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Women at Goffstown Prison created notecards to send home to their children with books on the theme, “Stories of Art and Power”  Manchester Adult Education Connections Nyanit Malual at Connections’ Night of Stories, Night of Songs Al Audet,  Connections at Second Start, Concord Connections participant discusses poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye

Connections Books and Themes

Picture book, reader (Grades 1-2), early chapter book (Grades 2 – 4), novels (Grades 4 - 5  and up), illustrated nonfiction, and biography are among the books in Connections series.  Picture books vary widely in reading level, but illustrations tell the story visually and support readers in understanding the meaning. Reading levels of nonfiction and biography are noted for each book. Often if a book is on a familiar subject or of high interest, it could be a winner with students even if they are challenged by the reading level.

Participants keep copies of most books. Some books are out of print and not available to purchase. They are only available through the New Hampshire State Library's Bookbag and they are indicated below. These are exceptions to our goal of providing books for participants to keep. Bookbag books have to be returned to the library.

Choose a theme, or scroll through the full list below

Adventure Food and Cooking Life Stories Poetry: Lifted in Small Ways
American Folktales Friendship Living on Earth Race, From Lincoln to Obama
Bring Me Some Fabric,
I'll Make You Some Clothes
History of New England A Long Journey Sharing the World
Celebrating American Holidays History of the U.S. Music in the Story of Our Lives Telling Our Stories
Champions Home One World, Many People Tolerance
Conflict and Resolving Conflict Journeys Peace World Tales
Courage Justice Planting the Earth  

Adventure

Bus Route to Boston by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Buttuta by James Rumford (picture book, Grades 3 and up)

Sacajawea by Stacy Dekeyser (novel, Grades 3 and up) Available in the Bookbag only.

Spirit of Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong, illustrated by William Maughan (nonfiction picture book)  Available in the Bookbag only.

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (picture book)

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (novel, Grades 4 and up)

Beautiful Warrior  by Emily Arnold McCully (picture book)

 

American Folktales 

Folktales are one way culture is transmitted from one generation to the next. The stories in this series reflect the issues, values, concerns, humor, and wisdom of the American people.
 
Wiley and the Hairy Man by Molly Bang (beginning reader)

Iktomi and the Ducks by Paul Goble (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (picture book)

McBroom's Wonderful One Acre Farm by Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Quentin Blake (early chapter book)

The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (picture book)

Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon (picture book)

 

Bring Me Some Fabric, I’ll Make You Some Clothes 

Here are books that explore family traditions, cultures, history, and values through the clothes we make and wear.

Jamela’s Dress by Niki Daly - Set in South Africa, a mother buys fabric to make a dress to wear to a wedding. (picture book, Grades 1 and up)

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco - From a basket of old clothes, an immigrant mother from Russia makes a quilt. (picture book) 

A New Coat for Anna by Harriett Ziefert, illustrated by Anita Lobel - A mother and daughter make a new winter coat in a process that takes them through the easons and they see the process from shearing the sheep, carding wool,  spinning,  dying,  weaving, and sewing.  (picture book)

Abuela’s Weave  by Omar Castaneda, illustrated by Enrique Sanchez - A girl is initiated into the work of weaving by her grandmother in Guatemala. (picture book)

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (novel, Grades 3-4 and up)

 

Celebrating American Holidays 

Squanto’s Journey: the story of the first Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Greg Shed (picture book)

I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall (picture book)

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Jeffrey Thompson (picture book)

Easter by Gail Gibbons (picture book)

Encounter by Jane Yolen, illustrated by David Shannon (picture book)

Happy Birthday, America by Martha W. Chall, illustrated by Guy Porfirio (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Apples and Honey: A Rosh Hashanah Story by Jonny Zucker, illustrated by Jan Barger Cohen (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Mir Tamin Ansary (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

 

Champions  

We all know stories of legendary sports champions - people who can run faster, throw farther, and leap higher than the rest of us. You'll meet some of them in these books. And you'll also meet some "ordinary" people here - people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and physical abilities. What they have in common with the legends is that their courage matches their dreams, and that makes them champions, too.

