Our favourite reading list includes wonderful read-along books for the younger grades, fascinating books on world cultures and First Peoples for junior grades as well as short stories and first person accounts written by teens and young adults for high schoolers.
Juvenile:
What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World
by Maya Ajmera, Elise Hofer Derstine, Cynthia Pon
Watertown, Charlesbridge Publishing Inc , 2012. Developed by the Global Fund for Children
ISBN 978-1-58089-416-6 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-58089-417-3 softcover
I Am Different! Can You Find Me?
by Manjula Padmanabhan
Watertown, Charlesbridge Publishing Inc., 2012. Developed by the Global Fund for Children
ISBN 978-1-57091-639-7 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-57091-640-3 softcover
Same, Same but Different
by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
New York, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2011
ISBN 978-0-8050-8946-2
Around-the-World Art & Activities: Visiting the 7 continents through craft fun
by Judy Press
Nashville, Williamson Books, 2000
ISBN-10: 1-885593-45-7
Children Around the World
by Donata Montanari
Toronto, Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2001
ISBN 978-1-55337-064-2 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-55337-684-2 softcover
Secret of the Dance
by Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow
Victoria, BC, Orca Book Publishers, 2006
ISBN 978-1-55469-129-6
Kaheriio’s Busy Day
by David Kanietakeron Fadden
Akwesasne, ON, Native North American Travelling College, 2013
Kaheriio’s World Outside
by David Kanietakeron Fadden
Akwesasne, ON, Native North American Travelling College, 2014
Junior:
The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
by Diane Silvey
Toronto, Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2005
ISBN 978-1-55074-998-4 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-55453-930-7 softcover
A life like mine: How children live around the world
In association with UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
New York, DK Publishing Inc., 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-8859-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-1803-2
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
Toronto, Owlkids Books Inc., 2011
ISBN 978-1-926818-85-6 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-926818-86-3 softcover
Thirty-three Multicultural Tales to Tell
by Pleasant DeSpain
Atlanta, August House Inc., 1993
ISBN 978-0-87483-266-2
Coming to Canada
by Susan Hughes
Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2005
ISBN 978-1-897966-45-7 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-897066-46-5 softcover
The Quilt of Belonging: Stitching Together the Stories of a Nation
by Janice Weaver
Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2006
ISBN 978-1-897066-49-2 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-897066-50-8 softcover
Available through Quilt on-line shop
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
by Peter Menzel
Berkeley, CA, Counterpoint Press, 1994
ISBN 978-0-87156-437-5 hard cover
ISBN 978-0-87156-430-6 softcover
Youth/Teen:
A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth
Edited with introduction by Anne Mazer
New York, Persea Books, 1998
ISBN0-89255-237-9
It’s Not All Black and White: Multiracial Youth Speak Out
by St. Stephen’s Community House
New York, Toronto, Annick Press, 2012
ISBN 978-1-55451-380-2
Coming to Canada
by Susan Hughes
Toronto, Maple Tree Press, 2005
ISBN 978-1-897966-45-7 hard cover
ISBN 978-1-897066-46-5 softcover
Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
Canada Reads 2013 Selection
Madeira Park, BC, Douglas and McIntyre Ltd., 2012
ISBN 978-1-55365-402-5 paperback
ISBN 978-1-55365-970-9 ebook
Indian Legends of Canada
by Ella Elizabeth
ClarkMcClelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON, 1960
ISBN 1: 978-0-7710-2122-0
ISBN 10: 0-7710-2121-6 hard cover
ISBN 10: 0-7710-2122-4 soft cover
