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Tia Isa Wants A Car
Descriptors: Americas, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) Other Themes: America, aunt, beach, Car, Cuba, Cuban-American, Family, Family problems, Money Problems 1 Comment
Beneath My Mother’s Feet
“Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not.” Nazia doesn’t mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, [...]
Descriptors: Database, Fiction, Pakistan, Young Adult (ages 14-18) Other Themes: Coming of age, daughter, Hardship, Money, Mother, obedience Leave a comment
Pequena the Burro
When Pequena is feeling ordinary and inadequate, a wise friend reminds her that being a burro is a gift. He recalls the strength, the steadfastness, the capacity for work that were the burro’s important contributions to the building of Mexico.
Descriptors: All Ages, Fantasy, Mexico Other Themes: braves, cultural heritage, Gift, Identity, Self acceptance, strengths, taking action Leave a comment
Jasmine’s Parlour Day
Jasmine helps her mother prepare to sell fish and sugar cakes at their parlour, or market stand, on market day on the island of Trinidad.
Descriptors: Caribbean, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Trinidad and Tobago Other Themes: Market, Parlour day, responsability Leave a comment
The Breadwinner
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women’s freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father’s arrest.
Descriptors: Afghanistan, Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) Other Themes: freedom, gender role, Hardship, Money, Taliban 2 Comments