JoJo's Flying Sidekick by Brian Pinkney (picture book)

The Field Beyond the Outfield by Mark Teague (picture book)

Teammates by Peter Golenbock, illustrated by Paul Bacon (biography with photos and illustrations, Grades 2 and up)

William Clarence Matthews, a Baseball Pioneer by Karl Lindholm. Available in the Bookbag only.

Dogteam by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen (picture book)

Woodsong by Gary Paulsen (novel, Grades 5 and up)

Conflict and Resolving Conflict

The series “Conflict” and “Resolving Conflict” are adapted from the Maine Humanities Council adult literacy program New Books, New Readers.  The MHC chose the themes because they are “key life issues,” a criteria for reading and discussion program topics. Titles were selected to explore complexities of conflict and variations on resolution. For example, The Hunterman and the Crocodile, a West African tale that has versions in many cultures, presents the dilemma of a man who seeks to be rescued in a time of crisis by others he has harmed. The author illustrates the story with hand-painted ceramic tiles that capture the conflict and emotion of the story visually.  A very different example, The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith, is a short realistic novel about a feud between a boy and his grandfather who moves in with his family.

Conflict

The First Feud Between the Mountain and the Sea by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Jim Sollers (picture book)

Sami and the Time of the Troubles by Florence Parry Heide, illustrated by Ted Lewin (older picture book)

It’s Mine! by Leo Lionni   (picture book)

Smokey Night by Eve Bunting, illustrated by David Diaz (picture book)

The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith, illustrated by Richard Lauter (novel,  Grades 4 and up)

The Lion’s Share: A Somali Folktale by Said Salah Ahmed, illustrated by Kelly Dupre (picture book)

Beautiful Warrior: the Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu by Emily Arnold McCully (picture book)

The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Diana Magnuson (early chapter book, Grades 3  and up)

Resolving Conflict

When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (picture book)

Muskrat Will Be Swimming by Cheryl Savageau, illustrated by Robert Hynes (picture book)

Rickshaw Girl  by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan (early chapter book, Grades 3 and up)

Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, illustrated by Debbie Tilley (picture book)

Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Dan Andreasen (early chapter book, Grades 2 and up)

The Hunterman and the Crocodile: a West African Folktale by Baba Wagué Diakité (picture book)

Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco (picture book)

Circle of Gold  by Candy Dawson Boyd (novel, Grades 3 - 4 and up)

 

Courage  

What is courage? Who are our heroines and heroes? Can ordinary people show courage in everyday actions? Each of these stories invites the reader to consider the actions we take and the choices we make in our own lives every day.
 
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter & Connie Roop, illustrated by Peter E. Hanson (early chapter book)

Brave Irene by William Steig (picture book)

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret Wetterer, illustrated by Karen Ritz (reader, Grades 2 and up)

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, illustrated by Greg Hargreaves (early chapter book, Grades 3 – 6)

Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Ted Rand (picture book)

Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (picture book)

 


Food and Cooking 

These books explore traditions of family life and culture around the production, preparation, and eating of food.

Everybody Cooks Rice  by Norah Dooley, illustrated by Peter J. Thornton - A tour through an American neighborhood finds families from many nationalitiescooking their country’s rice recipes.  (picture book, Grades 2 and up)

Everybody Bakes Bread  by Norah Dooley, illustrated by Peter J. Thornton - A tour through a multiethnic neighborhood finds families making bread in a variety oftraditions. (picture book, Grades 2 and up)

Let’s Eat by Ana Zamorano, illustrated by Julie Vivas - The lives and wonderful meals of a “large and loving Spanish family.” (picture book)

Market Day: a Story Told with Folk Art by Lois Ehlert - Readers journey to the markets of diverse cultures, “a feast of folk art from around the world” in a storywith very few words. (picture book)

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall - The passage of New England seasons with a mid-19th century farmer. (picture book)

How to Catch a Fish  by John Frank, illustrated by Peter Sylvada - Thirteen poems describe ways of fishing from coastal New England to the Arctic to Japan and more.  Available in the Bookbag only.

 

Friendship    

Some of the strongest bonds we forge in life are those of friendship. How do we make friends - and keep them? What responsibilities does friendship bear? How do we honor our friends? This series is about who our friends are and what they mean to us.

