Multicultural Books For Young Children

Preschool

Heo, Yumi. One Afternoon. Orchard, 1994. (Asian American)
Reiser, Lynn. Margaret and Margarita/Margarita y Margaret. Greenwillow. 1993 (Latino)
Steptoe, John. Baby Says. Lothrop, 1988. (African American)
Te Ata. Baby Rattlesnake. Children's Book Press, 1989. (Native American)
Wheeler, Bernelda. Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? Pemmican, 1986. (Native American)
Williams, Vera B. More, More, More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories. Greenwillow, 1990. (Multi-ethnic)

Ancona, George. Powwow. Harcourt, 1993. (Native American)
Dorros, Arthur. Abuela. Dutton, 1991. (Latino)
Greenfield, Eloise. Honey, I Love, And Other Poems. Harper, 1978. (African American) Harcourt BraceGrossman, Virginia and Sylvia Long. Ten Little Rabbits. Chronicle Books. 1991. (Native American)
Kuklin, Susan, How My Family Lives In America. Bradbury, 1992. (Multi-ethnic) Harcourt BraceLankford, Mary D. Hopscotch Around The World. Morrow Junior Books. 1992 (Multi-ethnic)
McKissack, Patricia. Mirandy and Brother Wind. Knopf, 1988. (African American)
Paulsen, Gary. The Tortilla Factory. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1995. (Latino)
Say, Allen. El Chino. Houghton, 1990. (Asian American)
Williams, Sherley Anne. Working Cotton. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1992. (African American)

Amoss, Berthe. The Cajun Gingerbread Boy. Hyperion Books for Children. NY. 1994. Louisanna is the setting for this cajun gingerbread boy.
Lowell, Susan. The Three Little Javelinas. Northland Publishing. 1992. (Native American, Latino, Anglo) Southwestern adaptation of the folktale: The Three Little Pigs.
Laird, Donivee Martin. Keaka and the Lilikoi Vine. Barnaby Books. 1982. Hawaii's own verson of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Laird, Donivee Martin. 'Ula Li'i and the Magic Shark. Barnaby Books. 1985. Hawaii's own verson of Little Red Riding Hood.
Laird, Donivee Martin. The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and The Magic Shark. Barnaby Books. 1985. Hawaii's own verson of The Three Little Pigs.