Reading Is Fundamental’s 2012-2013 Multicultural Book Collection is comprised of 40 children’s books for grades K-5. Each book in the collection was carefully reviewed and selected by RIF’s Literacy Services team with guidelines provided by RIF’s Literature Advisory Board and Multicultural Advisory Committee, national panels of educators and experts in books for children.

Each book will also have an accompanying set of activities developed in accordance with the new Common Core standards. Educators, parents and community volunteers alike are sure to enjoy sharing this collection and activities with children.

Thanks to the generous support of Macy’s, more than 600 book collections will be donated to RIF programs serving children in low-income communities throughout the U.S.

• Download full booklist
• Read more about the collection or explore last year's collection.
• Watch panel discussion and download full transcript
• Jump to Activities

Additional activities to be added as they become available.

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
Grandpa's Garden by Stella Fry, Sheila Moxley
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara
Just a Second by Steve Jenkins
Math-terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving by Greg Tang
National Georgraphic: Little Kids First Big Book of Animals by Catherine D. Hughes
Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo
The Mangrove Tree by Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
We're Roaming in the Rainforest by Laurie Krebs
What Will I Be? by Nicola Davies, Marc Boutavant
What Color is My World by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham, Paul O. Zelinsky