Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind
10 best books like Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind (Cynthia Grady): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, Drawn Together, Alma and How She Got Her Name, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, The Day You Begin, Thank You, Omu!, Hello Lighthouse, Hello Hello, Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
| Author | Traci Sorell |
| ISBN | 1632896338 |
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...
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
| Author | Anika Aldamuy Denise |
| ISBN | 0062748688 |
When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories...
Drawn Together
| Author | Minh Lê |
| ISBN | 1484767608 |
Alma and How She Got Her Name
| Author | Juana Martinez-Neal |
| ISBN | 0763693553 |
If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0316404489 |
Pat, pat, pat...
Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake.
Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she...
The Day You Begin
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399246533 |
There will be times when you walk into a room
and...
| Author | Oge Mora |
| ISBN | 0316431249 |
Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses...
Hello Lighthouse
| Author | Sophie Blackall |
| ISBN | 0316362387 |
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
| Author | Brendan Wenzel |
| ISBN | 1452150141 |
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
| Author | Marcy Campbell |
| ISBN | 0735230374 |
But Chloe does NOT believe him. Adrian Simcox lives in a tiny house. Where would he keep a horse? He has holes in his shoes. How would he pay for a horse?
The more Adrian talks about...
The Rough Patch
| Author | Brian Lies |
| ISBN | 0062671278 |
| Author | Cheryl Bardoe |
| ISBN | 0316394289 |
When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...
| Author | Irene Latham |
How can Irene and Charles work together on their fifth grade poetry project? They don't know each other . . . and they're not sure they want to. Irene Latham,...
| Author | Patricia Valdez |
| ISBN | 0399557261 |
Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...