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CALL # = PZ7.N6717 Ab 1992. 
TITLE = ABUELITA'S PARADISE / CARMEN SANTIAGO NODAR ; ILLUSTRATED BY DIANE 
PATERSON. 
AUTHOR = Nodar, Carmen Santiago. 
AUTHOR = Paterson, Diane, 1946- ill. 
PUBLISHER = Morton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman, c1992. 
NOTE = "Available in Spanish as El Paraiso de Abuelita."
NOTE = Although her grandmother has died, Marita sits in Abuelita's rocking
chair and remembers the stories Abuelita told of life in Puerto Rico. 
SUBJECT = Puerto Rico -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Death -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ73 .N6418 1992. 
TITLE = ABUELITA'S PARADISE. SPANISH. 
TITLE = EL PARAISO DE ABUELITA / POR CARMEN SANTIAGO NODAR ; ILUSTRADO POR 
DIANE PATERSON ; TRADUCCION DE TERESA MLAWER. 
AUTHOR = Nodar, Carmen Santiago. 
AUTHOR = Paterson, Diane, 1946-
PUBLISHER = Morton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1992. 
NOTE = Translation of: Abuelita's paradise. 
NOTE = Although her grandmother has died, Marita sits in Abuelita's rocking
chair and remembers the stories Abuelita told of life in Puerto Rico. 
SUBJECT = Puerto Rico -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Death -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ8.1.R6 Ac 1995. 
TITLE = THE ACORN TREE AND OTHER FOLKTALES / RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY ANNE
ROCKWELL. 
AUTHOR = Rockwell, Anne F. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Greenwillow Books, c1995. 
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references. 
SUBJECT = Tales. 

CALL # = PZ7.G3626 Adi 1995x. 
TITLE = ADIOS, ANNA / PATRICIA REILLY GIFF ; ILLUSTRATED BY DYANNE DISALVO-
RYAN. 
AUTHOR = Giff, Patricia Reilly. 
PUBLISHER = New York, N.Y. : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,
c1995. 
NOTE = "A Yearling book."
NOTE = "Includes 10 simple Spanish lessons"--Cover. 
NOTE = Sylvia's friend from Colombia, Anna, has left for summer camp, but 
Sylvia has to stay home with her baby sister. Sylvia decides to study 
Spanish so she can speak it with Anna and her family. 
SUBJECT = Spanish language -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = E99.D1 G577 1994. 
TITLE = ADOPTED BY THE EAGLES : A PLAINS INDIAN STORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND 
TREACHERY / TOLD & ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL GOBLE. 
AUTHOR = Goble, Paul. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Bradbury Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada 
; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994. 
NOTE = Two friends go out hunting for horses--but only one returns--in this
story based in the Lakota Indian tradition. 
SUBJECT = Dakota Indians -- Folklore. 

CALL # = PZ7.M51274 Ad 1995. 
TITLE = THE ADVENTURES OF SUGAR AND JUNIOR / BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS ; 
ILLUSTRATED BY NANCY POYDAR. 
AUTHOR = Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956-
AUTHOR = Poydar, Nancy, ill. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1995. 
NOTE = Santiago Antonio Ramirez, also known as Junior, enjoys playing games,
making cookies, and going to the movies with Sugar, the new girl next door.
SUBJECT = Friendship  -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans  -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = DT22 .A96 1995. 
TITLE = AFRICA / WRITTEN BY YVONNE AYO ; PHOTOGRAPHED BY RAY MOLLER & GEOFF
DANN. 
AUTHOR = Ayo, Yvonne. 
AUTHOR = Moller, Ray, ill. 
AUTHOR = Dann, Geoff, ill. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995. 
NOTE = "A Dorling Kindersley book"--T.p. verso. 
NOTE = Includes index. 
SUBJECT = Africa -- History -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = Africa -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. 

CALL # = PZ7.K9227 Af 1993x. 
TITLE = AFRICA BROTHERS AND SISTERS / BY VIRGINIA L. KROLL ; PICTURES BY 
VANESSA FRENCH. 
AUTHOR = Kroll, Virginia L. 
AUTHOR = French, Vanessa. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Simon & Schusster Books for Young Readers, c1993. 
NOTE = At lunchtime Daddy and Jesse play their favorite game: a question 
and answer game about people who live in Africa and the ways in which they 
are connected to Jesse. 
SUBJECT = Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Blacks -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Africa -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = E185 .G23 1995. 
TITLE = AFRICAN AMERICANS AND JEWISH AMERICANS : A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE / BY
HEDDA GARZA. 
AUTHOR = Garza, Hedda. 
PUBLISHER = New York : F. Watts, c1995. 
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-202) and index. 
SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Relations with Jews -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = Jews -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = United States -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature. 

CALL # = PZ8.1.D925 Ag 1993. 
TITLE = AGASSU : LEGEND OF THE LEOPARD KING / RETOLD AND ILLUSTRATED BY 
RICK DUPRE. 
AUTHOR = Dupre, Rick. 
PUBLISHER = Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1993. 
NOTE = 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. 
SUBJECT = Folklore -- Africa, West. 
SUBJECT = Slavery -- Folklore. 
SUBJECT = Human rights -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PS3573.A425 Z75 1995. 
TITLE = ALICE WALKER : AUTHOR OF THE COLOR PURPLE / BARBARA KRAMER. 
AUTHOR = Kramer, Barbara. 
PUBLISHER = Springfield, N.J., U.S.A. : Enslow Publishers, c1995. 
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-125) and index. 
NOTE = Describes the life of the author and activist, from her childhood in
Georgia to her emergence as a subject of both adulation and controversy. 
SUBJECT = Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = Afro-American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = Afro-American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile
literature. 

CALL # = PS153.N5 A399 1995. 
TITLE = THE ALL-WHITE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN 
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE / EDITED BY OSAYIMWENSE OSA. 
AUTHOR = Osa, Osayimwense. 
PUBLISHER = Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, c1995. 
NOTE = Previously published as a special issue of Journal of African 
children & youth literature, v. 3, 1991/1992. 
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references. 
SUBJECT = Children's literature, American -- Afro-American authors -- 
History and criticism. 
SUBJECT = Young adult literature, American -- Afro-American authors -- 
History and criticism. 
SUBJECT = Afro-American children -- Books and reading. 
SUBJECT = Afro-American youth -- Books and reading. 
