Cultural Books for Children

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African

The African American Holiday of Kwanzaa : A Celebration of Family, Community & Culture
Maulana Karenga / Paperback / Published 1989
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African Arts & Culture
Jacqueline Chanda / Hardcover / Published 1994
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African-American Alphabet : A Celebration of African-American and West Indian Culture, Custom, Myth, and Symbol Vol 1
Gerald Hausman, Kelvin Rodriques / Paperback / Published 1997
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Hardcover / Published 1996
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Synopsis:
A lavishly illustrated celebration of African, Caribbean, and African-American culture presents an evocative assortment of myths, traditions, languages, folklore, songs, stories, symbols, and essays that capture the rich heritage and spirituality of these people.

Agassu : Legend of the Leopard King (Picture Book)
Rick Dupre / Library Binding / Published 1993
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Card catalog description:
Relates the traditional West African tale, based on actual events, of how the slave Agassu becomes free and returns to lead his people. Also includes brief biographies of nine African-Americans involved in the struggle for equal rights.

The Ancient Egypt Pack : A Three-Dimensional Celebration of Egyptian Mythology, Culture, Art, Life and Afterlife Vol 1
Christos Kondeatis, et al / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Midwest Book Review:
The ancient monuments and tombs of Egypt are celebrated in a pack which uses an interactive format to appeal to a wide age range; from high school students through adults. From an ancient Egyptian horoscope and pop-pyramids and relics to an Egyptian board game and detailed temple model, this is fairly bursting with awesome, artistic creations which are fun and educational. A great gift.

Asafo! : African Flags of the Fante
Peter Adler, Nicholas Barnard / Paperback / Published 1992
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Black Children: Their Roots, Culture, and Learning Styles
Janice E. Hale-Benson / Paperback / Published 1986
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Child Care and Culture: Lessons from Africa
Robert A. Levine, et al / Paperback / Published 1996
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Panther Dream : A Story of the African Rainforest
Bob Weir, Wendy Weir / Paperback / Published 1993
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Audio Cassette / Published 1991
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Synopsis:
The boy, Lokuli, has a plan to help his village, but it means that he must go into the forest, where, he has been taught, evil spirits live. Lokuli ventures into the dense forest, unaware that a black panther stalks him, watching his every move... Hyperion will make a donation to the Rainforest Action Network to plant a tree for each one used in making this book. Full color.

Traditional Crafts from Africa (Culture Crafts)
Florence Temko, et al / Library Binding / Published 1996
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American (Native)

As Long As the Rivers Flow : The Stories of Nine Native Americans
Paula Gunn Allen, Patricia Clark Smith / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Synopsis:
Collects the stories of nine Native Americans who overcame difficult obstacles to make history, from the famous Apache warrior Geronimo to Wilma Mankiller, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

The Aztecs (Footsteps in Time)
Sally Hewitt / School & Library Binding / Published 1996
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Card catalog description:
Describes the traditional way of life of the Aztecs. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Aztecs used, such as making a fan out of strips of colored paper representing the feathers of tropical birds.

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky : A Message from Chief Seattle
Susan Jeffers / Hardcover / Published 1991
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Synopsis:
"How can you buy the sky? How can you own the rain and the wind?" So begin the moving words attributed to a great American Indian chief--Chief Seattle--over 100 years ago. They are words that eloquently capture the central belief of Native Americans: that this earth and every creature on it is sacred. It is this belief that inspired Susan Jeffers' extraordinary full-color paintings.

The Flight of the Red Bird : The Life of Zitkala-Sa
Doreen Rappaport / Hardcover / Published 1997, 208 pages
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Card catalog description:
Chronicles, through her own reminiscences, letters, speeches, and stories, the experiences of the Yankton Indian woman whose life spanned the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, and who was forced to give up her cultural heritage and become ``civilized''--the consequence of which was her lifelong activism.

