Multicultural Books

The Kid's Multicultural Art Book

Terzian
Price: £11.50

Includes background information and instructions for more than 100 craft projects from African, Native American, Eskimo, Asian, and Hispanic cultures.

Kids Around the World Celebrate! : The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands

Lynda Jones, Michele Nidenoff (Illustrator)
Price: £6.80

This book demonstrates via activities and recipes that, although each culture has its own unique feasts and festivals, people throughout the world share many of the same reasons to celebrate.

The Kids' Multicultural Cookbook

Deanna F. Cook, Michael P. Kline (Illustrator)
Price: £9.59
Paperback - 159 pages ( 1 December, 1995) ISBN: 0913589918

Includes background information and recipes for dishes from African, Native American, Eskimo, Hispanic, and Asian cultures.

Understanding World Religions in Early Years Practice

Jennie Lindon
Price: £11.99
Paperback - 190 pages ( 5 June, 1999) ISBN: 0340747862

This guide covers the major religions and shows how to create a path to recognising cultural diversity and equal opportunities for all children. It also provides the means for workers to ensure that children learn about religion and from religion.

Skip Across the Ocean

Floella Benjamin, Sheila Moxley (Illustrator)
Price: £4.79
Paperback - 45 pages new edition (2 April, 1998) ISBN: 0711212856

Each country has its own wealth of traditional songs, lullabies and nursery rhymes to entertain children.

Chidi Only Likes Blue

Ifeoma Onyefulu (Photographer)
Price: £4.79
Paperback - 24 pages Reissue (4 March, 1999) ISBN: 0711211671

Nneka decides to teach him nine colours seen in their village - from the yellow of the "gari" they eat to the pink of the flowers growing around their house.

Space Baby (Yellow Bananas)

Annie Dalton,
Price: £3.99
Paperback 42 pages (13 July, 2002) ISBN: 1405202475

Cameron is finding life tough since his dad left, but things become even more difficult when he finds a golden Space Baby. A vicious gang is out to get hold of the baby, too, but not if Cameron, his sister and their grandma can protect the alien and pull the family back together.

Grandpa Chatterji

Jamila Gavin, Mei-Yim Low (Illustrator)
Price: £3.99
Paperback - 96 pages new edition (July 1994) ISBN: 0749717165

Neeta and her little brother Sanjay have two grandpas. One day Grandpa Chatterji comes to visit and they discover what a surprising grandpa he is...

Emeka's Gift

Ifeoma Onyefulu (Illustrator)
Price: £4.79
Paperback - 19 pages new edition (6 August, 1998) ISBN: 0711212554

Emeka sets off to visit his grandmother in the next village. He would like to buy her a special present and on the way he looks at all kinds of things, from six beautiful beaded necklaces to nine pestles and mortars.

My Granny Went to Market : A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme

Stella Blackstone, Bernard Lodge (Illustrator)
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 32 pages Reissue (19 March, 1998) ISBN: 1901223434

Granny's round-the-world shopping trip combines counting from one to ten with a light-hearted multicultural theme. She races round the world on a magical carpet, buying many things from the countries she visits.

Tales Alive! Ten Multicultural Folktales with Activities

Susan Milord
Price: £10.39

Each tale is followed by different activities related to the story, including recipes, counting or writing activities, and crafts.

Stories from the Caribbean (Multicultural Stories)

Petronella Breinburg, Syrah Arnold (Illustrator), Tina Barber (Illustrator)
Price: £7.20

Each title contains colourful artwork, while allowing space for the text, so that the different oral traditions are brought to life. Each story is introduced by a short information section that tells the reader about the place and people from which the story comes, and allows children to put the story into context.

Stories from West Africa (Multicultural Stories)

Robert Hull, Tim Clarey (Illustrator) 
Price: £6.10

Multicultural Stories: Chinese

Saviour Pirotta
Price: £4.79

The stories are gathered from different parts of the world and are capable of alternately terrifying, enchanting and exciting the reader

Grace & Family

Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Price: £4.79

To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in stories. But, as Nana reminds her, families are what you make them.