SUBJECT = Afro-Americans in literature. 

CALL # = PZ7.L58419 Am 1993. 
TITLE = AMAZON BOY / WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY TED LEWIN. 
AUTHOR = Lewin, Ted. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Macmillan ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New
York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. 
NOTE = As a Brazilian boy makes his first trip up the Amazon to the port 
city of Belem, he learns something about the river's many treasures. 
SUBJECT = Brazil -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Amazon River Region -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Environmental protection -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ7.A46393 Am 1993. 
TITLE = AMELIA'S ROAD / WRITTEN BY LINDA JACOBS ALTMAN ; ILLUSTRATED BY 
ENRIQUE O. SANCHEZ. 
AUTHOR = Altman, Linda Jacobs, 1943-
AUTHOR = Sanchez, Enrique O., 1942-
PUBLISHER = New York : Lee & Low Books, c1993. 
NOTE = Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm
workers, dreams of a stable home. 
SUBJECT = Migrant labor -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ5. A51146 1994. 
TITLE = AMERICAN EYES : NEW ASIAN-AMERICAN SHORT STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS /
EDITED BY LORI M. CARLSON ; INTRODUCTION BY CYNTHIA KADOHATA. 
AUTHOR = Carlson, Lori M. 
PUBLISHER = New York : H. Holt, 1994. 
NOTE = These ten stories reflect the conflict Asian Americans face in 
balancing an ancient heritage and an unknown future. 
SUBJECT = Asian Americans -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Short stories, American -- Asian American authors. 

CALL # = E98.E85 A46 1989. 
TITLE = AMERICAN INDIAN IDENTITY : TODAY'S CHANGING PERSPECTIVES / EDITED 
BY CLIFFORD E. TRAFZER. 
AUTHOR = Trafzer, Clifford E. 
PUBLISHER = Sacramento, Calif. : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co., 1989. 
SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity. 
SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Social conditions. 

CALL # = E61 .S257 1994. 
TITLE = ANCIENT EMPIRES & MIGHTY PEOPLE / RICHARD SANCHEZ. 
AUTHOR = Sanchez, Richard, 1954-
PUBLISHER = Edina, MN : Abdo & Daughters, c1994. 
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index. 
NOTE = Library bound edition distributed: Minneapolis : Rockbottom Books. 
SUBJECT = Indians -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. 
SUBJECT = America -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. 

CALL # = PZ7.N7315 An 1995. 
TITLE = ANGELA'S WINGS / ERIC JON NONES. 
AUTHOR = Nones, Eric Jon. 
PUBLISHER = New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995. 
NOTE = When Angela sprouts wings she hopes no one will notice, but as the 
months fly by she begins to like them. 
SUBJECT = Wings -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ73 .B555 1994. 
TITLE = ANGEL'S KITE / STORY BY ALBERTO BLANCO ; PICTURES BY RODOLFO 
MORALES ; ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY DAN BELLM = LA ESTRELLA DE ANGEL / ESCRITO
POR ALBERTO BLANCO ; ILUSTRADO POR RODOLFO MORALES ; TRADUCIDO AL INGLES 
POR DAN BELLM. 
AUTHOR = Blanco, Alberto, 1951-
AUTHOR = Morales, Rodolfo, 1925- ill. 
AUTHOR = Bellm, Dan. 
PUBLISHER = Emeryville, Calif. : Children's Book Press, c1994. 
NOTE = A young boy makes a kite that mysteriously restores a long-missing 
bell to the town church. 
SUBJECT = Kites -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Church bells -- Juvenile fiction. 
SUBJECT = Bilingual books -- Juvenile fiction. 

CALL # = PZ8.C64 An 1998. 
AUTHOR = Coburn, Jewell Reinhart.
TITLE = Angkat : the Cambodian Cinderella / written by Jewell Reinhart
Coburn ; illustrated by Eddie Flotte.
PUBLISHER = Arcadia, Calif. : Shen's Books, 1998.
NOTE = A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a
prince, is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue,
returns to become queen.
SUBJECT = Fairy tales.
AUTHOR = Flotte, Edmund, ill. CALL # = PZ7.G8812 An 1995. TITLE = ANNA'S ATHABASKAN SUMMER / BY ARNOLD GRIESE ; ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES RAGINS. AUTHOR = Griese, Arnold A. AUTHOR = Ragins, Charles, ill. PUBLISHER = Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press ; [New York] : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1995. NOTE = A young Athabaskan girl and her family make the annual return to their summer fish camp where they prepare for the long winter ahead. SUBJECT = Athapascan Indians -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = QA295 .A6613 1995. TITLE = ANNO'S MAGIC SEEDS / WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MITSUMASA ANNO. AUTHOR = Anno, Mitsumasa, 1926- PUBLISHER = New York : Philomel Books, 1995. NOTE = The reader is asked to perform a series of mathematical operations integrated into the story of a lazy man who plants magic seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest. SUBJECT = Series, Arithmetic -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Mathematical recreations -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E98.F6 H58 1992. TITLE = ANPAO : AN AMERICAN INDIAN ODYSSEY / JAMAKE HIGHWATER ; PICTURES BY FRITZ SCHOLDER. AUTHOR = Highwater, Jamake. AUTHOR = Scholder, Fritz, 1937- PUBLISHER = New York : HarperCollins, 1992, c1977. NOTE = Bibliography: p. 253-254. NOTE = Traditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood. SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E99.A6 H795 1995. TITLE = APACHE RODEO / BY DIANE HOYT-GOLDSMITH ; PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAWRENCE MIGDALE. AUTHOR = Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. AUTHOR = Migdale, Lawrence. PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1995. NOTE = Includes index. SUBJECT = Apache Indians -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Rodeos -- Arizona -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E99.A6 S63 1997. TITLE = THE APACHES / VIRGINIA DRIVING HAWK SNEVE ; ILLUSTRATED BY RONALD HIMLER. AUTHOR = Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. AUTHOR = Himler, Ronald, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1997. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index. NOTE = Describes the social structure, daily life, religion, government relations, and history of the Apache people. SUBJECT = Apache Indians -- History -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Apache Indians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E99.E7 H867 1992. TITLE = ARCTIC HUNTER / BY DIANE HOYT-GOLDSMITH ; PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAWRENCE MIGDALE. AUTHOR = Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. AUTHOR = Migdale, Lawrence, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1992. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = A ten-year-old Eskimo (Inupiat) boy who lives far north of the Arctic Circle describes his family's annual spring trip to their camp, where they hunt and fish for food to supplement their diet for the rest of the year and enjoy old traditions. SUBJECT = Eskimos -- Hunting -- Alaska -- Kotzebue -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Eskimos -- Alaska -- Kotzebue -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Kotzebue (Alaska) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.H8755 Ar 1990. TITLE = ARMANDO ASKED, "WHY?" / BY JAY HULBERT AND SID KANTOR ; ILLUSTRATED BY PAT HOGGAN. AUTHOR = Hulbert, Jay. AUTHOR = Kantor, Sid. AUTHOR = Hoggan, Pat, ill. PUBLISHER = Milwaukee : Raintree Publishers, c1990. NOTE = Armando's family members are too busy to answer his questions until one day they take him to the library, introduce him to the librarian, and find books with the answers to his questions. SUBJECT = Libraries -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Questions and answers -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = NC975 .V57 1997.