The Girl Who Married the Moon : Tales from Native North America
Joseph Bruchac, Gayle Ross / Paperback / Published 1996, 128 pages
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School & Library Binding / Published 1994
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Synopsis:
A companion volume to Bruchac's Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear, this anthology focuses on the role of women in traditional Indian cultures. Culled from 16 Native North American cultures, these traditional tribal tales dwell on the time in a young girl's life when she discovers she is becoming a woman.

The Inuit (Footsteps in Time)
Ruth Thompson / School & Library Binding / Published 1996
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Card catalog description:
Describes the traditional way of life of the Inuit. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Inuit used, such as making a snowhouse out of newspapers.

Mola : Cuna Life Stories and Art
Maricel E. Presilla / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Synopsis:
The women of the Cuna Islands, situated off the coast of Panana, tell their stories and discuss their artwork, which is proudly displayed in the workmanship of their brightly designed blouses, known as molas.

Native American Women (The Junior Library of American Indians)
Susanne Clores / Paperback / Published 1995, 80 pages
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Library Binding / Published 1995
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Synopsis:
Describes the pivotal roles played by Native American women prior to European infiltration, which caused women to be highly valued as providers and tribal leaders, and chronicles how Native American women are once again rising to these levels of regard.

The Plains People (Footsteps in Time Series)
Sally Hewitt / School & Library Binding / Published 1996
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Card catalog description:
Describes the traditional way of life of the Indians of the Great Plains. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Indians used, such as making a buffalo skin tipi out of brown paper.

The Rainforest Indians (Footsteps in Time)
Ruth Thomson / School & Library Binding / Published 1996
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Card catalog description:
Describes the traditional way of life of the Yanomami. Includes activities in which common items represent what the Yanomami use, such as making a dugout canoe out of clay.

Sacagawea : Native American Hero (Sanford, William R. Legendary Heroes of the Wild West.)
William R. Sanford, Carl R. Green / Library Binding / Pub. 1997, 48 p.
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Card catalog description:
Profiles the life of the young Shoshoni woman Sacagawea, who served as an interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Sacagawea : Westward With Lewis and Clark (Native American Biographies)
Alana J. White / Library Binding / Published 1997, 128 pages
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From Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/97:
This first book in the Native American Biographies series covers the engrossing story of Sacagawea, the young Shoshone woman who was only 16 when she accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to the Pacific coast on the first organized exploration of the American West. Carrying her new baby on her back, Sacagawea traveled 6,000 miles on foot, horseback, and canoe, along with her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, who had been hired as interpreter. Readers will enjoy this intriguing story, told in this well-written book that is not shy about honoring her accomplishments. (Biography. 11+)

The Same Sun Was in the Sky
Denise Webb, Walter Porter (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Card catalog description:
A boy and his grandfather go hiking in the Arizona desert, where they observe the many rock carvings and imagine the lives of the Hohokam people who lived there in ancient times.

This Place Is High : The Andes Mountains of South America (Imagine Living Here)
Vicki Cobb, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1989
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Card catalog description:
Surveys the living conditions in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia for the people and unusual animals that live there.

Timelines of Native American History
Carl Waldman, Molly Braun (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1994
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The publisher, Macmillan Books:
Format: hardcover. Written and illustrated by an award-winning husband-and-wife team, Timelines of Native American History is a stunning four-color foldout that chronicles Native American civilizations from prehistoric times to the present. The history of the original Americans is presented in an eye-catching, chronological form that is packed with information. Beautifully produced and presented, the book shows the rich heritage of Native American cultures at a glace.

Traditional Crafts from Native North America (Culture Crafts)
Florence Temko, et al / Library Binding / Published 1997
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Card catalog description:
Provides instructions for making such traditional North American Indian crafts as dreamcatchers, beadwork, and cornhusk dolls.

The Way of the Earth : Native America and the Environment
John Bierhorst / School & Library Binding / Published 1994
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Synopsis:
A collection of native American myths, parables, legends, and folklore drawn from many Indian cultures reflects the attitudes of native Americans toward the environment, conservation, and the value of the wilderness.