A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams (picture book)

Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie dePaola (picture book)

Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary (novel, Grades 3 and up)

The Very Best of Friends by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Julie Vivas (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

The Scarebird by Sid Fleischman (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams (novel, Grades 3 and up)

Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (picture book)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (novel, Grades 5 and up)

 

History of New England  

What was life like for the people who lived in what we call "New England" a hundred years ago? Two hundred? Seven thousand? Many things have changed over time - are there constants, too? Can ordinary people make history? Can we?


Gathering of Days: a New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32 by Joan Blos (novel, Grades 4 and up)

How Two-Feathers was Saved from Loneliness by C.J. Taylor (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (novel, Grades 3 and up)

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (picture book)

A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry (picture book)

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (novel, Grades 5 and up)

G is for Granite by Marie Harris, illustrated by Karen Busch Holman  Available in the Bookbag only.

 

History of the U.S.

Rosa Parks by Courtney Baker (Beginning Reader)

Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman (nonfiction, Grades 4-5 and up)

Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman (nonfiction)

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington by Frances Ruffin, illustrated by Stephen Marchesi (illustrated nonfiction, Grades 1 and up)

Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac (nonfiction chapter book)

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (novel, Grades 5 and up)

Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter (picture book)

 

Home 

Home is a place and an idea. The books in this series explore some of life's most important questions about the complex meaning and impact of what we call home.


Himalaya by Jan Reynolds - The story of a Nepalese Sherpa family with “stunning photographs” by Reynolds, a National Geographic photographer. (nonfiction picture book)

It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher (picture book)

For You Are a Kenyan Child  by Kelly Cunnane, illustrated by Ana Juan (picture book)

Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes, illustrated by Lloyd Bloom (older picture book)

Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith, illustrated by James Stevenson (picture book)

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (picture book)

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey  (picture book)

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (novel, Grades 4 and up)

 

Journeys  

Our lives are a series of journeys, near and far, for many purposes and to many destinations, outside and inside ourselves. We come to crossroads, take wrong turns, get good and bad directions, end up in unexpected places. We are different people at the end of a journey. And the end of one journey is often the beginning of the next.
 
The Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (illustrated nonfiction, Grades 2 and up)

Follow the Drinking Gourd  by Jeannette Winter (picture book)

The Long Way to a New Land  by Joan Sandin, illustrated by Carl Eric (reader)

Just Us Women by Jeanette Caines, illustrated by Pat Cummings (picture book)

Hey Al by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski (picture book)

The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

The Gold Coin by Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by Neil Waldman (picture book)

The Goats by Brock Cole (novel, Grades 6 and up)

Variations of the theme of Journey

Journey Home

It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say

Brave Irene by William Steig

Xochitl and the Flowers by Jorge Argurta

Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing Available in the Bookbag only.

 

Journey to Belonging

Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voight (novel, Grades 5 and up)

Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman (picture book)

 

Justice


In our everyday lives, as in the momentous affairs of nations, we must decide: What does it mean to do the right thing? How do we deal with an enemy? Should we ever take advantage of someone who treats us kindly? If hurt by a friend, or helped by an enemy, should we pay back in kind?

The Pied Piper of Hamelin retold and illustrated by Michele Lemieux (picture book, Grades 2 and up)  Available in the Bookbag only.

Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (picture book)

The Little Red Hen: an Old Story by Margot Zemach (picture book)

Old Henry by Joan W. Blos, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (picture book)

The Man Who Could Call Down Owls by Eve Bunting (older picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice (novel, Grades 4 and up)

 


Life Stories

Mandela: from the life of the South African statesman by Floyd Cooper (nonfiction picture book, Grades 1 and up)

The Amazing Life of Ben Franklin by James Giblin, illustrated by Michael Dooling (nonfiction, Grades 3 and up)

Inventing the Future: a Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison by Marfe Ferguson Delano (nonfiction, Grades 3 and up)

Teammates by Peter Golenbock, illustrated by Paul Bacon (nonfiction, Grades 1 and up)

Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter (picture book nonfiction, Grades 2 and up)

"My Father and the Figtree” by Naomi Shihab Nye in 19 Varieties of Gazelle, Greenwillow, 2002.

 

Living on the Earth

This series looks at where we live, and how we live there. The books focus on issues of growth and change in our environment - some natural and some man-made. How do we balance progress with preservation? What responsibilities do we bear to future generations? To other species?