TITLE = Art & story : the role of illustration in multicultural literature
for youth : the Virginia Hamilton Conference / edited by Anthony L. Manna
and Carolyn S. Brodie.
PUBLISHER = Ft. Atkinson, Wis. : Highsmith Press, c1997.
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
SUBJECT = Illustration of books -- 20th century -- United States -- Themes,
motives -- Congresses.
SUBJECT = Illustrated children's books -- United States -- Themes, motives
-- Congresses.
SUBJECT = Ethnicity in art -- Congresses.
AUTHOR = Manna, Anthony L.
AUTHOR = Brodie, Carolyn S., 1958- CALL # = GV994.A7 S64 1995. TITLE = ARTHUR ASHE, TENNIS LEGEND / WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JIM SPENCE. AUTHOR = Spence, Jim. PUBLISHER = Vero Beach, FL : Rourke Press, c1995. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = Describes the series of triumphs of this Afro-American tennis player and shows how he was a winner both on and off the court. SUBJECT = Ashe, Arthur -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Tennis players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = N6538.N5 A344 1995. TITLE = THE ARTS / BY AMY ADELSTEIN. AUTHOR = Adelstein, Amy, 1956- PUBLISHER = Vero Beach, FL. : Rourke Press, 1995. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = A history of African American participation in the arts with biographies of prominent artists. SUBJECT = Afro-American art -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E184.O6 L44 1992. TITLE = ASIAN AMERICANS : ORAL HISTORIES OF FIRST TO FOURTH GENERATION AMERICANS FROM CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, INDIA, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, VIETNAM, AND CAMBODIA / BY JOANN FAUNG JEAN LEE. AUTHOR = Lee, Joann Faung Jean, 1950- PUBLISHER = New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, c1992. NOTE = Includes index. SUBJECT = Asian American -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Asian Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Oral history -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PL1171 .L33 1994. TITLE = AT THE BEACH / WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HUY VOUN LEE. AUTHOR = Lee, Huy Voun. PUBLISHER = New York : Henry Holt, 1994. NOTE = A mother amuses her young son at the beach by drawing in the sand Chinese characters, many of which resemble the objects they stand for. SUBJECT = Chinese language -- Writing -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.I763 At 1991. TITLE = AT THE CROSSROADS / BY RACHEL ISADORA. AUTHOR = Isadora, Rachel. PUBLISHER = New York : Greenwillow Books, c1991. NOTE = South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines. SUBJECT = Fathers -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Blacks -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = South Africa -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = DS530.53.A85 S74 1997. TITLE = AUNG SAN SUU KYI : FEARLESS VOICE OF BURMA / WHITNEY STEWART. AUTHOR = Stewart, Whitney, 1959- PUBLISHER = Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 1997. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references and index. NOTE = A biography of the Burmese leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 while under house arrest. SUBJECT = Aung San Suu Kyi -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988- -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Burma -- Politics and government -- 1948- -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Democracy -- Burma -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Politicians -- Burma -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.R6188 Au 1993. TITLE = AUNT MARTHA AND THE GOLDEN COIN : AN AUNT MARTHA STORY / BY ANITA RODRIGUEZ. AUTHOR = Rodriguez, Anita. PUBLISHER = New York : Clarkson Potter, c1993. NOTE = After telling the neighborhood children about a magical coin she had found as a child living in the South, Aunt Martha uses the coin's power again to scare away a burglar. CALL # = PZ8.O63 Bab 1998.
AUTHOR = Oram, Hiawyn.
TITLE = Baba Yaga & the wise doll : a traditional Russian folktale / retold
by Hiawyn Oram ; illustrated by Ruth Brown.
PUBLISHER = New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1998.
SUBJECT = Baba Yaga (Legendary character) -- Legends.
SUBJECT = Dolls -- Folklore.
SUBJECT = Tales -- Russia (Federation). CALL # = PZ7.S8367 Bab 1988. TITLE = BABY SAYS / JOHN STEPTOE. AUTHOR = Steptoe, John, 1950- PUBLISHER = New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. NOTE = A baby and big brother figure out how to get along. SUBJECT = Brothers -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Babies -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ8.1.T57 Bam 1993. TITLE = BAMBOO HATS AND A RICE CAKE : A TALE ADAPTED FROM JAPANESE FOLKLORE / BY ANN TOMPERT ; ILLUSTRATED BY DEMI. AUTHOR = Tompert, Ann. AUTHOR = Demi, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Crown, c1993. NOTE = Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes. Characters from the Japanese alphabet are incorporated into the text. CALL # = E840.8.J62 P38 1996. TITLE = BARBARA JORDAN / DIANE PATRICK-WEXLER. AUTHOR = Patrick-Wexler, Diane. PUBLISHER = Austin, Tex : Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, c1996. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. SUBJECT = Jordan, Barbara, 1936- -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Afro-American women legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = United States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.M71284 Bas 1993. TITLE = BASEBALL SAVED US / WRITTEN BY KEN MOCHIZUKI ; ILLUSTRATED BY DOM LEE. AUTHOR = Mochizuki, Ken, 1954- AUTHOR = Lee, Dom, 1959- ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Lee & Low, c1993. NOTE = A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over. SUBJECT = Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.H1692 Be 1995. TITLE = BE-BOP-A-DO-WALK! / BY SHEILA HAMANAKA. AUTHOR = Hamanaka, Sheila. PUBLISHER = New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1995. NOTE = On a walk to Central Park a Japanese-American child's father folds paper hats and boats to sail on the pond and then paper cranes to fly on their bus ride home. SUBJECT = Walking -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Origami -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.H6524 Be 1989. TITLE = BEARSTONE / WILL HOBBS. AUTHOR = Hobbs, Will. PUBLISHER = New York : Atheneum, 1989. NOTE = Sequel: Beardance. NOTE = A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man. SUBJECT = Ute Indians -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = TL540.M345 G68 1997. TITLE = BERYL MARKHAM : NEVER LOOK BACK / CATHERINE GOURLEY ; FOREWORD BY ROSELLEN BROWN. AUTHOR = Gourley, Catherine, 1950- PUBLISHER = Berkeley, Calif. : Conari Press, c1997. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146) and index. NOTE = Describes the life of the first person, man or woman, to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, from her childhood in Africa through many difficulties to her aeronautic and literary achievements. SUBJECT = Markham Beryl -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Air pilots -- Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E185.86 .B48 1996.
