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The 2010 Skipping Stones Honor Awards!. Best Multicultural and International, Nature and Ecology Books, and Teaching Resources. Multicultural & International Awareness Books.
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The 2010 Skipping Stones Honor Awards! Best Multicultural and International, Nature and Ecology Books, and Teaching Resources
Multicultural & International Awareness Books • First Come The Zebra by Lynne Barasch, illustr. Lynne Barasch. Lee & Low Books; www.leeandlow.com. Ages 7-10. ISBN 978-1-60060-365-5 • A Lion’s Mane by Navjot Kaur, illustr. Jaspreet Sandhu. Saffron Press; www.saffronpress.com. Ages 5-10. ISBN 978-0-9812412-0-3 • Anh’s Anger by Gail Silver, illustr. Christiane Kromer. Plum Blossom Books; www.parallax.org. Ages 5-10. ISBN 978-1-888375-94-7
A Picture book • Shows a Buddhist meditation method on how to control Anger
Multicultural and International • Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland, illustr. Nicholas Oldland. Kids Can Press; www.kidscanpress.com. Ages 5-11. ISBN 978-1-55453-464-7 • Rocks Not Happy In Sacks by Gilbert Walking Bull and Sally Moore, illustr. Tom Novak. RedGravel Ink; www.redgravelink.com. ISBN 978-1-57579-375-7 • Finding Lincoln by Ann Malaspina, illustr. Colin Bootman. Albert Whitman & Co.; www.albertwhitman.com. Ages 6-11. ISBN 978-0-8075-2435-0
Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland, illustr. Nicholas Oldland. Kids Can Press; www.kidscanpress.com. Ages 5-11. ISBN 978-1-55453-464-7
Multicultural and International • Nasreen’s Secret School by Jeanette Winter, illustr. Jeanette Winter. Beach Lane Books; www.simonandschuster.com. Ages 6-11. ISBN 978-1-4169-9437-4 • For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo, illustr. Mercedes McDonald. University of Arizona; www.vapress.arizona.edu. Ages 8-adults. ISBN 978-0-8165-2797-7 • The Land of Expression by David & Mutiya Vision, illustr. Ignacio Alcantara. Vision Works; www.visionworkspub.com. Ages 7-15. ISBN 978-0-9816254-0-9
Book Appreciating Multiculturalism >>>About a girl’s life in Afghanistan (below)
Multicultural and International • Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan. Groundwood Books; www.groundwoodbooks.com. Ages 11-adults. ISBN 978-0-88899-858-3 • Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till by Simeon Wright. Lawrence Hill Books; www.chicagoreviewpress.com. Ages 11-18. ISBN 978-1-5565
Children of War: Interviews Muchacho: A Novel for 15 & up
Multicultural and International • Rene Has Two Last Names/Rene tiene dos apellidos by Rene Colato Lainez, illustr. Fabiola Graullera Ramirez. Arte Publico; www.artepublicopress.com. Ages 7-10. ISBN 978-1-55885-530-4 • Muchachoby Louanne Johnson. Random House, www.randomhouse.com/kids. Ages 15-90. ISBN 978-0-375-86117-8 • Libertad by Alma Fullerton. Fitzhenry & Whiteside; www.fitzhenry.ca. Ages 11-16. ISBN 978-1-55455-106-4
Multicultural and International • Mao and Me: The Little Red Guard by Chen Jiang Hong. Enchanted Lion Books; www.enchantedlionbooks.com. Ages 9-17. ISBN 978-1-59270-079-0 • My Name Is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom by Afua Cooper. Kids Can Press; www.kidscan.com. Ages 11-17. ISBN 978-1-55337-813-6 • Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books; www.groundwoodbooks.com. Ages 13-90. ISBN 978-0-88899-907-8
International Book on Cambodian Genocide • Half Spoon of Rice by Icy Smith, illustr. Sopaul Nhem. East West Discovery Press; www.eastwestdiscovery.com. Ages 9-13.
Nature and Ecology Books • Where Else in the Wild? More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed and Revealed by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy, photos by Dwight Kuhn. Tricycle Press; www.tricyclepress.com. Ages 6-11. ISBN 978-1-582-46283-7 • In the Trees, Honey Bees by Lori Mortensen, illustr. Cris Arbo. Dawn Publications; Ages 5-10 www.dawnpub.com. ISBN 978-1-58469-115-0 • Waste (Science Q&A Series) by Melanie Ostopowich. Weigl Publishers. www.weigl.com. Ages 8-14. ISBN 978-1-60596-064-7
Nature and Ecology • Picture book
Nature and Ecology • Science (Question and Answers) WASTE
Nature and Ecology Books • Discover the Desert: The Driest Place on Earth by Kathy Ceceri, illustr. Samuel Carbaugh. Nomad Press; www.nomadpress.net. Ages 10-17. ISBN 978-1-934670-46-0 • The Man Who Flies with Birds by Carole Garbuny Vogel and Yossi Lesham. Kar-Ben Publishing; www.karben.com. Ages 11-18. ISBN 978-0-8225-7643-3
Nature and Ecology • This book has many illustrations and activities
Teaching Resources: • Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice, editor: Wayne Au, Rethinking Schools; www.rethinkingschools.org. Ages 15-adults. ISBN 978-0-942961-42-3 • What’s on Your Plate? (A 76 min. DVD ) by Catherine Gund, prod. Catherine Gund and Tanya Selvaratnam. Bullfrog Films; Grades 4-11. wwwbullfrogfilms.com. ISBN 1-59458-901-1