Awards search:Notable Book for a Global Society

Children Just Like Me: A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World

by Barnabas Kindersley
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
*around the world, *Africa, *Amazon, *Brazil, *Argentina, *Bolivia, *Hungary, *Asia, *Australia, *Alaska, *Thailand — 47 more, *Botswana, *China, *Canada, *Cancun, *Mexico, *Central America, *Egypt, *Ethiopia, *Europe, *Finland, *France, *Ghana, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA_ART_CULTURE, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BRAZIL, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_ARGENTINA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BOLIVIA, *Greece, *USA, *Indonesia, *India, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, *Israel, *Japan, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_JAPAN, *Jordan, *Jerusalem, *Russia, *Middle East, New Mexico, *New Zealand, *Poland, *Philippines, *Marocco, *Tanzania, *South Korea, *Korea, south america indians, indians of Brazil, *Vietnam, *Eskimo, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Africa, *New Mexico, (100) PHILOSOPHY_PSYCOLOGY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Children Just Like Me
Barcode
3411
Status
Available

Children Just Like Me: A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World

by Barnabas Kindersley
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
*around the world, *Africa, *Amazon, *Brazil, *Argentina, *Bolivia, *Hungary, *Asia, *Australia, *Alaska, *Thailand — 48 more, *Botswana, *China, *Canada, *Cancun, *Mexico, *Central America, *Egypt, *Ethiopia, *Europe, *Finland, *France, *Ghana, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA_ART_CULTURE, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BRAZIL, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_ARGENTINA, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_BOLIVIA, *Greece, *USA, *Indonesia, *India, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, *Israel, *Japan, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_JAPAN, *Jordan, *Jerusalem, *Russia, *Middle East, New Mexico, *New Zealand, *Poland, *Philippines, *Marocco, *Tanzania, *South Korea, *Korea, south america indians, indians of Brazil, *Vietnam, *Eskimo, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Africa, *New Mexico, Children, (100) PHILOSOPHY_PSYCOLOGY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Children Just Like Me
Barcode
3410
Status
Available

A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Newbery Medal, Historical Fiction, Korea, Pottery, Orphans, Apprentices, Ceramics, Celadon
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
407
Status
Available

A Single Shard

by Linda Sue Park
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Newbery Medal, Historical Fiction, Korea, Pottery, Orphans, Apprentices, Ceramics, Celadon
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1511
Status
Available

Hana's Suitcase: A True Story

by Karen Levine
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Biography, Auschwitz, History, *Japan, *Auschwitz, Jewish, Concentration Camps, historic story, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_JAPAN
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
5831
Status
Available

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Great Depression 1929, Musicians, Runaways, Jazz, Orphans, *Michigan, Historical Fiction, Flint — 3 more, Black History Month, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
116
Status
Available

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Great Depression 1929, Musicians, Runaways, Jazz, Orphans, *Michigan, Historical Fiction, Flint — 3 more, Black History Month, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
787
Status
Available

If You Come Softly

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, interracial relationships, intimacy, Love, *New York, Racism, Romance, relationship, RED DOT, Black History Month, Middle School
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
If You Come Softly (1)
Barcode
635
Status
Available

Shiva's Fire

by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Historical Fiction, Dance, India, Hinduism, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
1668
Status
Available
Call number
PB Sta

Like Sisters on the Homefront

by Rita Williams-Garcia
Paperback, 1998
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1792
Status
Available
Call number
PB Wil

Homeless Bird

by Gloria Whelan
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Historical Fiction, Arranged Marriage, *India, Courage, National Book Award, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Realistic Fiction, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
1762
Status
Available

Homeless Bird

by Gloria Whelan
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Historical Fiction, Arranged Marriage, *India, Courage, National Book Award, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Realistic Fiction, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
1761
Status
Available

One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

by Demi
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
*India, Mathematical Folktale, 7th Grade Curriculum: Math, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3739
Status
Available

