Cultural Community Story Box Book List
María V. Acevedo and Kathy Short, 2012.
List of books for the Cultural Community Story Boxes
East Africa
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
Rain School. Rumford, James. Set in Chad. 2010
Southwest
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
Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad’s Tale. Sayre, April Pulley. Ill. Barbara Bash. Set in the desert regions of Arizona, Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, California and New Mexico. 2001
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 Southest. 2011
Art and Max, Weisner, David. Set in Southwest. 2010
Korea
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
Wave. Lee, Suzy. 2008
My Cat Copies Me. Kwon, Yoon-duck. 2005
Bee-bim-Bop! Park, Linda Sue. Ill Ho Baedk Lee. 2005
Sori’s Harvest Moon Day: A Story of Korea. Lee, Uk-Bae. 1999
K is for Korea. Cheung, Hyechong & Das, Prodeepta . 2011.
Mexico
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. 2008
The Tortilla Factory. Paulsen, Gary. Ill. Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1995
My Abuelita. Johnston, Tony. Ill. Yuyi Morales. 2009
Uno, dos, tres: One, Two, Three. Mora, Pat. Ill. Barbara Lavalee. 2000 (Aztec inspired illustrations)
M is for Mexico. Cordero, Flor de María. 2008
Mexican-American
Let’s Eat!/¡A comer! Mora, Pat. Ill. Maribel Suárez. Rayo, Harper Collins, 2008
I’m Just Like My Mom/I’m Just Like My Dad: Me parezco tanto a mi mamá/ Me parezco tanto a mi papá. Ramos, Jorge. Ill. Akemi Guttiérez. Rayo, 2008
What Can you Do with a paleta? Tafolla, Carmen. Ill. Magaly Morales. Tricycle, 2009
My Nana’s Remedies/Los remedios de mi nana. Rivera-Ashford, Roni Capin. Ill. Edna San Miguel. ASDM, 2002
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
The Party for Papa Luis/ La fiesta para Papá Luis. Gonzales Bertrand, Diane. Ill. Alejandro Galindo. Piñata, 2010
¡Fiesta! Guy, G. F. Ill. Rene King Moreno. Greenwillow, 2007
West Africa
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
Where Are Going On a Lion Hunt. Axtell, David. Set in the African savanna. 2007