Wilma Mankiller (On My Own Biographies)
Linda Lowery, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Young Pocahontas : Indian Princess (First-Start Biographies)
Anne Benjamin, Christine Powers (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1992, 32 pages
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Card catalog description:
A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

Asian

101 Japanese Idioms: Understanding Japanese Language and Culture Through Popular Phrases
Michaell. Maynard, et al / Paperback / Published 1993
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Hardcover / Published 1994
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Notes:
A delightful book. My Japanese language teacher even enjoyed it. Appropriate for intermediate to advanced level. This book quickly leaves behind polite -masu, and plain da forms, getting into sentences with endings such as -tte followed by a period. The grammar here matches what the Japanese actually speak!

China: The Culture (The Lands, Peoples, and the Cultures Series)
Bobbie Kalman / Paperback / Published 1989
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Library Binding / Published 1989
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Culture Kit : China
Linda Scher, Mary Johnson / Paperback / Published 1996
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India : The Culture (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series)
Bobbie Kalman / Paperback / Published 1989
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Library Binding / Published 1990
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Lichee Tree
Ching Yeung Russell, Christopher Zhong-Yuan Zhang (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding / Published 1997
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A to ZEN : A Book of Japanese Culture
Ruth Wells, Yoshi (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1992
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From Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/92:
Alphabet-book format can prove unaccommodating for informational books; still, it's sometimes used to surprisingly good effect, as it is here. Wells offers a broad sampling of features of Japanese culture that happen to be initialed by Western letters--aikido (from the martial arts); chanoyu (the tea ceremony); daruma dolls, Zen's appealing aid to goal-setting; Hiroshima (and its Peace Park); origami; and even such contemporary items as wokuman (Walkman)--all chosen to interest young readers as well as to exemplify Japanese society.

Vietnam : The Culture (Kalman, Bobbie, Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series)
Bobbie Kalman / Paperback / Published 1996
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Library Binding / Published 1996
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Latino

Culture Kit : Mexico : Activities, Projects, Poster, Audiotape and Map
Linda Scher, Mary Oates Johnson / Paperback / Published 1996
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En Mi Propio Jardin = in My Own Backyard (Spanish Books)
Judi, Wagner, David R. Kurjian (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1994 Our Price: $5.56 ~ You Save: $1.39 (20%)
Synopsis:
In this Spanish translation of In My Own Backyard, a young boy gazes through his bedroom window and watches as amazing things happen. The backyard is transformed to reveal what lived there hundreds, thousands, and millions of years ago. Readers will meet settlers, dinosaurs, volcanoes, glaciers, and strange beasts that once lived in this child's backyard. Full color.

The Giant & the Rabbit : Six Bilingual Folktales from Hispanic Culture
Sarah Barchas (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Journey for Peace : The Story of Rigoberta Menchu (A Rainbow Biography)
Marlene Targ Brill, Ruben De Anda (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1996, 56 pages
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Synopsis:
Provides a look into the life of the Latin American woman and winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, who spread her message throughout Guatemala in the search for human rights for her people, the Maya, against the cruel and unlawful treatment they endured from powerful landowners.

Los Arboles Frutales / the Orchard (Mis Plantas Series)
Isidro Sanchez, Carme Peris / Paperback / Published 1991
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Mexico : Su Cultura/Mexico the Culture (Spanish Edition)
Bobbie Kalman / Paperback / Published 1994
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Mexico : The Culture (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)
Bobbie Kalman / Paperback / Published 1993
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Library Binding / Published 1993
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Traditional Crafts from Mexico and Central America (Culture Crafts)
Florence Temko / Library Binding / Published 1996
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Card catalog description:
Provides instructions on how to make traditional Mexican and Central American handicraft such as metal ornaments, tissue paper banners, and Guatemalan worry dolls.

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