arts

• Circle Unbroken by Margo Theis Raven
• Colours: What Color is That by National Gallery of Australia
• Gutenberg and the Printing Press by Kay Melchisedech Olson
• Songs from the Baobab: African Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes by Chantal Grosleziat
• Diego by Jonah Winter
• Liu and the Bird: A Journey in Chinese Calligraphy by Catherine Louis
• Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford
• Market Day by Lois Ehlert
• My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me by Margaret Courtney-Clark
• Under the Spell of the Moon by Patricia Aldana (editor)

 

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Spring 2013 - Poetry and Non-Fiction   

• My Village: Rhymes from Around the World by Danielle Wright  
• Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown   
• Chasing Degas by Eva Motanari   
• Peaceful Pieces by Anna Grossnickle Hines  
• Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolia    
• Uncommon Traveler:  Mary Kingsley in Africa by Don Brown  
• Never Forgotten by Patricia McKissack   
• The Good Garden by Kate Smith Milway   
• Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life; of Sustainable Farming by Jane Reynolds 
• A Path of Stars by Ann Sibley O’Brien    
• Skip Across the Ocean:  Nursery Rhymes from  Around the World by Fioella Benjamin   
• Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins  

 

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Fall 2012 - The Immigrant Experience

• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman   
• My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits 
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi 
• Nadia’s Hands by Karen English   
• I Hate English by Ellen Levine 
• One Green Apple by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin 
• How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting  
• Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki  
• Apple Pie, Fourth of July by Janet Wong 
• Benjamin and the Word by Danie

 

 

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Spring 2012

• Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney  
• Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Shuett  
• Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley  
• Madlenka by Peter Sis  
• Madlenka’s Dog bu Peter Sis  
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr  
• The Seven Continents by Wil Mara

 

 

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Fall 2011

• Running Shoes by Frederick Lipps
• Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola 
• My Name is Celia by Monica Brown
• Tea Leaves by Frederick J. Lipp
• 3 Trickster Tales
• Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
• Zomo the Rabbit  by Gerald McDermott
• Papagayo the Mischief Makerby Gerald McDermott 
• Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by G. Brian Kalas
• Minutka:  Bilingual Dog and Friends by Anna Myceck Wodecki
• Children Around the World by Donata Montanari (illus)

 

 

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Spring 2011/Fall 2010

• Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney  
• Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Shuett  
• Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley  
• Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley  
• Madlenka by Peter Sis  
• Madlenka’s Dog bu Peter Sis  
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr  
• The Seven Continents by Wil Mara

 

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Fall 2011

• Running Shoes by Frederick Lipps
• Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola 
• My Name is Celia by Monica Brown
• Tea Leaves by Frederick J. Lipp
• 3 Trickster Tales
• Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
• Zomo the Rabbit  by Gerald McDermott
• Papagayo the Mischief Makerby Gerald McDermott 
• Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by G. Brian Kalas
• Minutka:  Bilingual Dog and Friends by Anna Myceck Wodecki
• Children Around the World by Donata Montanari (illus)

 

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Spring 2011 / Fall 2010

• Trickster Tales and Fairy Tales
• The Librarian of Basra:  A True Story by Jeanette Winter
• Coyote: A trickster tale from the American Southwest
• Anansi the Spider: A trickster tale from the Ashanti
• Jabuti the Tortoise: A trickster tale from the Amazon
• Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards
• Grandfather’s Dream by Holly Keller
• Crayfishing with Grandmother by Jill Bag nall
• My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown
• Ronny by Nenad Vujadinovic
• Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester  
• Down Under (Vanishing Cultures) by Jan Reynolds  
• In the Heart of the Village The World of the Indian Banyan Tree by Barbara Bash 
• Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay, The Boy 
  Whose Dream Was Everest by Robert Burleigh
• Adventures of Riley: Tigers in Teraiby Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz  
• Erika-San by Allen Say 
• Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say 
• A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mager 
• Hannah’s Winter by Kierin Meehan
• Biblioburro:  A True Story from Columbia by Jeanette Winter 
• Come Look with Me:  Latin American Art by Kimberly Lane 
• Tio Conejo:  Uncle Rabbit and Other Latin American Trickster Tales by Olga Loya 
• 14 Cows for America  Carmen by Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimeli Nalyomah 
• Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier  
• Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams 
• A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenen, Robert Chapman 
• Nabeel’s New Pants: An Eid Tale by Fawzia Gilani-Williams 
• Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter 
• Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Lon Po Po
• The Sun Girl and Moon Boy