TITLE = The best of the Brownies' book / edited by Dianne Johnson-Feelings
; introduction by Marian Wright Edelman.
PUBLISHER = New York : Oxford University Press, c1996.
NOTE = Stories and articles from the 1920s children's magazine "The
Brownies' Book" capture the Afro-American experience.
SUBJECT = African American children.
SUBJECT = African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
AUTHOR = Johnson-Feelings, Dianne. CALL # = LC1099 .B49 1993. TITLE = BEYOND EXPERIENCE : AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH TO CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION / EDITED BY THEODORE GOCHENOUR. AUTHOR = Gochenour, Theodore. PUBLISHER = Yarmouth, Me. : Intercultural Press, c1993. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT = Multicultural education. CALL # = PZ7.B6168 Bi 1995. TITLE = THE BIG BIKE RACE / LUCY JANE BLEDSOE ; DRAWINGS BY STERLING BROWN. AUTHOR = Bledsoe, Lucy Jane. AUTHOR = Brown, Sterling, 1963- PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1995. NOTE = Ernest Peterson's hopes of winning the Washington, D.C., Citywide Cup bicycle race are shattered when his grandmother gives him a huge, clunky, yellow bike for his tenth birthday. SUBJECT = Bicycles -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Bicycle racing -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Winning and losing -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = ML82 .J65 1995. TITLE = BIG STAR FALLIN' MAMA : FIVE WOMEN IN BLACK MUSIC / HETTIE JONES ; FOREWORD BY NELSON GEORGE. AUTHOR = Jones, Hettie. PUBLISHER = New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1995. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-133), discography (p. 134-136), and index. NOTE = Portraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin. SUBJECT = Afro-American women musicians -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Blues (Music) -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.M78819 Bi 1992. TITLE = A BIRTHDAY BASKET FOR TIA / BY PAT MORA ; ILLUSTRATED BY CECILY LANG. AUTHOR = Mora, Pat. AUTHOR = Lang, Cecily. PUBLISHER = New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1992. NOTE = With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's ninetieth birthday. SUBJECT = Great-aunts -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Gifts -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Cats -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ73 .M632 1997. TITLE = BIRTHDAY BASKET FOR TIA. SPANISH. TITLE = UNA CANASTA DE CUMPLEANOS PARA TIA / POR PAT MORA ; ILUSTRADO POR CECILY LANG. AUTHOR = Mora, Pat. AUTHOR = Lang, Cecily, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Aladdin Paperbacks/Libros Colibri, 1997. NOTE = With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's ninetieth birthday. SUBJECT = Great-aunts -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Gifts -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Cats -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = TL789.85.A1 B87 1995. TITLE = BLACK STARS IN ORBIT : NASA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS / KHEPHRA BURNS AND WILLIAM MILES. AUTHOR = Burns, Khephra. AUTHOR = Miles, William, 1931- PUBLISHER = San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1995. NOTE = "Gulliver books." NOTE = Includes index. SUBJECT = Afro-American astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.T21117 Bl 1995. TITLE = A BLESSING IN DISGUISE / ELEANORE E. TATE. AUTHOR = Tate, Eleanora E. PUBLISHER = New York : Delacorte Press, c1995. NOTE = Twelve-year-old Zambia thinks that life with her aunt and uncle in Deacons Neck, South Carolina, is boring and dreams of going to live with her smooth-talking, fast-living father, until she gets to know the darker side of his world. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Family -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Drug traffic -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.R71868 Bo 1994. TITLE = BONESY AND ISABEL / BY MICHAEL J. ROSEN ; ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES RANSOME. AUTHOR = Rosen, Michael J., 1954- AUTHOR = Ransome, James, ill. PUBLISHER = San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995. NOTE = Isabel, an adopted Salvadoran girl, adjusts to her new life in America by befriending the old dog Bonesy, but then she must deal with her grief when he dies. CALL # = PZ7.C873 Bo 1991. TITLE = BORN IN THE YEAR OF COURAGE / BY EMILY CROFFORD. AUTHOR = Crofford, Emily. PUBLISHER = Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1991. NOTE = In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West. SUBJECT = Nakahama, Manjiro, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ74.1 .G74 1994. TITLE = THE BOSSY GALLITO = EL GALLO DE BODAS ; A TRADITIONAL CUBAN FOLKTALE / RETOLD BY LUCIA M. GONZALEZ ; ILLUSTRATED BY LULU DELACRE. AUTHOR = Gonzalez, Lucia M. AUTHOR = Delacre, Lulu, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Scholastic Inc., c1994. NOTE = English and Spanish. NOTE = In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story. SUBJECT = Folklore -- Cuba -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ8.1.W84 Bo 1997.
AUTHOR = Wolkstein, Diane.
TITLE = Bouki dances the Kokioko : a comical tale from Haiti / Diane
Wolkstein ; illustrated by Jesse Sweetwater.
PUBLISHER = San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1997.
NOTE = After much coaching, Bouki wins the prize for dancing the king's
secret dance but is then outwitted by his sneaky friend.
SUBJECT = Folklore -- Haiti.
