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Mule train mail

2009

by Craig McFarland. Brown

Introduces readers to Anthony Paya, wearing a cowboy hat, chaps, and spurs, who leads a train of ten mules on a daily 3-hour trek down into the Grand Canyon to bring mail to the townspeople of Supai.

Malia in Hawai’i

2013

by Karyn Hopper and Tammy Yee

Surfing or dancing, parades or hula, noodles or sushi? Malia likes them all! Malia in Hawaii is the story of a little girl with a long name, and an even longer list of things she likes to eat and do. Join Malia Sachi Ging Ging Lee as she explores the food and fun of her Hawaii home

Harlem Renaissance party

2015

by Faith Ringgold

Lonnie and his uncle journey back in time to the Harlem Renaissance

Elan, son of two peoples

2014

by Heidi Smith Hyde and Mikela Prevost

In 1898, just after his Bar Mitzvah, thirteen-year-old Elan and his family travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he meets his mother's family and participates in the Pueblo ceremony of becoming a man.

The stone cutter & The Navajo maiden / Tsé yitsidí dóó chʼiḱę́ęh bitsédaashjééʼ

2008

by Vee. Browne and Johnson Yazzie

When the metate, or grinding stone, that Cinnibah uses to grind corn into flour breaks, she sets out on a quest to mend the precious family heirloom.

Charlie and the Blanket Toss

2014

by Tricia Brown and Sarah Martinsen

Charlie, an Inupiat boy, is excited about the upcoming festival to celebrate a successful whale hunt, but afraid when he thinks this might be the year he takes part in the traditional blanket toss. Includes glossary and notes on Inupiat whaling traditions.

Lucky beans

2010

by Becky Birtha and Nicole Tadgell

During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest

My name is Sangoel

2009

by Karen Lynn. Williams and Khadra. Mohammed

As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem

The storyteller’s candle / La velita de los cuentos

2008

by Lucía M. González and Lulu Delacre

During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.

Sofi and the magic, musical mural