Books in this category reflect the people of the world's nations, religions, and cultures, sometimes as a central feature of the story and other times as part of the story's background.
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All Books in the Cultural & Religious Groups Category
How the Rooster Got His Crown Written by Amy Lowry Poole The retelling of a Miao folktale from Western China about the day the sun refused to come out for fear of a skillful archer's arrows. [Grade Level: 4 - 6]
I Am Rosa Parks Rosa Parks (Author), Jim Haskins (Author), Wil Clay (Illustrator) The woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why. [Grade Level: K - 3]
I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. (Author), Coretta Scott King (Author) This edition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream" speech is illustrated by fifteen recipients of the Coretta Scott King Award, which recognizes African American authors and illustrators. Signed statements from the artists explain the emotions they were tying to capture and why and how they used certain colors and tones. This book evokes the sound of King's voice as it was captured on that historic August day in 1963. [Grade Level: 1 & Up]
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes Rose Lewis (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator) A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences. [Grade Level: Pre-K - 3]
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks Written by Faith Ringgold A contemporary schoolgirl boards the bus on which Rosa Parks rode in 1955, and the bus tells the girl about Rosa's story, from growing up with the constant threat of a Ku Klux Klan attack to her act of passive resistance against the segregation of bus passengers. [Grade Level: K - 3]
Iggie's House Written by Judy Blume This re-issue of Judy Blume's classic 1970 novel dealing with racism and housing segregation still strikes a chord. 11-year-old Winnie is quick to make friends with her new neighbors, the Garbers, who are the first African-American residents of the neighborhood (“The Garbers were black and Grove Street was white and always had been”). Winnie is distressed when another neighbor organizes a petition to pressure the Garbers into moving, and frustrated that her parents are initially ambivalent on the issue. Winnie tries to help her neighbors, and the Garber kids accuse her of befriending them only because she thinks it is “cool” to have black friends. The story has a positive resolution when the racist neighbor decides to move and Winnie makes up with the Garbers. [Grade Level: 4 - 7]
