Multicultural Resources for Children, Parents & Educators

Multicultural Resources

The following items are resources that have been found useful in infusing multicultural awareness into the lives of children. When selecting an item to introduce cultural awareness to your child, take the time to preview the content or material, evaluate book authors to be sure that they are members of the communities they write about, and don’t be afraid to introduce an item just because you may not be familiar with it. Often times the most powerful example of accepting diversity is parents and children learning about something together.

Websites
www.tolerance.org - Teaching Tolerance Program of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is an excellent site for multicultural resources, such as books, movies, music, and activities, for children, parents, and educators.
www.adl.org - Anti-Defamation League
www.facinghistory.org - Facing History and Ourselves
www.stophate.org - Hate crime prevention resources
www.splcenter.org - Southern Poverty Law Center

Recommendations:

Books for Children

Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! A Life Like Mine, How Children Live Around the World. (DK Publishing)
If the World Were a Village, A Book About the World’s People (D.J. Smith)
On the Day You Were Born (D. Frasier)
A Ride on Mother’s Back, A Day of Baby Carrying Around the World (E. & D. Bernhard)
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red (S. Stuve-Bodeen)
Are You a Boy or a Girl? (K.P. Jiménez)
The Sissy Duckling (H. Fierstein)
Out of the Dust (K. Hesse)
Muslim Child, Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems (R. Khan)
Ramadan (S.H. Ghazi)
Sitti’s Secrets (N.S. Nye)
Anne Frank in the World (Anne Frank House)
The Friday Night of Nana (A. Hest)
A Children’s Haggadah (D. Grebu)
Apples and Honey, A Rosh Hashanah Story (J. Zucker and J.B. Cohen)
The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays (M. Drucker)
Myths & Legends of the Haida. Indians of the Northwest (M.J. Reid)
Baby Rattlesnake (T. Ata and L. Moroney)
The Gift Horse, A Lakota Story (S.D. Nelson)
Native American Sign Language (M. Olsen)
Coyote Places the Stars; Coyote and The Laughing Butterflies (H.P. Taylor)
The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals (D.L. Duvall)
Julia of the Wolves (J.C. George)
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (P. Goble)
The Friendship Pack, Learn the Secret of the Native American Medicine Bag (G. Wolf and A. Baggott)
Ancient Indians of the Southwest, 100 Questions About (D.G. Noble)
Fire Race, A Karuk Coyote Tale (J. London)
The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman (P. Globe)
Kiana’s Iditarod (S. Gill)
Seya’s Song (R. Hirschi)
Ten Little Rabbits (V. Grossman and S. Long)
Salt, A Russian Folktale (J. Langton)
Celebrating Chinese New Year (D. Hoyt-Goldsmith)
Camping in the Temple of the Sun (D. Gould)
Sir Whong and the Golden Pig (O.S. Han)
Bamboo Valley, The Story of a Chinese Bamboo Forest (A.W. Nagda)
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 (C.P. Curtis)
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly, The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl (J. Hansen)
The Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (M.D. Taylor)
Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo (A. Lester)
The Fire Children, A West African Creation Tale (E. Maddern)
Api and the Boy Stranger (P. Roddy)
Esperenza Rising (P.Muñoz Ryan)
My Name is Maria Isabel (A.F. Ada)
Fiesta (G.F. Guy)
Days of the Dead (K. Lasky)
El Piñatero, The Piñata Maker (G. Ancona)
The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary in Spanish. (Random House)
Round the World in Spanish (C. Watson)
Celeste Sails to Spain (A. Lester)

Books for Parents and Educators

Reviving Ophelia, Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (M. Pipher)
Lessons from Turtle Island. Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (G.Jones & S. Moomaw)
American Cultural Patterns, A Cross-Cultural Perspective (E.C. Stewart & M.J. Bennett)
Debunking the Middle-Class Myth, Why Diverse Schools are Good for All Kids (E.G. Kugler)
Responding to Hate at School, A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators. (Teaching Tolerance)

Videos

Mighty Times, The Legacy of Rosa Parks. With Discussion Guide (Teaching Tolerance)
That’s a Family. With Discussion Guide (New Day Films www.newday.com)
A Class Divided. With Discussion Guide (Guidance Associates. www.guidanceassociates.com)
A Place at the Table, Struggles for Equality in America. With Discussion Guide (Teaching Tolerance)
Starting Small, Teaching Children Tolerance. With Discussion Guide (Teaching Tolerance)
The Shadow of Hate, A History of Intolerance in America. With Discussion Guide (Teaching Tolerance)
Hate.Com: Extremists on the Internet (Films for the Humanities & Sciences, www.films.com)
The New Skinheads (A&E Home Video http://store.aetv.com)

Activities

Henna Body Art (M. Smith - Barnes & Noble)
The Usborne Book of Paper Flowers (EDC Publishing www.edcpub.com)
Little Felt People Kit - Children of the World (FeltCrafts www.feltcrafts.com)
Native American Stickers (Dover Publications www.doverpublications.com)
De Colores and Other Latin-American Folks Songs for Children (J.L. Orozco)
I Will Be Your Friend, Songs and Activities for Young Peacemakers (Teaching Tolerance)
Indian Punch-Out Masks (A.G. Smith and J. Hazen Dover Publications www.doverpublications.com)
The Christmas Spider, A Puppet Play from Poland & Other Traditional Games, Crafts, and Activities (L. Holz. Philomel Books, The Putnam Publishing Group, 200 Madison Ave, NY, NY, 10016)
Tastes of Jewish Tradition, Recipes, Activities, & Stories for the Whole Family (J. Hirsh, I. Goodman, A. Goldenholz, and S. Roth)
Putumayo World Calendar (www.putumayo.com)
Kids Around the World. See’nSay (Mattel www.mattel.com/shop/)
Draydel Game (Rite Lite Ltd. Brooklyn, NY 11207)