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| 1. | A Quilt for Kiri
Judith Kunzle (Illustrator), Don Long (Author)
A young girl learns about her grandmother from the quilt she leaves behind after her death.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 2. | Beyond the Ridge
Written and Illustrated by Paul Goble
A Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 3. | Blackberries in the Dark
Thomas B. Allen (Illustrator), Mavis Jukes (Author)
A young boy visits his grandmother and together they try to come to terms with the grandfather's death.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 4. | Dance, Kayla!
Written by Darwin McBeth Walton
A young girl uses her dancing to help her cope during difficult times.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 5. | Drita, My Homegirl
Written by Jenny Lombard
Drita and her family come to New York as refugees from war-torn Kosovo. Even though she barely speaks English, Drita can’t wait to start school and make a new best friend. But her new classmates don’t make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. The worst is Maxie, a tough African-American girl whose sassy attitude hides a painful secret. When Maxie takes things too far, their teacher assigns Maxie a paper on Drita and her journey to America from Kosovo. Suddenly, Maxie realizes she and Drita have more in common than she thought. And when Drita’s mother gets sick, there’s only one person who can help—Drita’s new homegirl.
[Grade Level: 3 - 5] |
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| 6. | Losing Uncle Tim
Judith Friedman (Illustrator), MaryKate Jordan (Author)
A young boy struggles to find understanding when his uncle dies of AIDS.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 7. | My Brother's Keeper: The Holocaust through the Eyes of an Artist
Written by Israel Bernbaum
An artist describes the Holocaust and explains how he tries to tell the story of that catastrophe through his art.
[Grade Level: 5 & Up] |
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| 8. | Park's Quest
Written by Katherine Paterson
A young boy learns about his father who was killed in Vietnam. |
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| 9. | Pink and Say
Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco
The story of Pinkus Aylee who during the Civil War saved Sheldon Russell Curtis, the author's great, great grandfather.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 10. | Tale of Two Rice Birds: A Folktale from Thailand
Christine Lamb (Illustrator), Clare Holdgson Meeker (Adapter)
A Thai folktale in which a male and female rice bird each die, but meet again when they are reincarnated.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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| 11. | The Little Weaver of Thai-Yen Village
Nancy Hom (Author), Minh-hoa (Illustrator), Tran-Khanh Tuyet (Author)
A story about a young girl who loses her family during war.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6] |
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| 12. | The River That Gave Gifts
Written by Margo Humphrey
Before a beloved elder of the town goes blind, a young girl and her playmates gather together and decide they will each give her a special gift.
[Grade Level: K - 3] |
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| 13. | The Wall
Eve Bunting (Author), Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
A little boy's father takes him to the Vietnam War Memorial to find his grandfather's name on the wall.
[Grade Level: K - 6] |
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