Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
Aphgan Dream by Tony O'Brien
Baseball Saved Us
The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchido
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss (great Cold War metaphor)
The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse (girl sneaks food in ghetto with cats as distraction)
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle (Choctaw Indians and slavery)
Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill (Artist, Poet, Slave)
Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here by Jean Craighead George (friendly letter, science/weather)
Encounter by Jane Yolan (young Native American's view of meeting Columbus)
To Everything There is a Season by Leo and Diane Dillon (Poetry from Ecclesiastes)
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yukio Tsuchiya
Farewell to Manzanar
Frida by Jonah winter
Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams (African boy uses wire to make a toy)
Going Home by Eve Bunting
Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd
Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki (historical fiction, reconstructive text)
If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith (global stats from 2002)
In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson
Jerk California
The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Math Curse
Mrs. Marlowe's Mice
My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris (MLK Jr's sister tells the story)
My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa M Mollel
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (interesting photos with a mysterious caption)
Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron
Nothing But the Truth by Justina Chen Headley
Owen & Mzee by Hatkoff
Paddle to the Sea by Holling
The Rose Blanch
Science Curse
Snowflake Bentley
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! by Marylin Burns (seating arrangements at a party, math)
Squanto's Journey by Joseph Bruchac
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Terrible Things by Eve Bunting
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (a parody on the classic folktale)
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
The Wall by Peter Sis
The Wagon by Tony Johnston
We are the Ship by Kedir Nelson (Negro League Baseball)
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis (Math)
When Miriam Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan (story of famous singer Marian Anderson)
When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden (art history)
Who Will Plant a Tree?What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis (Math)
When Miriam Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan (story of famous singer Marian Anderson)
When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden (art history)
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun by Cruz
A Wreath For Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
The Yellow Star (WWII)
