Multicultural books published in 2011.

1. GLOBAL BOOKS TOO GOOD TO MISS – 2012
Karen Hildebrand
hildebka@gmail.com
PICTURE BOOKS
Ancona, George. Come and Eat. (non-fiction)
Armand, Glenda. Love Twelve Miles Long
Atinuke and Lauren Tobia. Anna Hibiscus’ Song
Bandy, Michael S. and Eric Stein. White Water; inspired by a true
story
Colon, Edie. Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!
Compestine, Ying Chang. Crouching Tiger
Cunnane, Kelly. Chirchir Is Singing
Diggs, Taye. Chocolate Me!
Evans, Kristina. What’s Special About Me, Mama?
Evans, Shane E. Underground; finding the light to freedom
Hoffman, Mary. The Great Big Book of Families
Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue. Same, Same but Different
LaFaye, A. Walking Home to Rosie Lee
McDonnell, Christine. Goyangi Means Cat
Murphy, Claire Rudolf. Marching with Aunt Susan
Padmanabhan, Manjula. I am Different! Can You Find Me?
Parot, Annelore. Kimonos
Ramsey, Calvin Alexander and Bettye Stroud. Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend
Rotner, Shelley and Sheila M. Kelly. I’m Adopted.
Sacre, Antonio. A Mango in the Hand; a story told through proverbs
Uhlberg, Myron. A Storm Called Katrina
Vamos, Samantha R. The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred
Whelan, Gloria. Megan’s Year
Wood, Douglas. No One But You
Yaccarino, Dan. All the Way to America; the story of a big Italian family and a little shovel
Zia, F. Hot, Hot roti for Dada-ji
FICTION BOOKS
Ada, Alma Flor and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta. Daning Home
Alban, Andrea. Anya’s War
Arni, Samhita. Sita’s Ramayana
Aronson, Marc and Charles R. Smith. Pick-Up Game; a full day of full court
Book Wish Foundation. What You Wish For; your favorite authors write to honor Darfur
Boyce, Frank Cottrell. The Unforgotten Coat
Magoon, Kekla. Camo Girl
Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch
Ostlere, Cathy. Karma
Perera, Anna. Guantanamo Boy
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Bird in a Box
Powers, J.L. This Thing Called the Future
Reedy, trent. Words in the Dust
Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck.
Sharenow, Robert. The Berlin Boxing Club

2. Venkatraman, Padma. Island’s End
Vernick, Shirley Reva. The Blood Lie
Wallace, Jason. Out of Shadows
Whelan, Gloria. Small Acts of Amazing Courage
Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin’s Nose.
BIOGRAPHY (and biography-based picture books)
Brown, Monica. Pablo Neruda; Poet of the People.
Burleigh, Robert. Night Flight; Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic
Capaldi, Gina and Q.L. Pearce. Red Bird Sings; The story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician,
And Activist
Cline-Ransome, Lesa and James E. Before There Was Mozart; The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de
Saint-George
De la Pena, Matt. A Nation’s Hope; The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
Michelson, Richard. Lipman Pike; America’s First Home Run King
Moss, Marissa. Nurse, Soldier, Spy; the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero
Nivola, Claire A. Orani; my father’s village
Paterson, Katherine. Brother Sun, Sister Moon; Saint Francis of Assissi’s Canticle of the Creatures
Rubalcaba, Jill. I.M. Pei; architect of time, place and purpose
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto
Silverman, Erica. Liberty’s Voice; the story of Emma Lazarus
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Diego Rivera; his world and ours
Van Allsburg, Chris. Queen of the Falls
Vaughan, Marcia. Irena’s Jars of Secrets
Winter, Jeanette. Biblioburro; a true story from Colombia
Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher; Jane Goodall’s life with the chimps
Young, Ed. The House Baba Built; an artist’s childhood in China
NONFICTION
Belge, Kathy and Marke Bieschke. Queer; the ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
Brown, Don. America is Under Attack
Macy, Sue. Wheels of Change How women rode the bicycle to freedom
(with a few flat tires along the way)
O’Connell, Caitlin. The Elephant Scientist
Thimmesh, Catherine. Friends; true stories of extraordinary animal friendships.
Thomson, Ruth. Terezin; voices from the Holocaust.
Tougas, Shelley. Little Rock Girl 1957. How a photograph changed the fight for integration
POETRY
Bartlett, Jennifer (ed.) Beauty is a verb; the new poetry of disability.
Durango, Julia. Under the Mambo Moon
Gibson, Amy. Around the World on Eighty Legs
Greenfield, Eloise. The Great Migration
Myers, Walter Dean. We Are America
Singer, Marilyn. A Full Moon is Rising