Ada, Alma Flor.
I love Saturdays y domingos
. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2002.
A boy talks about how on the weekend he splits his days with his grandparents who are or European-American and his other grandparents who are Mexican-American.
Beaumont, Karen.
Being friends
. New York. NY: Penguin Putnam Inc, 2002.
Two children talk about how they are different but they are still friends.
Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Madeline.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1939.
A classic story about a young, brave girl in Paris, France who stays at a boarding school. She suddenly falls ill and has to have her appendix out.
Bercaw, Edna Coe.
Halmoni's day.
New York, NY: Penguin Putnan, 2000.
Jennifer is taking her Korean grandmother to school for grandparents day. She is nervous because she doesn't really know her grandmother that well and her grandmother doesn't speak very much English. In the end Jennifer's grandmother tells a beautiful story to the class.
Borden, Louise
. America is…
New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2002.
This book shows the many different representations of America from Native Americans to skyscrapers.
Boyd, Candy Dawson.
Daddy, daddy, be there
. New York, NY: Philomel Books, 1995.
This poetic book shows different fathers and children. Many different people are represented and the importance of being a dad is stressed.
Brandenberg, Franz.
Aunt Nina, good night.
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1989.
Many nieces and nephews visit their Aunt Nina and they just can't fall asleep until they say good night to everyone and everything in the house.
Brandenberg, Franz.
Aunt Nina's visit
. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, 1984.
Six nieces and nephews anxiously await their Aunt Nina's visit because she has promised them each a kitten.
Bunting, Eve.
Jin Woo.
New York, NY: Clarion Books, 2001.
This is a story about an American family that adopts a baby from Korea. The book is written from a boy's point of view. The boy is going to be the baby's brother.
Bunting, Eve.
A picnic in October.
New York, New York: Harcort, 1999.
An Italian family travels to the Statue of Liberty to reminse about their grandparents trip to America.
Bunting, Eve.
Going home
. Harper Collins Publishers, 1996
For Christmas, a family of Mexican farm workers travel back to Mexico to celebrate with family. This book has beautiful pictures and many cultural references.
Calhoun, Mary. Tonio's Cat. New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.
Tonio is a boy who misses his dog he left in Mexico when his family moved to California. He finds a cat in an alley and starts to feed him. Although the text is pretty long, there are many different pictures of family interaction.
Choi, Yangsook.
The name jar
. New York, NY: Random House, 2001.
In this story a girl travels from Korea to the United States. Before she leaves her grandmother gives her a wooden stamp with a symbol of her name. When she attends school her classmates struggle with Unhei's name and try to give her new one.
Cooper, Susan.
The selkie girl
. New York. NY: Margaret K. McElderry Book, 1986.
This is a tale of Scottish and Irish decent. This is a similar story to the one told in the movie "The Secret of Roan Innish", about a man who marries a selkie woman and begins a family.
Damjan, Mischa.
Atuk.
New York: North-South Books, 1964.
A boy in an Inuit village gets a Husky puppy which he convinces his father to hitch to the sled. Unfortunately his puppy gets killed by a wolf and Atuk vows to get revenge on the wolf. The illustrations in this book are beautiful and the story has a pleasant ending.
Kroll, Virginia.
Masai and I
. New York. NY: Four Winds Press, 1992.
This is a parallel story about how a girl fantasizes about living life as a girl from East Africa. When the girl in the city does something, she imagines how the girl in East Africa would do it. Two different families are represented here.
Lester, Julius.
Albidaro and the mischievous dream
. New York, NY: Phyllis Fogelman
Books, 2000.
The guardian of children, Albidaro decided that he wants to make all the children happy and play a trick on his sister by whispering to the children of the world to stop listening to their parents and to do whatever they want. Children from all over the world are represented in this story.
Maestro, Betsy.
Coming to America: The story of immigration
. New York. NY:
Scholastic Inc., 1996.
This is a quick story about the history of immigration and Ellis Island. Although this book is a bit advanced for kindergarten, the pictures are colorful and it can be used if the unit is adapted for older grades.
McKissack, Patricia C.
Ma Dear's apron
. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster,
1997.
This is a story about how a boy that can tell what day of the week it is by his grandmothers aprons. He knows what chores need to be done and talks about turn of the century southern life.
Medearis, Michael &Angela Shelf Medearis.
Daisy and the doll
. Chicago, IL:
Independent Publishers Group, 1994.
A girl named Daisy lives in Grafton, Vermont. She tells the story about her favorite time of the day, (when her family gathers to tell stories) and how she gets to recite a poem from a different country. She gets angry when she is given a coal-black rag-doll because she never realized that she was seen as "different".
Morris, Ann.
Grandma Lai Goon remembers: A Chinese-American family story.
Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press, 2002.
This is a story about three families and their interactions between grandparents and grandchildren.
Uegaki, Chieri.
Suki's kimono
. Toronto, Canada: Kids Can Press, 2003. In this book there are many pictures and vocabulary words surrounding a Japanese girl and her love for her blue Kimono. She wants to wear it everywhere because her grandmother gave it to her.
Robinson, Fay.
Chinese New Year: A Time for Parades, Family, and Friends.
Berkeley
Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2001.
This book is about the origins of the Chinese New Year, and the meanings of some of the traditional customs.