Genre: Fiction

Fiction genre

Cooper’s Lesson

Cooper’s Lesson is an inspiring story about identity and intergenerational friendship, featuring a young biracial boy, written in both English and Korean. Cooper has had about enough of being half and half. And he’s really had enough of Mr. Lee, the owner of his neighborhood grocery store, speaking to him in Korean even though Cooper [...]
Other Descriptors: Korea, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Yoon and the Jade Bracelet

Yoon wants a jump rope for her birthday so she can play with the other girls in the school yard. Instead, Yoon’s mother gives her a Korean storybook about a silly girl who is tricked by a tiger. Yoon also receives a jade bracelet that once belonged to her grandmother. The next day at school, [...]
Other Descriptors: Korea, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Dragonwings

Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met, but Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with [...]
Other Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), United States of America, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Chu Ju’s House

When a girl is born to Chu Ju’s family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go. Fourteen-year-old [...]
Other Descriptors: China, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , » Leave a comment

Becoming Naomi León

Naomi Soledad León Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as “nobody special.” But according to Gram’s self-prophecies, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. Luckily, [...]
Other Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), United States of America » Themes: , » Leave a 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, [...]
Other Descriptors: Database, Pakistan, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Nina Bonita

This story deals with a sensitive subject in a sensitive way. “Black is beautiful” to a little white rabbit and while trying to discover the secret that will make him black, readers get a funny, yet educational introduction to genetics.
Other Descriptors: Brazil, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Market Day: A Story Told With Folk Art

It’s market day, and everyone’s going to the town square. But this is no ordinary market–it’s a veritable feast of folk art from around the world, assembled by Lois Ehlert with a focus on color and design. Provides a simple introduction to folk art from around the world. Includes a key detailing sources of the [...]
Other Descriptors: International, Latin America, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ten Old Men and a Mouse

The synagogue was once a busy, bustling place, but now only ten old men come to tend it and pray each day. Then one day, a little scritch-scratch betrays the first new member in years: a tiny mouse who has taken up residence among the holy books. Of course, a trap must be set, but [...]
Other Descriptors: Canada, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

My New Shirt

Receiving the yearly birthday gift from his grandmother has become David’s living nightmare. The “surprise” she always has for him never varies. How can he stop this never-ending flow of stiff, white, scratchy shirts — “perfect gentlemen” shirts that make him squirm and pull and shift and twitch? David closes his eyes and imagines a [...]
Other Descriptors: Canada, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment
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