Annotated Bibliography for Students
Fox, M. (1997). Whoever you are. Orlando, Florida: First Voyager Books Whoever You Are is a story about the many similarities and differences people all over the world share. In the story readers are reminded that people are different. Some people dress differently, speak different languages, and live in different places. Some people even have different colors of skin. Although we are all different, this story helps readers see how everyone is similar. Everyone smiles, cries, laughs, learns, and has feelings. Everyone is the same in many ways regardless of how different things may seem.
Hamanaka, S. (1999). All the colors of the earth. New York, NY: Harper Collins. There are many colors that can be found on Earth. These many colors make the world beautiful and vibrant. There are also many colors of skin, eyes, and hair. This story helps readers see that everyone is beautiful in his or her own way. It is one’s many colors, inside and out, that make them beautiful. Without the many colors of skin, eyes, and hair, everyone would look alike and our world would not be interesting and unique. This story teaches readers that everyone is special and beautiful even if they look different from others.
Yangsook, C. (2003). The name jar. New York, NY: The Dragon Fly Books. After leaving Korea to come to the United States, Unhei enters a new school. On the first day of school, Unhei is teased about her name and decides she wants to change it. Her classmates create a jar where they place all of their suggestions for her new name American name. In the end, Unhei realizes the importance of her Korean name and how it reflects her culture and identity. She keeps her real name, and explains to her culture to her classmates where they all start to explore their own names and backgrounds.
Hollyer, B. (2004). Let’s eat. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company. This story is about the different foods people eat around the world. Many cultures have their own unique foods that they eat, and this book provides photographs of many different cultural dishes. Children learn about what other children like to eat throughout the day and are able to compare it to the foods that they themselves enjoy. It also provides readers with information about traditions, races, and religions found throughout the world.
Ivanko, M. (2004). Be my neighbor. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. Be My Neighbor is about the many different ways people live. The story tells how a neighborhood is a place people live. All over the world, there are many different types of neighborhoods that people live in. This story shows how each neighborhood is unique in its own way. Some neighborhoods have different cultures, ages, ethnicities, beliefs, and ways of living, but each neighborhood is filled with people who enjoy living in that particular way. Regardless of where one lives, or the many differences found throughout the world, everyone can be neighbors and treat each other kindly.
Tyler, M. (2005). The skin you live in. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Children’s Museum. This children’s book is a rhyming book about the many different skins that people have. It discusses different skin colors, different hair colors, different eye colors, and many other differences that people have with appearances. Throughout the story, readers learn about self-esteem and multiculturalism. Everyone has his or her own unique appearance, but it is what’s in the inside that counts.
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