Book Lists for Cultural Community Story Boxes
María Acevedo & Kathy Short, 2012
Story Boxes:
Roxaboxen. McLerran, Alice. Ill. Barbara Cooney. Set in Yuma, Arizona. 2004
Clementina’s Cactus. Keats, Ezra Jack. Set in the Southwest. 1999
This House is Made of Mud. Buchanan, Ken. Ill. Libba Tracy. Set in the Sonoran desert. 2004
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo. Gonzalez, Maya C. Set in the Mojave desert. 2007
The Seed and the Giant Saguaro. Ward, Jennifer. Ill. Mike Rangner. Set in the Sonoran desert. 2003
A Cowgirl and her Horse. Adams, Jean Ekman. Set in the Southwest. 2011
Art and Max, Weisner, David. Set in Southwest. 2010
Artifacts: plastic cactus; colored stones; and pictures of Sonoran desert plants
Let’s Eat!/¡A comer! Mora, Pat. Ill. Maribel Suárez. Rayo, Harper Collins, 2008
What Can You Do with a Paleta? Tafolla, Carmen. Ill. Magaly Morales. Tricycle, 2009
My Tata’s Guitar/ La guitarra de mi tata. Brammer, Ethriam Cash. Ill. Daniel Lechón. Piñata, 2002
We Are Cousins/Somos primos. Gonzales Bertrand, Diane. Ill. Christina E. Rodriguez. Piñata, 2007
American Indians from the Southwest
Sing Down the Rain. Moreillon, Judy. Ill. Michael Chiago. Tohono O’odham. 1997
What Are You Doing? Amado, Elisa. Ill. Manuel Monroy. 2011
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Morales, Yuyi. 2003
Playing Loteria/El juego de la Lotería. Laínez, René Colato. 2005. (Set in Guanajuato)
What Can You Do with a Rebozo? Tafolla, Carmen. Ill. Amy Cordova. 2008
The Tortilla Factory. Paulsen, Gary. Ill. Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1995
My Abuelita. Johnston, Tony. Ill. Yuyi Morales. 2009
M is for Mexico. Cordero, Flor de María. Photographs. 2008 Artifacts: Rebozo and La Lotería game.
Mama Elizabeti. Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie. Ill. Christy Hale. Set in Tanzania. 2004
New Shoes for Helen. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Set in Ethiopia. 2011
Omer’s Favourite Place. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Set in Ethiopia. 2011
Only the Mountains Do not Move. Reynolds, Jan. Set between Kenya and Tanzania, Maasai culture. 2011
The Lion and The Mouse. Pinkney, Jerry. Set in the African Serengeti of Tanzania and Kenya. 2009
For You Are a Kenyan Child. Cunnane, Kelly. Ill. Ana Juan. Set in a Kenyan village. 2006
Lala Salama. Maclachlan, Patricia. Ill. Elizabeth Zunon. Set in Tanzania. 2011
The Hatseller and the Monkeys. Diakité, Baba Wagué. Set in Mali. 1999
Grandma Comes to Stay. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Set in Green, Ghana. 2009
Deron Goes to Nursery School. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Set in Green, Ghana. 2009
Oh, No, Toto!. Tchana, Katrin Hyman & Pami, Luoise Tchana. Ill. Colin Bootman. Set in Cameroon. 1997
Welcome Dede! An African Naming Ceremony. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Set in Ghana. 2003
Anna Hibiscus’ Song. Atinuke. Ill. Lauren Tobia. Set in contemporary Africa, maybe Nigeria. 2011
Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. Daly, Niki. Set in Ghana. 2006
While We Were Out. Lee, Ho Baek. 2003
Minji’s Salon. Choung, Eun-hee. 2008
Waiting for Mama. Lee, Tae-Jun. Ill. Dong-Seong Kim. 2007
Something for School. Lee, Hyun Young. 2008
My Cat Copies Me. Kwon, Yoon-duck. 2005
Bee-bim-Bop! Park, Linda Sue. Ill Ho Baedk Lee. 2005
La La Rose. Ichikawa, Satomi. Philomel, 2004
A Visit to Fance. Alcraft, Rob. Heinemann Library. 2008
The Cat Who Walked Across France. Banks, Kate. Ill. Georg Hallensleben. Frances Foster. 2004
Big Wolf & Little Wolf. Brun-Cosme, Nadine. Ill. Olivier Tallec. Translated. Enchanted Lion. 2010
Madeline. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Puffin. 1998
Mama’s Perfect Present. Goode, Diane, Dutton. 1996
Everybody Bonjours! Kimmelman, Leslie. Ill. Sarah McMenemy. Knopf. 2008
Rangoli. Ananth, Anuradha. Ill. Shailja Jain. Frances Lincoln. 2007
One, Two, Three! Ravishankar, Anushka & Rao, Sirish. Ill. Durga Bai. 2004
What Should I Make? Nayar, Nandini. Ill Proiti Roy. 2009
To Market! To Marker! Ravishankar, Anushka. Ill. Emanuele Scanziani. 2007
My Dadima Wears a Sari. Sheth, Kashmira. Ill. Yoshiko Jaeggi. Peachtree. 2007
Monsoon. Krishnaswami, Uma. Ill. Jamel Akib. FSG. 2003
Monsoon Afternoon. Sheth, Kashmira. Ill. Yoshiko Jaeggi. Peachtree. 2008
J is for Jamaica. Zephaniah, Benjamin. Photography by Prodeepta Das. Set in Jamaica. 2006
Kamal Goes to Trinidad. Frederick, Malcolm. Photography by Prodeepta Das. Set in Trinidad. 2008
The Squeaky Door. MacDonald, Margaret Read. Ill Mary Newelll DePalma. Set in Puerto Rico. 2006
La Isla. Dorros, Arthur. Ill. Elisa Kleven. Set in Puerto Rico. 1995
Running the Road to ABC. Lauture, Denizé. Ill Raynold Ruffins. Set in Haiti. 2000
Caribbean Dream. Isadora, Rachel. Set in the Caribbean. 1998
Down by the River. Hallworth, Grace. Ill. Caroline Binch. Set in Trinidad. 1996
Hope for Haiti. Watson, Jesse Joshua. Set in Haiti. 2010. Artifacts: Stuffed “Coquí” and seashells
A New Year’s Reunion. Li-Qiong, Yu. Ill. Zhu Cheng-Liang. 2007
Good Morning China. Yi, Hu Yong. 2007
Kindergarten Day China and USA. Marx, Trish & Senisi, Ellen. 2010
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes. Wu, Faye-Lyn. Ill. Kieren Dutcher. 2010
Maggie’s Chopsticks. Woo, Alan. Ill. Isabelle Malenfant. 2012
Panda Kindergarten. Ryder, Joanne & Feng, Katherine. 2009
C is for China. So, Sungwan. 2006