AUTHOR = Sweetwater, Jesse, 1952- ill. CALL # = GV884.S88 A3 1996. TITLE = BOUNCE BACK / BY SHERYL SWOOPES WITH GREG BROWN ; ILLUSTRATIONS BY DOUG KEITH. AUTHOR = Swoopes, Sheryl. AUTHOR = Brown, Greg. AUTHOR = Keith, Doug. PUBLISHER = Dallas, Tex. : Taylor Pub., c1996. NOTE = Sheryl Swoopes, member of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women's basketball team, uses her own life as an example of the importance of never giving up. SUBJECT = Swoopes, Sheryl -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Basketball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.H67562 Bo 1995. TITLE = BOUNDLESS GRACE / BY MARY HOFFMAN ; PICTURES BY CAROLINE BINCH. AUTHOR = Hoffman, Mary, 1945- AUTHOR = Binch, Caroline. PUBLISHER = New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995. NOTE = "Sequel to Amazing Grace." NOTE = "Published in Great Britain by Frances Lincoln Limited as Grace & family." NOTE = Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa. SUBJECT = Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Africa -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.H286 Bn 1991. TITLE = THE BOY AND THE SAMURAI / ERIK CHRISTIAN HAUGAARD. AUTHOR = Haugaard, Erik Christian. PUBLISHER = Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1991. NOTE = Having grown up as an orphan of the streets while sixteenth-century Japan is being ravaged by civil war, Saru seeks to help a samurai rescue his wife from imprisonment by a warlord so they can all flee to a more peaceful life. SUBJECT = Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.D1 S567 1994. TITLE = A BOY CALLED SLOW : THE TRUE STORY OF SITTING BULL / JOSEPH BRUCHAC ; ILLUSTRATED BY ROCCO BAVIERA. AUTHOR = Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- AUTHOR = Baviera, Rocco, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Philomel Books, c1994. SUBJECT = Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Dakota Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.C26824 Bo 1994. TITLE = THE BOY WHO DREAMED OF AN ACORN / BY LEIGH CASLER ;ILLUSTRATED BY SHONTO BEGAY. AUTHOR = Casler, Leigh. AUTHOR = Begay, Shonto, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Philomel, c1994. NOTE = At first disappointed that his mountain quest has only given him a dream of a tiny acorn, a young boy comes to recognize that his position in his tribe is as strong as the tree that grows from the acorn. SUBJECT = Chinook Indians -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.I7 B83 1995. TITLE = THE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE BEARS : AND OTHER IROQUOIS STORIES / TOLD BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC ; ILLUSTRATED BY MURV JACOB. AUTHOR = Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- AUTHOR = Jacob, Murv. PUBLISHER = New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1995. NOTE = Presents a collection of traditional Iroquois tales in which animals learn about the importance of caring and responsibility and the dangers of selfishness and pride. SUBJECT = Iroquois Indians -- Folklore. SUBJECT = Legends -- New York (State). CALL # = E99.C57 M37 1993. TITLE = THE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE SEALS / RAFE MARTIN ; ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID SHANNON. AUTHOR = Martin, Rafe, 1946- AUTHOR = Shannon, David, 1959- ill. PUBLISHER = New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1993. NOTE = A lost boy who has grown up in the sea with seals returns to his tribe but is strangely changed. SUBJECT = Chinook Indians -- Folklore. CALL # = E185.93.T4 W563 1997. TITLE = BRAVE BLACK WOMEN : FROM SLAVERY TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE / RUTHE WINEGARTEN AND SHARON KAHN. AUTHOR = Winegarten, Ruthe. AUTHOR = Kahn, Sharon, 1934- AUTHOR = Winegarten, Ruthe. Black Texas women. PUBLISHER = Austin : University of Texas Press, c1997. NOTE = Adaptation of: Black Texas women. 1995. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECT = Afro-American women -- Texas -- History -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Texas -- History -- 1846-1950 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Texas -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.G2315 Br 1992. TITLE = BRAVO, TANYA / [ILLUSTRATED BY] SATOMI ICHIKAWA ; STORY BY PATRICIA LEE GAUCH. AUTHOR = Ichikawa, Satomi. AUTHOR = Gauch, Patricia Lee. PUBLISHER = New York : Philomel Books, c1992. NOTE = Tanya loves to dance but has trouble integrating her steps with the clapping and counting of her ballet teacher, until she tries moving to the music and the sounds inside her head. SUBJECT = Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = F277.B3 K78 1995. TITLE = BRIDGES TO CHANGE : HOW KIDS LIVE ON A SOUTH CAROLINA SEA ISLAND / BY KATHLEEN KRULL ; PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID HAUTZIG. AUTHOR = Krull, Kathleen. AUTHOR = Hautzig, David, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Lodestar Books, c1995. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index. SUBJECT = Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena's Island -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Saint Helena Island (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ8.1.H6674 Br 1997.
AUTHOR = Ho, Minfong.
TITLE = Brother Rabbit : a Cambodian tale / by Minfong Ho & Saphan Ros ;
illustrated by Jennifer Hewetson.
PUBLISHER = New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1997.
NOTE = A crocodile, two elephants, and an old woman are no match for a
mischievous rabbit.
SUBJECT = Folklore -- Cambodia.
SUBJECT = Rabbits -- Folklore.
AUTHOR = Ros, Saphan.