The Birchbark House (Book #1) (c.2)

by Louise Erdrich
Paperback, 2002
Tags
National Book Award Finalist, Ojibwa Indians, Native American, Islands, Seasons, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, GRADE 4 to 5: Reading BOOK, Make Way for Reading, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
The Birchbark House (1)
Barcode
863
Status
Available

The Birchbark House (Book #1) (c.1)

by Louise Erdrich
Paperback, 2002
Tags
National Book Award Finalist, Ojibwa Indians, Native American, Islands, Seasons, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, GRADE 4 to 5: Reading BOOK, Make Way for Reading, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
The Birchbark House (1)
Barcode
862
Status
Available

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)

by Virginia Hamilton
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
*African American, Coretta Scott King Awards, African Folktales, Black History Month, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3795
Status
Available

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Historical Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Family, Birmingham, *Alabama, Racism, Civil Rights, Newbery Honor, *Michigan, Flint, 1960s — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
117
Status
Available

Becoming Naomi Leon

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Mexican American, *Mexico, Hispanic, Disability, Divorce, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), Realistic Fiction, 6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Other, Multicultural, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Family — 5 more, *California, Coming of Age, Siblings, Abandonment, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
519
Status
Available

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley

by Ann Rinaldi
Paperback, 1996
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, Historical Fiction, Slavery, Poetry, Colonial America, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Great Episodes
Barcode
6307
Status
Available

Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6048
Status
Available

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Civil Rights, Newbery Honor, Harlem Renaissance, Singers, Opera Singers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Segregation, Women's History, AFRICAN AMERICAN, SINGERS — 10 more, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Equality, Women, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (320) POLITICAL SCIENCE, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (323) CIVIL_RIGHTS, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3534
Status
Available

A Ring of Tricksters : Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, And Africa

by Virginia Hamilton
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, *Africa, *African American, Alligators, Animals, Tricksters, *West Indian, *America, Folklore, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, African Folktales — 7 more, *India, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Africa, GRADE 7 Curriculum: AFRICA_LEGENDS, Black History Month, ANIMALS_FABLES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3796
Status
Available

Habibi

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Middle East, Family, Historical Fiction, *Israel, *Jerusalem, Jewish, Multicultural, *Palestine, Realistic Fiction
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
1492
Status
Available
Call number
PB Nye

Parvana's Journey (c.1)

by Deborah Ellis
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Middle East, *Afghanistan, Refugees, Taliban, War, Survival, Series, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Afghanistan, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 2 more, Realistic Fiction, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Series
The Breadwinner (2)
Barcode
210
Status
Available

Parvana's Journey (c.2)

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2009
Tags
6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Middle East, *Afghanistan, Refugees, Taliban, War, Survival, Series, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Afghanistan, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 2 more, Realistic Fiction, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Series
The Breadwinner (2)
Barcode
858
Status
Available

The Land

by Mildred D. Taylor
Paperback, 2003
Tags
19th Century, *African American, Historical Fiction, *Mississippi, Racism, Series, Slavery, Race Relations, Prejudice, Civil War, Middle School — 3 more, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
Logan Family (1)
Barcode
1708
Status
Available
Call number
PB Tay

Through my eyes

by Ruby Bridges
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
*African American, Civil Rights, Autobiography, Black History, Courage, integration, Picture Books, Racism, Segregation, Social Studies, History — 5 more, American History, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5626
Status
Available

Carver: A Life in Poems

by Marilyn Nelson
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Poetry, George Washington-Carver
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5249
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Historical Fiction, World War II, Nazism, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, RED DOT, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
1835
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Ebook, 2007
Tags
Historical Fiction, World War II, Nazi Germany, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, RED DOT, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
639
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2010
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Mama Panya's Pancakes

by Mary Chamberlin
Paperback, 2006
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, *Kenya, *Africa, village, Barefoot Books, Food, Family, Generosity, sharing, community, African Culture — 6 more, Picture Books, Multicultural, Pancakes, African Folktales, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Africa
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2182
Status
Available

