[ISLMA-Share] Suggestions for Mexican/White biracial children's books

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This year's Bluestem nominee *Separate is Never Equal* really got my 3rd
grade's attention.

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> *Sylvia and Aki *by Winifred Conkling.  This novel presents a
> fictionalized account of injustices endured by two real California children
> during World War II and is based on multiple interviews with both and other
> historical records. In alternating chapters Conkling follows the forced
> relocation of young Aki Munemitsu and her family to a camp in Arizona and
> the experiences of Sylvia Mendez, who moves into Aki’s old room when her
> father rents the Munemitsus’ asparagus farm. (From Booklist)
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Ericka Schilling <
> erickaschilling1997 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *Esperanza Rising* and *Becoming Naomi Leon* both by Pam Munoz Ryan.
>> *How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay* by Julia Alvarez
>> *Romiette and Julio *by Sharon Draper
>>
>> Not sure what age range you are looking for but these are in my upper
>> elementary and junior high collections.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> *Marisol MacDonald Doesn't Match* by Monica Brown. The character is
>>> Peruvian, I believe, rather than Mexican, but the book explicitly describes
>>> how she doesn't "match" people's expectations and what happens when she
>>> tries to.
>>>
>>> Anna Kim
>>> School Librarian
>>> Chappell Elementary School
>>> akim6 at cps.edu
>>>
>>> "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
>>>
>>>
>>>                        -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>>>
>>> Follow me on Goodreads
>>> <http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3232421-anna-kim>!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for some biracial/bicultural children's books with
>>>> Mexican/White characters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Carrie Cross
>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>> Elementary West
>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>>
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