AUTHOR = Hewetson, Jennifer, ill. CALL # = E99.S54 V36 1993. TITLE = BUFFALO DANCE : A BLACKFOOT LEGEND / RETOLD BY NANCY VAN LAAN ; ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIZ VIDAL. AUTHOR = Van Laan, Nancy. AUTHOR = Vidal, Beatriz, ill. PUBLISHER = Boston : Little, Brown and Co. 1993. NOTE = A retelling of the Blackfoot legend about the ritual performed before the buffalo hunt. SUBJECT = Buffalo dance. SUBJECT = Siksika Indians -- Folklore. CALL # = E185.63.S69 M55 1995. TITLE = BUFFALO SOLDIERS : THE STORY OF EMANUEL STANCE / BY ROBERT H. MILLER ; ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL BRYANT. AUTHOR = Miller, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1944- AUTHOR = Bryant, Michael, ill. PUBLISHER = Parsippany, NJ : Silver Press, c1995. SUBJECT = Stance, Emanuel -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Afro-American soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = United States. Army -- Afro-American troops -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.B388214 Bu 1993. TITLE = BUILDING A BRIDGE / BY LISA SHOOK BEGAYE ; ILLUSTRATED BY LIBBA TRACY. AUTHOR = Begaye, Lisa Shook. AUTHOR = Tracy, Libba, ill. PUBLISHER = Flagstaff, Ariz. : Northland Pub., c1993. NOTE = On the first day of kindergarten, with the help of their teacher, a Navajo girl and a white girl learn to overlook their different appearances and become friends. SUBJECT = Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Race relations -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Schools -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ8.1.F18 Bu 1992. TITLE = BURY MY BONES BUT KEEP MY WORDS : AFRICAN TALES FOR RETELLING / RETOLD BY TONY FAIRMAN ; ILLUSTRATED BY MESHACK ASARE. AUTHOR = Fairman, Tony. AUTHOR = Asare, Meshack, 1945- PUBLISHER = New York : Holt, 1992. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references. NOTE = A collection of thirteen traditional tales from various regions of Africa, including "The Man with a Tree on His Head," "There's One Day for the Victim," and "The Two Swindlers." SUBJECT = Tales -- Africa. CALL # = PZ7.Y8255 Bu 1990. TITLE = THE BUTTERFLY HUNT / YOSHI. AUTHOR = Yoshi. PUBLISHER = Saxonville, MA : Picture Book Studio, c1990. NOTE = A boy pursues and captures elusive butterflies but decides that it is more fun to carry home his memories than a trophy. SUBJECT = Butterflies -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.B6448 Bu 1995. TITLE = THE BUTTERFLY KISS / MARCIAL BOO ; ILLUSTRATED BY TIM VYNER. AUTHOR = Boo, Marcial. AUTHOR = Vyner, Tim, ill. PUBLISHER = San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1995. NOTE = A butterfly kiss that is not wanted by a tiger, an elephant, a stork, a crocodile, a hare, or a bat finds a home where an old man says goodnight to his grandchild. CALL # = PS3558.E74 Z464 1995. TITLE = CALLING THE DOVES = EL CANTO DE LAS PALOMAS / STORY BY JUAN FELIPE HERRERA ; PICTURES BY ELLY SIMMONS. AUTHOR = Herrera, Juan Felipe. AUTHOR = Simmons, Elly, ill. PUBLISHER = San Francisco : Children's Book Press, c1995. NOTE = English and Spanish. NOTE = The author recalls his childhood in the mountains and valleys of California with his farmworker parents who inspired him with poetry and song. SUBJECT = Herrera, Juan Felipe -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Herrera, Juan Felipe -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Children of migrant laborers -- California -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = California -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Mexican American families -- California -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Agricultural laborers -- California -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PS3569.O72 C36 1995. TITLE = CANTO FAMILIAR / GARY SOTO ; [ILLUSTRATED BY ANNIKA NELSON]. AUTHOR = Soto, Gary. AUTHOR = Nelson, Annika, ill. PUBLISHER = San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1995. NOTE = Twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up. SUBJECT = Mexican American children -- Juvenile poetry. SUBJECT = Children's poetry, American. CALL # = PZ7.P2843 Can 1991x. TITLE = CANYONS / BY GARY PAULSEN. AUTHOR = Paulsen, Gary. PUBLISHER = New York : Dell, 1991, c1990. NOTE = Laurel-Leaf books. NOTE = Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas, Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in the late 1800s. CALL # = PZ7.C4905 Car 1995. TITLE = CARLOS, LIGHT THE FAROLITO / BY JEAN CIAVONNE ; ILLUSTRATED BY DONNA CLAIR. AUTHOR = Ciavonne, Jean. AUTHOR = Clair, Donna. PUBLISHER = New York : Clarion Books, c1995. NOTE = When his parents and grandfather are late on Christmas Eve, it's up to Carlos to take over his grandfather's role in the traditional Mexican reenactment of the Nativity called Las Posadas. SUBJECT = Posadas (Social custom) -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Christmas -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.S3796 Car 1995. TITLE = CAROLINA SHOUT! / ALAN SCHROEDER ; PICTURES BY BERNIE FUCHS. AUTHOR = Schroeder, Alan. AUTHOR = Fuchs, Bernie. PUBLISHER = New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1995. NOTE = A young girl describes the music she hears in the cries of various vendors on the streets of Charleston, South Carolina. SUBJECT = Charleston (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Cries -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.J414 Ce 1993. TITLE = CELEBRATING THE HERO / LYLL BECERRA DE JENKINS. AUTHOR = Jenkins, Lyll Becerra de. PUBLISHER = New York : Lodestar Books, c1993. NOTE = After her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Camila Draper travels to Colombia to attend a ceremony honoring her late grandfather and, while trying to learn more about her mother's family, discovers some disturbing truths. SUBJECT = Family problems -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Colombia -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.F66 Ce 1995. TITLE = CELIE AND THE HARVEST FIDDLER / VANESSA AND VALERIE FLOURNOY ; PAINTINGS BY JAMES E RANSOME. AUTHOR = Flournoy, Vanessa. AUTHOR = Flournoy, Valerie, 1952- AUTHOR = Ransome, James. PUBLISHER = New York : Tambourine Books, c1995. NOTE = Celie, a young African American girl living in the South in the 1870's, wants desperately to win the costume contest at the All Hallows' Eve harvest festival. SUBJECT = Halloween -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Masks -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.C458 Ce 1992. TITLE = CENTERFIELD BALLHAWK / BY MATT CHRISTOPHER ; ILLUSTRATED BY ELLEN BEIER. AUTHOR = Christopher, Matt. AUTHOR = Beier, Ellen, ill. PUBLISHER = Boston : Little, Brown, c1992. NOTE = Baseball player Jose Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average. SUBJECT = Baseball -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile ficiton. CALL # = E444 .B16 1995. TITLE = CHARLES BALL AND AMERICAN SLAVERY / EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY JANE SHUTER. AUTHOR = Ball, Charles, Negro Slave. AUTHOR = Shuter, Jane. PUBLISHER = Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1995. NOTE = Includes index. SUBJECT = Ball, Charles, Negro Slave -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Slaves -- Southern States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Slavery -- Maryland -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Slavery -- South Carolina -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Slavery -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = ML3930.P24 R4 1992. TITLE = CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP / CHRIS RASCHKA. AUTHOR = Raschka, Christopher. PUBLISHER = New York : Orchard Books, c1992. NOTE = Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop. SUBJECT = Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.S7242 Ch 1995. TITLE = CHATO'S KITCHEN / BY GARY SOTO ; ILLUSTRATED BY SUSAN GUEVARA. AUTHOR = Soto, Gary. AUTHOR = Guevara, Susan. PUBLISHER = New York : Putnam's, c1995. NOTE = To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more. SUBJECT = Cats -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Mice -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.C5 S645 1996. TITLE = THE CHEROKEES / VIRGINIA DRIVING HAWK SNEVE ; ILLUSTRATED BY RONALD HIMLER. AUTHOR = Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. AUTHOR = Himler, Ronald, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1996. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = Discusses the history, culture, and present situation of the Cherokees. SUBJECT = Cherokee Indians -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.B6369 Ch 1991. TITLE = CHERRY TREE / BY RUSKIN BOND ; ILLUSTRATED BY ALLAN EITZEN. AUTHOR = Bond, Ruskin. AUTHOR = Eitzen, Allan, ill. PUBLISHER = Honesdale, Pa. : Caroline House : [New York] : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1991. SUBJECT = India -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.B9152 Chf 1995. TITLE = CHEYENNE AGAIN / BY EVE BUNTING ; ILLUSTRATED BY IRVING TODDY. AUTHOR = Bunting, Eve, 1928- AUTHOR = Toddy, Irving, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Clarion Books, c1995. NOTE = In the late 1880's, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways. SUBJECT = Cheyenne Indians -- Ethnic identity -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.C53 S63 1996. TITLE = THE CHEYENNES / VIRGINIA DRIVING HAWK SNEVE ; ILLUSTRATED BY RONALD HIMLER. AUTHOR = Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. AUTHOR = Himler, Ronald, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, c1996. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = Provides an overview of the social life and customs and history of the Cheyenne Indians. SUBJECT = Cheyenne Indians -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ10.841 .H36 1994. TITLE = CHI HSIUNG TI. ENGLISH. TITLE = SEVEN MAGIC BROTHERS = SIETE HERMANOS MAGICOS / RETOLD BY KUANG- TSAI HAO ; ILLUSTRATED BY EVA WANG ; SPANISH TRANSLATION BY BEATRIZ ZELLER. AUTHOR = Hao, Kuang-tsai. AUTHOR = Wang, Eva. PUBLISHER = Taipei, Taiwan : Yuan-Liou, c1994. NOTE = English/Spanish. NOTE = Translation of: Ch'i hsiung ti. NOTE = Seven brothers were born, looking exactly the same as one another, and each owned a unique capability. SUBJECT = Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ90.L27 H367 1994. TITLE = CHI HSIUNG TI. ENGLISH & LAO. TITLE = SEVEN MAGIC BROTHERS / RETOLD BY KUANG-TSAI HAO ; ILLUSTRATED BY EVA WANG ; LAO TRANSLATION BY TONG MUA, PAO VANG, AND TERFONG YANG. AUTHOR = Hao, Kuang-tsai. AUTHOR = Wang, Eva, ill. PUBLISHER = Taipei, Taiwan : Yuan-Liou ; Union City, Calif. : Pan Asian Publications, c1994. NOTE = Parallel text in English and Lao. NOTE = Translation from the Chinese: Chi hsiung ti. NOTE = Seven brothers were born, looking exactly the same as one another, and each had a unique capability. SUBJECT = Folklore -- China. CALL # = PZ7.P7995 Ch 1995. TITLE = CHICKENS! CHICKENS! / STORY BY BARBARA ANN PORTE ; PAINTINGS BY GREG HENRY. AUTHOR = Porte, Barbara Ann. AUTHOR = Henry, Greg, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Orchard Books, c1995. NOTE = "A Richard Jackson book"--verso t.p. NOTE = A man who loves to draw chickens fortunately meets and marries a woman who not only appreciates his art, but also find a way to put it to good use. SUBJECT = Artists -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Chickens -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.T35 S94 1992. TITLE = CHILDREN OF CLAY : A FAMILY OF PUEBLO POTTERS / RINA SWENTZELL ; PHOTOGRAPHS BY BILL STEEN ; WITH A FOREWORD BY MICHAEL DORRIS. AUTHOR = Swentzell, Rina. AUTHOR = Steen, Bill, ill. PUBLISHER = Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1992. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 39). NOTE = Members of a Tewa Indian family living in Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico follow the ages-old traditions of their people as they create various objects of clay. SUBJECT = Tewa pottery -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Tewa Indians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Pottery craft -- New Mexico -- Santa Clara Pueblo -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.A73367 Ch 1993. TITLE = CHIN YU MIN AND THE GINGER CAT / JENNIFER ARMSTRONG ; ILLUSTRATED BY MARY GRANDPRE. AUTHOR = Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961- AUTHOR = Grandpre, Mary, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Crown, 1993. NOTE = Through her friendship with a ginger cat, a haughty Chinese widow learns to be humble and to provide for herself. SUBJECT = Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = China -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Cats -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = HD8039.R3152 U67 1994. TITLE = CHINESE RAILROAD WORKERS / SUSAN SINNOTT. AUTHOR = Sinnott, Susan. PUBLISHER = New York : Franklin Watts, c1994. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index. SUBJECT = Railroad construction workers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Chinese Americans -- Employment -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = F213 .M36 1994.
AUTHOR = McKissack, Pat, 1944-
TITLE = Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters / by Patricia
C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack ; illustrated by John Thompson.
PUBLISHER = New York : Scholastic, c1994.
NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).
NOTE = Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate
Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just
before the Civil War.
SUBJECT = Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century --
Juvenile literature.
SUBJECT = Christmas -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century --
Juvenile literature.
SUBJECT = Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile
literature.
SUBJECT = Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865 --
Juvenile literature.
AUTHOR = McKissack, Fredrick.
