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Apple pie 4th of July

2006

by Janet S. Wong and Margaret Chodos-Irvine

A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten

Coming to America

2003

by Bernard Wolf

Depicts the joys and hardships experienced by a Muslim family that immigrates to New York City from Alexandria, Egypt, in the hope of making a better life for themselves.

The jade necklace

2002

by Paul. Yee

When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her

The Best Eid Ever

2007

by Asma Mobin-Uddin and Laura Jacobsen

Aneesa and her grandmother come up with a plan to help two girls who are refugees celebrate Eid in America

My feet are laughing

2006

by Lissette. Norman

Sadie, an imaginative young Dominican American, relates her experiences growing up in her grandmother's brownstone house in Harlem. My name is Sadie and I live in Harlem with my mother and my little sister, Julie. Sadie likes living in her grandmother's brownstone, where she has her own bedroom and a backyard to play in. She's full of thoughts and has lots to say about her family and friends, her home, her hair, and her laughing feet that can't keep still. And when she grows up she plans on being a poet. This collection of sixteen exuberant poems in the voice of a young Dominican American girl and energetic, bright paintings celebrates Sadie's family and the city around her

Cooper’s lesson / 쿠퍼의 레슨

2004

by Sun Yung. Shin and Kim Cogan

When Cooper, a biracial Korean-American boy, feels uncomfortable trying to speak Korean in Mr. Lee's grocery, his bad behavior eventually leads to a change in his attitude

Goldfish and chrysanthemums

2003

by Andrea. Cheng and Michelle Chang

A Chinese American girl puts her goldfish into a fish pond that she creates and borders with chrysanthemums in order to remind her grandmother of the fish pond she had back in China

Dia’s story cloth

1996

by Dia Cha and Chue Cha

The story cloth made for her by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States

First day in grapes

2002

by L. King. Pérez and Robert Casilla

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school.

Iguanas in the snow y otros poemas de invierno

2005

by Francisco X. Alarcón and Maya Christina Gonzalez

These poems celebrate winter in San Francisco and the mountains of Northern California

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