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- 1. Agell, Charlotte (1994).
Dancing feet.
New York: Gulliver Books .
- Abstract:
Diversity in the world is shown through rhythmical lyrics and warm pictures. It also includes the names of major body parts and functions.
Abstract provided by Miwako Monden, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Acceptance] [African] [Asian] [Body Image] [Body Parts] [Community] [Dancing] [Diversity] [Equality] [Exercise] [Family] [Food] [Friendship] [Multicultural] [Poetry] [Rhyme] [Walking]
- 2. Ashley, Bernard (1991).
Cleversticks.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc..
- Abstract:
Ling Sung feels that he's not able to do anything at his school. One day by accident, his use of pretend chopsticks amazes his classmates and teachers.
Abstract provided by Sally Bayes-Foxx, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [African American] [Asian] [Assertiveness] [Challenges] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Family] [Multicultural] [Parents] [School] [Teaching]
- 3. Bridges, Shirin Yim (2002).
Ruby's wish.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
- Abstract:
Ruby is known for wearing red and being an exceptionally bright student. Even during a time in China when "...most girls were never taught to read and write". However, Ruby's grandfather hires a teacher to come to the house, making it possible for any grandchild living in the house to learn. This initiates a desire in Ruby to attend university, a place that women in China were not encouraged to go. *Based on a true story of the author's grandmother.
Abstract provided by Heather Tussey, 2005 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Acceptance] [Accomplishment] [Ambition] [Appreciation] [Art] [Asian] [Assertiveness] [Beliefs] [Change] [China] [Chinese] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Courage] [Culture] [Customs] [Decision Making] [Dedication] [Depression] [Determination] [Disappointment] [Emotions] [Encouragement] [Equality] [Excitement] [Family] [Frustration] [Generations] [Giving] [Goal Setting] [Grandparents] [Happiness] [Independence] [Individuality] [Intelligence] [Kindness] [Language] [Learning] [Listening] [New Year] [Nonverbal Communication] [Obedience] [Parade] [Patience] [Persistence] [Poetry] [Prevention] [Progress] [Reading] [Recognition] [Refusal Skills] [Relationship] [Relief] [Resentment] [Resolution] [Role Model] [School] [Self Confidence] [Self Esteem] [Skills] [Stress Management] [Support] [Symbols] [Sympathy] [Teaching] [Traditions] [Understanding] [Verbal Communication] [Wealth] [Wish] [Writing]
- 4. Freeman, Don (1957).
Fly high, fly low.
New York: Viking.
- Abstract:
Sid and Marge, a pigeon and a dove, choose to live and settle down in an old city sign. One day, when Sid is gone and Marge is left behind, the sign is demolished.
Abstract provided by Allison Green, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Birds] [Dove] [Family] [Loss] [Peer Resistance] [Pigeon] [Shelter]
- 5. Holloway, Tsubakiyama Margaret (1999).
Mei-mei loves the morning.
Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company.
- Abstract:
Join in the adventure as Mei-mei and her grandfather enjoy the morning in a big city in China. Along the busy streets, they ride on a bicycle through the round moon gate to the park to meet friends. While at the park, they hang their songbird's cage, practice tai-chi, and drink tea before they peddle home.
Abstract provided by Kimberly Salvatore, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Activities] [Animals] [Asian] [Beverage] [Bicycle] [Biking] [Birds] [China] [Chinese] [Contentment] [Culture] [Customs] [Exercise] [Family] [Food] [Generations] [Grandparents] [Happiness] [Morning] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Park] [Pig] [Transportation]
- 6. Jango-Cohen, Judith (2005).
Camels.
New York: Benchmark Books.
- Abstract:
The word camel comes from the arabic word jamil, meaning beauty. Learn more about this animal through reading about its diet, birth and growth, and even camels on a racetrack! A glossary and index give you more information for other texts and websites.