AUTHOR = Thompson, John, 1940- ill. CALL # = E99.C815 G53 1991. TITLE = THE CHUMASH / ROBERT O. GIBSON ; FRANK W. PORTER III, GENERAL EDITOR. AUTHOR = Gibson, Robert O. AUTHOR = Porter, Frank W., 1947- PUBLISHER = New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1991. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 95) and index. NOTE = Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Chumash Indians. Includes a photo essay on their crafts. SUBJECT = Chumash Indians -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = E78.S8 W37 1992. TITLE = CITIES IN THE SAND : THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST / WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY SCOTT WARREN. AUTHOR = Warren, Scott S. PUBLISHER = San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1992. NOTE = Includes index. NOTE = Discusses some of the things archaeologists have learned about three major groups of Indians that lived in the American Southwest: the Anasazi, the Hohokam, and the Mogollon. SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Hohokam culture -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Mogollon culture -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.Y44 Ci 1995. TITLE = THE CITY OF DRAGONS / BY LAURENCE YEP ; ILLUSTRATED BY JEAN AND MOU -SIEN TSENG. AUTHOR = Yep, Laurence. AUTHOR = Tseng, Jean. AUTHOR = Tseng, Mou-Sien. PUBLISHER = New York : Scholastic, c1995. NOTE = A boy with a face so sad that nobody wants to look at him runs away with a caravan of giants to the city of dragons, where his sorrowful face is finally appreciated. SUBJECT = Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Giants -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Dragons -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = China -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E628 .C36 1996. TITLE = CIVIL WAR HEROINES / TEXT BY JILL CANON ; ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALAN ARCHAMBAULT. AUTHOR = Canon, Jill. PUBLISHER = Santa Barbara, CA : Bellerophon Books, c1996. NOTE = "A Bellerophon coloring book." SUBJECT = United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.H9574 Cm 1990. TITLE = CLASS PRESIDENT / JOHANNA HURWITZ ; ILLUSTRATIONS BY SHEILA HAMANAKA. AUTHOR = Hurwitz, Johanna. AUTHOR = Hamanaka, Sheila, ill. PUBLISHER = New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1990. NOTE = Julio hides his own leadership ambitions to help another candidate win the nomination for class president. SUBJECT = Elections -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Schools -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.L3274 Cl 1994. TITLE = CLOUD EYES / KATHRYN LASKY ; ILLUSTRATED BY BARRY MOSER. AUTHOR = Lasky, Kathryn. AUTHOR = Moser, Barry, ill. PUBLISHER = San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, c1994. NOTE = A young Indian dreamer finds a way to keep the bears from destroying the honeybees' hives and to bring the sweet taste of honey back to his people. SUBJECT = Bears -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Bees -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Honey -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E185.97.K47 S37 1997. TITLE = CORETTA SCOTT KING : STRIVING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS / ANNE SCHRAFF. AUTHOR = Schraff, Anne E. PUBLISHER = Springfield, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, 1997. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index. NOTE = Explores the life and career of Coretta Scott King, from her childhood in Alabama, through her work with the civil rights movement, to her continuing efforts on behalf of the underprivileged. SUBJECT = King, Coretta Scott, 1927- -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Afro-American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = GN645 .Y37 1997. TITLE = CORNROWS / BY CAMILLE YARBROUGH ; ILLUSTRATED BY CAROLE BYARD. AUTHOR = Yarbrough, Camille. AUTHOR = Byard, Carole M. PUBLISHER = New York : Putnam & Grosset Group, 1997, c1979. NOTE = "A PaperStar book". NOTE = Explains how the hair style of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can today in this country symbolize the courage of outstanding Afro-Americans. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- Race identity -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Afro-Americans -- History -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PZ7.H12455 Cr 1993. TITLE = A CRACK IN THE WALL / BY MARY ELIZABETH HAGGERTY ; ILLUSTRATED BY RUBEN DE ANDA. AUTHOR = Haggerty, Mary Elizabeth, 1930- AUTHOR = De Anda, Ruben, 1945- PUBLISHER = New York : Lee & Low Books, c1993. NOTE = While his mother tries to find another job, Carlos creates something special out of a crack in the wall of their small apartment. SUBJECT = Unemployment -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = E99.O3 C7294 1994. TITLE = CRAZY HORSE / JUDITH ST. GEORGE. AUTHOR = St. George, Judith, 1931- PUBLISHER = New York : Putnam's, c1994. NOTE = Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index. SUBJECT = Crazy Horse, ca. 1842-1877 -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Oglala Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Oglala Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT = Oglala Indians -- Wars -- Juvenile literature. CALL # = PZ7.S7242 Cr 1994. TITLE = CRAZY WEEKEND / GARY SOTO. AUTHOR = Soto, Gary. PUBLISHER = New York : Scholastic, c1994. NOTE = After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves. SUBJECT = Outlaws -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT = California -- Juvenile fiction. CALL # = PS3519.O2625 C73 1994.
AUTHOR = Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
TITLE = The Creation / James Weldon Johnson ; illustrated by James E.
Ransome.
PUBLISHER = New York : Holiday House, 1994.
NOTE = A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the
Bible.
SUBJECT = Creation -- Juvenile poetry.
SUBJECT = Children's poetry, American.
AUTHOR = Ransome, James. CALL # = PZ8.1.C994 Cr 1997.
AUTHOR = Czernecki, Stefan.
TITLE = The cricket's cage : a Chinese folktale / retold by Stefan
Czernecki ; [translated by Cimon Ching].
PUBLISHER = New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1997.
NOTE = Retells a Chinese folktale in which a clever and kindly cricket is
responsible for designing the tower buildings for Beijing's "Forbidden
City."
SUBJECT = Crickets -- Folklore.
SUBJECT = Folklore -- China.
AUTHOR = Ching, Cimon. CALL # = PZ8.1.M815 Cu 1997.
AUTHOR = Moreton, Daniel.
TITLE = La Cucaracha Martina : a Caribbean folktale / retold and
illustrated by Daniel Moreton.
PUBLISHER = New York : Turtle Books, 1997.
NOTE = While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a ravishing
cockroach rejects marriage proposals from a menagerie of city animals which
woo her with their noises.
SUBJECT = Folklore -- Caribbean area.
SUBJECT = Cockroaches -- Folklore.
SUBJECT = Animals -- Folklore.
SUBJECT = Noise -- Folklore. CALL # = GR110.N6 A84 1991. TITLE = CUENTOS FROM MY CHILDHOOD : LEGENDS AND FOLKTALES OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO : A BILINGUAL EDITION / BY PAULETTE ATENCIO ; TRANSLATED BY RUBEN COBOS. AUTHOR = Atencio, Paulette. AUTHOR = Cobos, Ruben. PUBLISHER = Santa Fe, NM : Museum of New Mexico Press, c1991. NOTE = English translations, followed by Spanish originals. SUBJECT = Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Folklore. SUBJECT = Folklore -- New Mexico. SUBJECT = Legends -- New Mexico. SUBJECT = Tales -- New Mexico.

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