Alejandro's Gift by Richard E. Albert, illustrated by Sylvia Long (picture book)

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardeme (picture book)

Letting  Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (picture book)

Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova, illustrated by Gennady Spirin (picture book)

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship  by Isabella Hatkoff,  and others, illustrated by Peter Greste (nonfiction picture book)

Planting the Trees of Kenya: the Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola (picture book biography)

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (novel, Grades 4 and up)

Window by Jeannie Baker (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

 

A Long Journey

The story of immigrants is the story of America and of New Hampshire.  This series explores some of the journeys that people have made as new Americans over different periods of U.S. history. Among the questions the books explore are: What difficulties do people face in their journey? How easy is it to get used to a new culture and make a living? Can an immigrant be at home in America without losing his or her identity?
                            
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate - The story of a young boy from central Africa who comes to America. (novel in verse, Grades 5 and up)

Of Beetles and Angels by Mawi Asgedom - Mawi tells his own story of escaping war in Eritrea, resettling in the United States, and finding success. (autobiography,Grades 5 and up)

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan - A courageous girl must move from Mexico to work among the farm laborers in California during the Great Depression. (novel, Grades 4 and up) 

When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest, illustrated by P.J. Lynch -  Jessie immigrates from Eastern Europe to New York City at the turn of the 20thcentury. (picture book, Grades 2 and up)

The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen, by Mitali Perkins - When a young Indian-American teen’s grandparents visit from India, her mom tells her not to bring boys home and makes other rules that change her life. (novel, Grades 4 and up)

How Many Days to America, a Thanksgiving Story, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Beth Peck - A family escapes soldiers in a Caribbean village, travels across the sea to America, and arrives on Thanksgiving day. (picture book, Grades 2 and up) 

Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone, illustrated by Ted Lewin - An immigrant family seeks work and self respect in New York City’s Little Italy. (picture book)

Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say - A man lives in two cultures, and when he is in one, he yearns for the other.  (picture book)

 

Music in the Story of Our Lives  

Music provides a window on history and a vibrant link to cultures of the past. Through the storytelling of music, we can explore life experiences, celebrations, and community life.  Some argue that music plays an active role as an influence on character, social structure, and choices we make in our lives. 

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse -  A girl hopes to escape her family’s poor Oklahoma farm during the time of the Dust Bowl with her wild jazz piano playing. Readers come to know about this region of the country and period of U.S. history.  (novel, Grades 4 and up)

A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord, illustrated by Shino Arihara - Biography of Arn Chorn-Pond and the khim he learns to play while he is imprisoned by Khmer Rouge soldiers. (nonfiction picture book)  

Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers illustrated by Julie Maren -  Cuban singer Celia Cruz creates the rhythms of salsa from the sounds of the street in her native Havana. (picture book biography)

Silent Music, a Story of Baghdad by James Rumford - While his city is at war, a boy writes in calligraphy which he describes as “sweeping, leaping, dancing to the silent music in my head.”  (picture book)

A Symphony of Whales by Steve Schuch, illustrated by Peter Sylvada. New Hampshire musician Steve Schuch writes a fictionalized account of the true event of 3,000 beluga whales who were trapped in a Siberian strait. The whales respond to the sounds of a classical symphony and follow the music to the open sea. (picture book)

Georgia Music by Helen Griffith, illustrated by James Stevenson. A city girl comes to live with her grandfather over a long Georgia summer. (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.


 
One World, Many People 

This series provides new adult readers with views into ways of life beyond the United States as well as into the lives of immigrant families in the United States. Featured books at various reading levels explore national identity, personal and political liberty, violence and hope, cross-cultural communication, difference and conformity, and history and memory.

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (novel, Grades 4 and up)

Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox, illustrated by Nicholas Wilton (picture book)

Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight, illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien (nonfiction picture book, Grades 2 and up)

The Araboolies of Liberty Street by Sam Swope, illustrated by Barry Root (picture book)  

A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter (picture book)

The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Heide, illustrated by Ted Lewin (picture book)

Sanyasin’s First Day by Ned Shank, illustrated by Katherine Stock. (picture book set in India) Available in the Bookbag only.

