Hi Emily, This blog might be just what you are looking for - I hope it is a helpful resource.
http://picturebooksforall.blogspot.com/ Best, Barbara Barbara Bietz, Past Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:07 AM, "Witty, Emily" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Safranim, > > I am hopeful you can help me. Is there a booklist with book suggestions for > students in grade 1-6 on the topic of diversity (immigrants, minorities) as > well as disabilities. I am looking for books that have main characters who > are ethnically and/or religiously diverse and or have a disability. I have > the Invisible Inc. Series which has a main character who is Deaf (and another > one who is invisible). Books can be both fiction and non-fiction; even poetry > is welcome. > > The following are books I know of from my own experience, but any suggestions > would be most welcome. > > Adler, D. A. (1993). A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass. New York: Holiday > House. > Bunting, E. (1989). The Wednesday Surprise. New York: Houghton Mifflin > Harcourt. > Friedman, I.R. (1984) How My Parents Learned to Eat. New York: Houghton > Mifflin. > Levy, E. (1994). The Schoolyard Mystery. New York: Scholastic. > Spier, P. (1980). People. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. > > Thank you, > > > <image001.png> > Emily > Emily Amie Witty, Ed.D. > Program Manager, Data-Driven Instruction > Department of Day Schools & Yeshivot > > The Jewish Education Project > 520 Eighth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10018 > P: 646.472.5361 > F: 646.472.5461 > www.TheJewishEducationProject.org > Follow Us: http://twitter.com/jewished > > The Jewish Education Project (formerly BJENY-SAJES) > Pioneer New Approaches > > A beneficiary of UJA-Federation of New York > We are proud to have been selected as one of the nation’s > 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11-’12! > > > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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