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Kunu’s basket: A story from Indian Island

2012

by Lee DeCora Francis and Susan Drucker

Feeling frustrated when his first attempt to weave a basket fails, a Penobscot Indian boy receives help and encouragement from his grandfather.

Going to Mecca

2012

by Na'íma bint Robert and Valentina Cavallini

We are led on the journey of a lifetime to the city of Mecca--the pilgrimage known to Muslims as the Hajj. The pilgrims walk with heads bare and feet in sandals; they call to Allah; they kiss or point to the Black Stone, as the Prophet did. Arriving at Mecca, they surge round the Ka'aba, shave their heads and travel to Mount Arafat. Finally, though their bodies are tired and aching, their spirits are uplifted, knowing that with thousands of others they have performed the sacred pilgrimage. This is a window on to a sacred journey for Muslims the world over --beautifully described and illustrated for younger children

Sunflowers / Girasoles

2009

by Gwendolyn Zepeda and Alisha Ann Guadalupe Gambino

After helping her grandfather plant squash, onions, carrots, cabbage, and other vegetables that her mother uses in soups and salsas, seven-year-old Marisol plants sunflower seeds in her neighbors' yards, and weeks later, everyone gets to enjoy the fruits of Marisol's labor.

Napí makes a village / Napí funda un pueblo

2010

by Antonio Ramírez and Domi

When the government builds a dam that will flood Napí's Mazatec village, the people must move to a new site far away, where they burn the jungle to plant crops and build new homes, and when Napí's father is injured, she must go for help.

Sequoyah

2004

by James Rumford

While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.

Why are you doing that?

2014

by Elisa Amado and Manuel Monroy

Chapito learns about the tasks of the farm by asking why Manuel weeds the corn, why Doña Ana feeds the chickens, and why Ramón milks the cows

We’re off to make ʻUmrah

2010

by Sana Munshey and Eman Salem

A brother and sister join their parents on a trip to the city of Mecca to perform the sacred ritual of ʻUmrah.

The spirit of the sea

2014

by Rebecca Hainnu and Hwei Lim

Presents the story of Nuliajuq, the spirit of the sea, and how she came to live at the bottom of the ocean as a powerful and vengeful spirit.

The crossing

2011

by Donna Jo Napoli and Jim Madsen

In 1805, Sacagawea, a woman of the Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis and William Clark find a passage to the West Coast, in this story told through the eyes of the baby boy on Sacagawea's back.

Say a little prayer

2008

by Dionne. Warwick

Young Dionne Warwick is ambling through childhood like any other like kid, enjoying her family and neighbors, her pet dog, her hobbies, and school, when one day she discovers that she has a special talent

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