 


Peace  

To respond effectively to injustice without resorting to violence is perhaps one of the greatest challenges humanity faces as we seek a more peaceful world. Literature gives us many vivid and frightening images of war, but peace is more elusive and less understood. The books for this series help to show that peace is not so much the absence of conflict as a commitment to resolve conflict in ways that nourish the integrity of all parties.
 
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, illustrated by Cheng-Khee Chee (picture book)

The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola (picture book)

Ghost Dance by Alice McLerrin, illustrated by Paul Morin (older picture book)

The Wall by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler (picture book) 

The Whispering Cloth: a refugee’s story by Pegi Deitz Shea, illustrated by Anita Riggio and You Yang (picture book)

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (older picture book, Grades 4 and up)

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson (picture book)

The Lily Cupboard: a Story of the Holocaust by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim, illustrated by Ronald Himler (picture book)

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (novel, Grades 4 and up)

 

Planting the Earth

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (picture book)

The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland, illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi (picture book, Grades 1-4)

Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova, illustrated by Gennady Spirin (picture book)

The Sugaring Off Party by Jonathan London, illustrated by Gilles Pelletier(picture book)

 

Poetry: Lifted in Small Ways 

These books offer the precise and intense language of poetry with themes that reveal and often transcend culture. 

Birches by Robert Frost, illustrated by Ed Young (picture book)

19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye

I’m Nobody! Who are you?  Poems by Emily Dickinson, with an introduction by Virginia Euwer Wolff 

This Same Sky: a collection of poems from around the world, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye

Langston Hughes, edited by David Roessel & Arnold Rampersad, illustrated by Benny Andrews

 

Race, from Lincoln to Obama

Barack Obama; United States President by Roberta Edwards

Meet Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Cary

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington by Frances E. Ruffin

Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook, Bloomsbury (nonfiction picture book)

Langston Hughes, edited by David Roessel & Arnold Rampersad, illustrated by Benny Andrews

 

Sharing the World 

This series offers new readers opportunities to visit other countries and cultures through literature. Several of the featured titles follow American characters who are exploring past or present-day ties to other nations and customs. From Asia to Africa, from Mexico to Russia, these characters struggle to maintain their connections to families and countries in stories that expand the idea of a homeland to include more than one place.
 
Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis (novel, Grades 4 and up)

Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch (picture book)

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (picture book)

Home at Last by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Felipe Davalos (picture book)

I Lost My Tooth in Africa  by Penda Diakité, illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité  (picture book)

Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco (picture book)

One Grain of Rice by Demi (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only.

 

Telling Our Stories 

What can we learn from other people's stories? How do we tell our own stories? This series looks at life as art and memories, and at different ways of telling a "true" story.
 
The Best Town in the World by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Ronald Himler (picture book)  Available in the Bookbag only.

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney (picture book)

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas (picture book)

Family Pictures/Cuadros De Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza (picture book)

Arctic Memories by Normee Ekoomiak (picture book)

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by  Diane Goode (picture book)

But I'll Be Back Again: An Album by Cynthia Rylant (memoir, Grades 3 and up) Available in the Bookbag only.


A Variation 


Telling Our Stories:  three books by Cynthia Rylant

Ludie’s Life (novel, Grades 6 and up)

When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode (picture book)

But I’ll Be Back Again: An Album (memoir, Grades 3 and up) Available in the Bookbag only.

 

Tolerance

The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez (picture book)

Boundless Grace  by Mary Hoffman (picture book)

Listen to the Wind  by Greg Mortenson, illustrated by Susan L. Roth (picture book) Available in the Bookbag only until it comes out in paperback.

Chicken Sunday  by PatriciaPolacco (picture book)


World Tales   

All good stories are a form of wisdom. How do stories evolve? Why do they last? How does the same story reflect different cultures? These books feature some traditional tales retold around the world for centuries.

Aesop's Fables retold and illustrated by John Hejduk

Beauty and the Beast by Warwick Hutton Available in the Bookbag only.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (picture book)

The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez, illustrated by Fabian Negrin (picture book)

Yeh Shen: A Cinderella Story from China retold by Ai-Ling Louie, illustrated by Ed Young (picture book)

Lon Po Po: a Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (picture book)