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Devil's Arithmetic

Devil's Arithmetic more books like this

by Jane Yolen

Bored during a Passover ceremony and tired of her grandfather's constant reflection on the Holocaust, 12-year-old Hannah finds her self transported through time from America in 1988 to Poland in 1942. There Hannah finds that she is no longer Hannah, but a girl named Chaya who is being sent to a concentration camp.

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The Moon Lady

The Moon Lady more books like this

by Amy Tan

An excerpt from the novel THE JOY LUCK CLUB presented in picture-book format. A Chinese grandmother now living in America shares a story with her three grandchildren about her youth in China. While celebrating at the Moon Festival, 7-year-old Ying-ying becomes separated from her family. She has many adventures, but when she meets the magical Moon ...

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Mrs. Katz and Tush

Mrs. Katz and Tush more books like this

by Patricia Polacco

Feeling sorry for his elderly, widowed neighbor Mrs. Katz, a boy named Larnel brings her a kitten to help ease her loneliness. Mrs. Katz agrees to keep the kitten only if Larnel promises to help her care for the pet. As they raise the kitten, now named Tush, the Jewish Mrs. Katz and the African-American Larnel develop a lifelong, loving bond and a ...

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When Jessie Came Across the Sea

When Jessie Came Across the Sea more books like this

by Amy Hest, P J Lynch (Illustrator)

When Jessie, who lives in a poor village in Eastern Europe, is chosen by the rabbi to travel to America and must leave her grandmother behind, they both feel as if their hearts will break. This story of immigrant heritage follows Jessie across the ocean to a new life--and a new love--in America. Full color.

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Five go to Mystery Moor

Five go to Mystery Moor more books like this

by Enid Blyton

While on a riding school holiday, the Famous Five become curious about the gypsies camped on nearby Mystery Moor.

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Egyptian Cinderella

Egyptian Cinderella more books like this

by Shirley Climo

A picture book retelling of the Ancient Egyptian legend about Greek girl who was kidnapped and brought to Egypt as a slave. In this version the girl, Rhodopis, is mistreated not by her stepmother and stepsisters, but rather by the other servants, and a pharaoh serves as Prince Charming. Color illustrations accompany the text.

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Kimchi & Calamari

Kimchi & Calamari more books like this

by Rose Kent

A wide range of readers can relate to Joseph's story--those who are adopted, have mixed-race heritage, or those caught between their parents' culture and the culture where they live now.

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Way Down Deep

Way Down Deep more books like this

by Ruth White

Although Ruby seemed to just appear out of thin air on the steps of the courthouse on the first day of summer in 1944, no one in Way Down Deep, West Virginia, ever worried too much about where the toddler came from. They figured that if Ruby's people were dumb enough to lose something as valuable as a child, then that was their problem. So even ...

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Cajun Night Before Christmas

Cajun Night Before Christmas more books like this

by Howard Jacobs (Editor), Trosclair, James Rice (Illustrator)

This Cajun Christmas classic is in full-color. Take the traditional story of jolly old St. Nicholas, dress him in muskrat from his head to his toes, pile his skiff high with toys, and hitch it to 8 friendly flying alligators.

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Gypsy Game

Gypsy Game more books like this

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The kids from "The Egypt Game" are back, throwing themselves into preparation for becoming gypsies. When Toby tells everyone that he's a bona fide Gypsy, they're thrilled. Plus, Toby plans to borrow some props from his grandmother. Then Toby suddenly and mysteriously disappears, and the kids discover that living as real-life Gypsies may not be as ...

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To Spoil the Sun more books like this

by Joyce Rockwood

In this novel set during the 16th century, a Cherokee girl named Rain Dove must deal with the horrors of smallpox when the dreaded disease surfaces in her small town.

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Everybody Bakes Bread more books like this

by Norah Dooley, Peter J Thornton (Illustrator)

A rainy-day errand introduces Carrie to many different kinds of bread, including chapatis, challah, and papusaa. Includes recipes.

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Silver Days more books like this

by Sonia Levitin

"Levitin does an outstanding job depicting life as it was for Jewish immigrants who came to the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is written in an easy-to-read style which all types of readers can understand. This is one book that a reader will not be able to put down once it is begun".--Voice of Youth Advocates.

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Jalapeno Bagels more books like this

by Natasha Wing, Robert Casilla (Illustrator)

Jalapeno bagels are the delicious coming together of two cultures as the son of a Jewish baker and his Mexican wife decides what to bring to school for International Day. This warm story, illustrated by rich watercolors, comes complete with recipes for all the items that Pablo helps his parents make. Full color.

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Always Prayer Shawl more books like this

by Sheldon Oberman

As a young Jewish boy named Adam prepares to immigrate to the United States with his parents, his grandfather gives him a going-away gift--his prayer shawl. His grandfather explains to Adam that the prayer shawl was originally given to him by his own grandfather. Later, after growing up in America, Adam presents the prayer shawl to his own ...

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Not-So Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen more books like this

by Mitali Perkins

Thirteen-year-old Sunita Sen must adjust to culture shock when her grandparents arrive from India for a yearlong visit to the U.S. Sunita is confused when her progressive mother takes a sabbatical from job as a college professor to stay home to care for the visitors, then begins dressing in traditional Indian garb and cooking traditional Indian ...

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Friends more books like this

by Kazumi Yumoto, Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Friends Kiyama, Kawabe, and Yamashita become fascinated with death after Yamashita's grandmother dies. They wonder what a dead body looks like and what distinguishes the moment before death from the moment afterward. Hoping to observe a death firsthand, the trio make an older man the object of their constant surveillance. However, as they watch ...

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About the Bnai Bagels more books like this

by E L Konigsburg

Mark Setzer's Little League team is named B'nai B'rith, although everyone else calls them the B'nai Bagels. To further complicate matters, the team's manager, Bessie, is Mark's mother and their coach, Spencer, is his brother. Mark feels a lot of personal pressure--not only to be the best player on the baseball team, but also over his upcoming Bar ...

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Escape from the Slave Traders more books like this

by Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson

In the 1860s two African boys are taken captive and mistakenly left in the care of David Livingstone, whom they accompany on his quest to find a way to stop the slave trade and to open the interior of Africa to missionaries.

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Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, & Sky more books like this

by Vivian L Thompson, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)

Presents twelve Hawaiian myths which explain how the earth was created, why volcanoes on Hawaii erupt, why the days are longer in summer, and other natural phenomena.

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The Folks in the Valley: A Pennsylvania Dutch ABC more books like this

by Jim Aylesworth

Readers are introduced to the letters of the alphabet via scenes of life in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Color paintings accompany the rhyming text.

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Three Cheers for Catherine the Great! more books like this

by Cari Best, Giselle Potter (Illustrator)

Sarah wants to give her Russian grandmother, Catherine, a beautiful homemade birthday gift, but can't think of anything to make. Finally, she decides on a super birthday present--teaching her grandmother how to read and write in English.

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Jock of the Bushveld more books like this

by BHB International

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First farm in the valley more books like this

by Anne Pellowski

Anna, the American-born daughter of Polish immigrants, longs to escape the rigors of Wisconsin farm life to visit the romanticized Poland of her dreams.

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St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh more books like this

by Janet Nolan, Ben F Stahl (Illustrator)

During Ireland's potato famine, Fergus and his family leave for America. He cuts a branch of blackthorn tree so he can take a piece of Ireland with him and whittles it into a shillelagh. Each St. Patrick's Day, Fergus tells the story of how he came to America, and of the shillelagh that brought him. Many years later, Fergus's granddaughter ...

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