Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story

10 best books like Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story (S.D. Nelson): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Ruth and the Green Book, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home, The Bad Seed, Actual Size, Why Am I Me?, Looking Like Me, Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Author	Traci Sorell
ISBN	1632896338

A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation

The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations...

Ruth and the Green Book

Author	Calvin Alexander Ramsey
ISBN	0761352554

In the not so distant past, traveling America's highways was not easy for the black motorist. Many restaurants, hotels, and even gas stations refused service to African Americans. In 1936, Victor Green, an African American from New York, listed all the businesses that would serve black travelers...

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Author	Derrick Barnes
ISBN	1572842245

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great...

Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story

Author	Reem Faruqi
ISBN	0884484319

This year I turned 10 years old. That meant, as a muslim, I have to do all the things an adult muslim girl should do. That means, fasting in the month of Ramadan.

At first, I was nervous. At school, what if people stared at me and asked questions? I talked with my parents.

We thought of a solution....

A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home

Author	Marilyn Singer
ISBN	1452101205

Under the desert's cracked and barren skin, spadefoot toads are waiting for rain. In the endless black of the deepest caves, blind fish find their way. Even in the frozen hearts of glaciers, ice worms by the billion flourish. In this fascinating look at fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in...

The Bad Seed

Author

Jory John

From the  New York Times bestselling author of the Goodnight Already! series

This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know?

He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line...

Actual Size

Author	Steve Jenkins
ISBN	0618375945

How big is a crocodile? What about a tiger, or the world’s largest spider? Can you imagine a tongue that is two feet long or an eye that’s bigger than your head? Sometimes facts and figures don’t tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourself—at their actual size..

Why Am I Me?

Author	Paige Britt
ISBN	1338053140

Have you ever wondered why you are you? Or who you would be if you were someone else? Someone taller, faster, smaller, smarter? Someone lighter, older, darker, bolder?
Presented as a poetic exchange between two characters--who don't realize they are thinking and asking the very same questions--this...

Looking Like Me

Author	Walter Dean Myers
ISBN	1606840010

Says the parent to the librarian, "I need something for my child to improve their self-esteem." Uh-huh. Fine. Self-esteem. That's the kind of topic that inspires the worst possible books for kids, you know. Cute forest animals who learn about sharing and small classroom dramas about "being yourself."...

Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

Author	Doug Kuntz
ISBN	1524715476

The true story about one cat’s journey to be reunited with his war-torn family has been seen by millions of people and is now a heartwarming picture book.

When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can’t bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them...

Wish

Author

Matthew Cordell

A few weeks back I was at my daughter's house, babysitting my granddaughter. Rue, who is now nine months was getting a little fractious so seeing this book on their bookshelf, I read it to her. What a wonderful book. It tells of two elephants who start a life together, not yet ready for children, just living...