Abstract provided by Kate Wirtz for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Arabian] [Asian] [Australian] [Author's Note] [Behavior] [Camel] [China] [Desert] [Diversity] [Drought] [Glossary] [Iranian] [Mountains] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Sand] [Science] [South American] [Sun] [Temperature] [Verbal Communication]
- 7. Kijikawa, Kimiko (2000).
Yoshi's feast.
New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
- Abstract:
Yoshi is a fan maker in the city of Yedo. His favorite food in the whole world is broiled eels. Every night, his neighbor Sabu goes off to catch eels, broils them on his hibachi, and waits for customers, but they never come. Yoshi thinks that Sabu should share the leftover eels with him, but he is too greedy to give Sabu any of his money. Yoshi continues to sit day after day smelling Sabu's eels, but never buying any of them. Finally, Sabu presents Yoshi with a bill for smelling his eels. Yoshi dances around the town shaking his money box and tells Sabu that he will charge his for listening to his money. After all this nonsense, the tow finally agree to share what both of them have and sit down for a friendly meal of broiled eels.
Abstract provided by Shelby Surloff, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Assertiveness] [Clothing] [Conflict Resolution] [Cooking] [Culture] [Dancing] [Decision Making] [Exercise] [Fish] [Fishing] [Food] [Friendship] [Goal Setting] [Greed] [Hunger] [Japanese] [Kindness] [Money] [Multicultural] [Nutrition] [Selfishness] [Sharing] [Smell] [Sounds] [Verbal Communication]
- 8. Lobel, Anita (1991).
The dwarf giant.
New York: Greenwillow.
- Abstract:
A Japenese prince and princess come upon a dwarf who enchants the prince and makes him do foolish things. The prince finds a clever way of disenchanting the prince.
Abstract provided by Angela Roach, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Boredom] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Dwarfs] [Evil] [Games] [Japanese] [Multicultural] [Multicultural] [Mythical] [Peer Resistance] [Refusal Skills] [Royalty] [Verbal Communication] [Wish]
- 9. Pak, Soyung (1999).
Dear juno.
New York: Penguin Group.
- Abstract:
A little boy name Juno receives a letter from his grandmother in Seoul, Korea. He's unable to read the letter since it is written in her native language, but he's able to gain an understanding of it from the photograph and dried flower that accompanies it. Juno decides to send a letter of his own in a very inventive way.
Abstract provided by Kimberly Salvatore, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Asian] [Asian American] [Cat] [Communication] [Dog] [Family] [Flowers] [Grandparents] [Korean] [Language] [Letters] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Photograph] [Uniqueness] [Verbal Communication]
- 10. Ray, Mary Lyn (1992).
Pumpkins: A story for a field.
San Diego, CA: HarCourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.
- Abstract:
A man is sad to see a beautiful field become a residential development, so he raises money to buy the field by growing pumpkins and selling them all over the world.
Abstract provided by Michelle Prosise, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Airplane] [Asian] [Assertiveness] [Boat] [Chinese] [Communication] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Dedication] [Egyptian] [Feelings] [Food] [Geography] [Goal Setting] [Happiness] [Hispanic] [Jewish] [Language] [Letters] [Love] [Multicultural] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Plants] [Problem Solving] [Russian] [Sadness] [Spanish] [Stress Management] [Transportation] [Truck] [Unselfish]
- 11. Say, Allen (1991).
Tree of cranes.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co..
- Abstract:
A young Asian boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a tree with cranes for him. She teaches him that it is a day of giving and receiving and he makes a promise to her as a gift. She gives him a kite in return.
Abstract provided by Jennifer Kratt, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Christmas] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Family] [Giving] [Holidays] [Nonverbal Communication] [Parents] [Presents] [Verbal Communication]
- 12. Shea, Pegi Deitz (1995).
The whispering cloth.
Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
- Abstract:
Mai loves to watch her grandmother and others sew something called a pa'ndau, a cloth from Thailand that tells of someone's story. Mai wants to learn how to stitch and spends much time practicing, but needs to find a story that goes along with her own pa'ndau. Find out what she comes up with.
