I Lost My Tooth in Africa, Penda Diakite

I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite Illustrated by Baba Wague Diakite publisher and date: Scholastic Press, 2006 genre: it is listed as fiction in the library but it is based on a true event age/grade:ages 4-8 Synopsis (from www.bn.com) More than anything, Amina wants to lose her loose tooth while visiting her [...]

In the Small, Small Night, by Jane Kurtz

by Jane Kurtz illustrated by Rachel Isadora Publisher and date: Greenwillow Books, 2005 Genres: fiction with folktales mixed in Age/Grade:ages 5 and up Synopsis: (from the author’s website) Kofi can’t sleep in his new home in the United States, so his older sister Abena soothes his fears about life in a different country by telling [...]

The Color of Home, by Mary Hoffman

by Mary Hoffman Illustrated by Karin Littlewood Publisher and date: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002 Genres: fiction Age/Grade:ages 4-8 Synopsis: (from www.bn.com) This remarkably moving picture book follows first-grader Hassan through his first few days at school. Hassan has only recently arrived in the United States after he and his family were forced to flee Somalia, [...]

Water Hole Waiting, by Jane Kurtz

by Jane Kurtz and Christopher Kurtz Illustrated by Lee Christiansen Publisher and date: Harper Collins, March 2002 Genres: fiction Age/Grade:ages 4-8 Synopsis: (from www.bn.com) Waiting is hard. And if you are a small vervet monkey with a big thirst, it’s even harder. But wait you must, because snap! go Crocodile’s jaws; slip, slap go Lion’s [...]