Celebrating Ramadan

by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Ramadan, HOLIDAYS_RAMADAN_EID-UL-FITR, (200) RELIGION, (297) ISLAM, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3502
Status
Available
Call number
297 Hoy

Earth, Fire, Water, Air

by Mary Hoffman
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3805
Status
Available

The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
POETRY-MEXICO, MEXICO-POETRY, *in Spanish, Bilingual, *Mexico, Poetry, Stories, Spanish Studies, *Shelved in Spanish Language section, Trees, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct) — 4 more, (800) LITERATURE, (808) WRITING AND GRAMMAR, (808.8) SHORT STORIES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collections
*World Languages, LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5183
Status
Available

Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places

by Joseph Bruchac
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
*Native American, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, sacred space
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3706
Status
Available
Call number
398.2 Bru

Harlem (Caldecott Honor Book)

by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
*African American, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, POETRY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Awards, Harlem Renaissance, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5248
Status
Available

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 1996
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5646
Status
Available

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
MIDDLE EAST-POETRY, POETRY-MIDDLE EAST, (811) POETRY, Poetry, Middle East, Women, War, *Palestine
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5252
Status
Available

Sitting Bull and His World

by Albert Marrin
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, *Native American, Sitting Bull, Dakota Indians, Lakota, American History, Sioux, Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6267
Status
Available
Call number
921 Sit

My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World

by Margriet Ruurs
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Librarian, Books, Library, *around the world, *Australia, *Azerbaijan, *Canada, *England, *Finland, *Indonesia, *Kenya — 12 more, *Mongolia, *Pakistan, *Papua New Guinea, *Peru, *Thailand, *Zimbabwe, Library month, (000) GENERALITIES_COMPUTERS_UFOs, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_PERU, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3402
Status
Available

In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree (Tree Tales)

by Barbara Bash
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
*India, Trees, botany story, Ecology, Culture, village, Picture Books, banyan tree, Folklore, (580) BOTANY_PLANTS, GRADE 5 Curriculum: BOTANY — 4 more, Botany, (500) PURE SCIENCE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Tree Tales
Barcode
4306
Status
Available
Call number
583.96 Bas

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Cesar Chavez, (921) BIOGRAPHY, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Mexican American, Labor Unions, United Farm Workers, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Spanish Studies, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct)
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5478
Status
Available

Confucius: The Golden Rule

by Russell Freedman
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
*China, Confucius, (921) BIOGRAPHY, philosophers, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5643
Status
Available
Call number
921 CON

Gift For Abuelita / Un regalo para Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead/En celebracion del Dia de los Muertos (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition)

by Nancy Luenn
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
DAY OF THE DEAD, Holidays, Spanish Studies, MEXICO-HOLIDAYS, Festivals, Celebrations and Festivals, Bilingual, Grandparents, Grandmothers, Spanish Language, *Shelved in Spanish Language section — 7 more, *in Spanish, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), Dia de los Muertos, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (394.265 1) HOLIDAYS_DAY OF DEAD, (394.26) HOLIDAYS
Collections
*World Languages, LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4000
Status
Available

Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection

by Alma Flor Ada
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Hispanic, Folklore, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, Folklore_Spain, *Spain, Spain-Folklore, Folklore_Hispanic, Hispanic Folklore, Folklore_Latin America, *Latin America, Latin America_Folklore — 5 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Spanish Studies, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3687
Status
Available

The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey

by Demi
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
*Turkey, Folklore, Friendship, Middle East, Multicultural, Clothes & Costumes, Kindness, Legends, Wisdom, acceptance, Diversity — 6 more, Culture, Middle Ages, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_TURKEY, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3738
Status
Available

Harlem Summer

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 2007
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, *African American, Historical Fiction, Harlem, Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
375
Status
Available

Rickshaw Girl

by Mitali Perkins
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Painting, *Bangladesh, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Bangladesh, *India, Art, Girls, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Family, Multicultural, Realistic Fiction — 3 more, Responsability, Friendship, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
416
Status
Available
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