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The Christmas coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood

2011

by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and Ellen Beier

Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.

Pancho Rabbit and the coyote

2013

by Duncan Tonatiuh

When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes glossary and author's note about illegal immigration and undocumented workers.

Paco and the giant chile plant

2008

by Keith Polette and Elizabeth O. Dulemba

The desert of the southwestern United States is the unexpected setting for this retelling of the classic fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

2014

by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson

A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself

Gracias / Thanks

2009

by Pat Mora and John Parra

A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.

The girl who buried her dreams in a can

2015

by Tererai Trent and Jan Spivey Gilchrist

"The true story of a little girl who made an impossible dream achievable"--|cProvided by publisher

H is for Hanoi

2013

by Elizabeth A. Rush and Nghĩa Cương Nguŷẽn

Bilingual text describes the sights, sounds, customs, and life of Vietnam.

Wings and dreams

2010

by Irania Macías. Patterson and Catherine Courtlandt-McElvane

A young Pemon Indian boy in Venezuela named Takupí courageously tries to seek the source of life-giving water that will save his people and finds Angel Falls by following his shaman grandfather's visions and befriending a wounded eagle.

Gift days

2012

by Kari-Lynn Winters and Stephen Taylor

A young girl who longs to study but must run the household and look after her siblings after her mother's death gets an invaluable gift from her brother. One day a week, her brother does her chores so that she can pursue her dream of an education, just as her mother would have wanted, in this tale about overcoming obstacles.

Bongani’s day