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Judy Freeman's Literature Segment

Yo! Yes?
by Chris Raschka, illustrated by the author
Orchard, 1993
PreK-Grade 3

Two boys, one shy and friendless, one gregarious and outgoing, become pals.

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Subira, Subira
by Tololwa M. Mollel, illustrated by Linda Saport
Clarion, 2000
Grades 1-6

After Mother dies, Tatu can not get her little brother, Maulidi, to obey her. She seeks out a spirit woman who instructs her to pluck three whiskers from a lion.

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Too Many Tamales
by Gary Soto, illustrated by Ed Martinez
Putnam, 1993
Grades K-3

Helping to knead the masa for Christmas tamales, Maria tries on her mother's diamond ring and doesn't remember what she did with it. In a moment of sheer panic, she enlists her cousins to eat all the tamales to find it.

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Tea with Milk
by Allen Say, illustrated by the author
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
Grades 1-4

In another elegant biographical picture book about the author's family, American-born May can't get used to life in Japan, and chafes at learning to be a proper Japanese lady.

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Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu
by Emily Arnold McCully, illustrated by the author
Scholastic, 1998
Grades 1-6

Sent to tutors to learn as if she were a son, Jingyong becomes a master at kung fu and joins the Shaolin Monastery as a Buddhist nun in 17th century China.

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Nursery Tales Around the World
by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Stefano Vitale
Clarion, 1996
PreK-Grade 2

Compare and contrast these 18 easy-to-tell stories, arranged in groups of three variants on these themes: Runaway Cookies; Incredible Appetites; Victory of the Smallest; Chain Tales; Slowpokes & Speedsters; Fooling the Big Bad Wolf.


 

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