So this week I am continuing on my look at diverse children's books in honor of #DiverseAThon
I really feel strongly about sharing diverse books with children. Children live in the present. They are absorbed with what is around them and they don't realize the size of the world. Children do not understand that there are a variety of people, cultures, races, and eveyday lives are out there. (A lot of adults live like this as well but that's a a different blog for a different day). Sharing differences with children help them to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate that we are all unique and all human. So I set out to find some diverse books and these were some of my favorites.
The Boy with Pink Hair
Pérez Hilton, Jen Hill
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He was born that way-The Boy with Pink Hair. He had a cotton candy colored mop that no one had ever seen before . . . Life is not easy being pink. Adults stare at you, little children giggle behind your back and some kids are just mean. But when you have a best friend who appreciates your uniqueness and parents who are loving and supportive, you can do just about anything.
Pérez Hilton, Jen Hill
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He was born that way-The Boy with Pink Hair. He had a cotton candy colored mop that no one had ever seen before . . . Life is not easy being pink. Adults stare at you, little children giggle behind your back and some kids are just mean. But when you have a best friend who appreciates your uniqueness and parents who are loving and supportive, you can do just about anything.
I Am Jazz
Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas
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The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.
Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas
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The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.
The Colors of Us
Karen Katz
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Eleven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.
Karen Katz
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Eleven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Christine Baldacchino, Isabelle Malenfant
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Morris has a great imagination. He paints amazing pictures and he loves his classroom's dress-up center, especially the tangerine dress. It reminds him of tigers, the sun and his mother's hair. The other children don't understand--dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship his classmates are building--astronauts, they say, don't wear dresses.
Christine Baldacchino, Isabelle Malenfant
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Morris has a great imagination. He paints amazing pictures and he loves his classroom's dress-up center, especially the tangerine dress. It reminds him of tigers, the sun and his mother's hair. The other children don't understand--dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship his classmates are building--astronauts, they say, don't wear dresses.
The Name Jar
Yangsook Choi
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Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name?
Yangsook Choi
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Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name?
A Different Home: A New Foster Child's Story
John DeGarmo
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In A Different Home, Jessie tells us her story of being placed in foster care. At first she is worried and has lots of questions. The new home is not like her old home -- she has a different bedroom, different clothes, and there's different food for breakfast. She also misses her family.
John DeGarmo
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In A Different Home, Jessie tells us her story of being placed in foster care. At first she is worried and has lots of questions. The new home is not like her old home -- she has a different bedroom, different clothes, and there's different food for breakfast. She also misses her family.
The Lady in the Box
Ann McGovern
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It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.
Ann McGovern
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It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.
Since We're Friends
Celeste Shally
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Since We re Friends is about two boys. One has autism, the other does not. The story of their relationship provides practical examples of how to make such a friendship work. It will help children see that their peers with autism can make a fun, genuine contribution to friendship.
Celeste Shally
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Since We re Friends is about two boys. One has autism, the other does not. The story of their relationship provides practical examples of how to make such a friendship work. It will help children see that their peers with autism can make a fun, genuine contribution to friendship.
Same, Same But Different
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
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Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar. Same, same. But different!
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
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Elliot lives in America, and Kailash lives in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that they both love to climb trees, have pets, and go to school. Their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar. Same, same. But different!
Keep a lookout later this week for more!
I had so many I liked that I will maybe do a part 2.
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