Abstract provided by Julie Gates, 1999 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Accomplishment] [Asian] [Clothing] [Family] [Goal Setting] [Grandparents] [Hard Work] [Language] [Multicultural] [Sewing] [Storytelling]
- 13. Takahashi, Hiroyuki (1976).
The foxes of chironupp island.
New York: Windmill Books Inc. and E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc..
- Abstract:
An old man and his wife return every spring to Chironupp Island, an island off the coast of Japan. Right before the war, the couple befriends a young fox cub, Tiny.
Abstract provided by Katie Suciu, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Adventures] [Aggression] [Animals] [Asian] [Boat] [Critical Thinking] [Death] [Disappearance] [Family] [Fox] [Friendship] [Island] [Japanese] [Multicultural] [Reunion] [Seasons] [Spring] [Stress Management] [War]
- 14. Takeshita, Fumiko (1988).
The park bench.
La Jolla, CA: Kane Miller Publishers.
- Abstract:
Describes a day in the park from a park bench's perspective. Written in English and Japanese.
Abstract provided by Katie Suciu, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Biking] [Change] [Community] [Japanese] [Multicultural] [Park]
- 15. Tan, Amy (1992).
The moon lady.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co..
- Abstract:
Grandma Nai-Nai tells her granddaughters the stories of when she was a seven year old girl in China. One story was about going to see the moon lady and being granted a wish.
Abstract provided by Katie Suciu, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Asian] [Assertiveness] [Boat] [Chinese] [Determination] [Family] [Grandparents] [Multicultural] [Self Esteem] [Siblings] [Storytelling] [Tiger] [Verbal Communication] [Wish]
- 16. Tan, Amy (1994).
The chinese siamese cat.
New York: Macmillan Publishing co..
- Abstract:
In this beautifully illustrated book, Ming Miao tells her kittens the tale of why they look like siamese cats, but are truely Chinese. This tale goes back thousands of years to their ancestor, Sagwa Miao of China.
Abstract provided by Katie Suciu, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Asian] [Cat] [Chinese] [Conflict Resolution] [Multicultural] [Peer Resistance] [Problem Solving] [Resolution] [Royalty] [Self Esteem] [Storytelling] [Verbal Communication]
- 17. Updike, John (1995).
A helpful alphabet of friendly objects.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- Abstract:
Poems are provided with various pictures of objects which begin with each letter of the alphabet such as apple, bird, jam, egg, nickel, oatmeal, toy and zero.
Abstract provided by Tonia Ricketts, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [African American] [Alphabet] [Animals] [Asian] [Birds] [Bluejay] [Cat] [Clothing] [Colors] [Dog] [Environment] [Five Senses] [Food] [Italian] [Multicultural] [Nutrition] [Pets] [Plants] [Poetry] [Rabbit] [Rhyme] [Self Confidence] [Self Esteem] [Sight] [Sounds] [Taste] [Touch]
- 18. Wahl, Jan (2004).
Candy shop.
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
- Abstract:
A young boy, Daniel, and his aunt Thelma take a trip to the market with money that he has earned. The boy is looking forward to visiting the candy shop but when they arrive they see a crowd and are faced with prejudice acts toward the owner of the store. Daniel and his aunt help comfort the owner and show true friendship.
Abstract provided by Jennifer Borchers, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [African American] [Asian] [Challenges] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Coping] [Culture] [Discrimination] [Feelings] [Helping] [Kindness] [Market] [Money] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Problem Solving] [Racism] [Respect] [Sadness]
- 19. Zimelman, Nathan (1968).
A good morning's work.
Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn.
- Abstract:
When Mitsuo hoes his garden, he finds rare things in nature which he tries not to harm. All the while, his dad makes sure he's working.
Abstract provided by Tess Chestnut, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Asian] [Beauty] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Family] [Garden] [Hard Work] [Multicultural] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Parents] [Plants] [Responsibilities] [Sight] [Sun] [Verbal Communication]
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