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Last updated: 7/24/07

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Searingtown fifth grade students are reading and discussing multicultural books. They have created online book reviews to be shared with the community. Please enjoy our multicultural book database!

African-American
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Bud Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Challenging
Dear Mr.President
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Challenging
Silent Thunder
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Challenging
 
Australian
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Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo
by Alison Lester
Easy Reading
 
Chinese
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Dim Sum for Everyone
by Grace Lin
Easy Reading
Henry's First-Moon Birthday
by Lenore Look
Easy Reading
Honeysuckle House
by Andrea Cheng
Challenging
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord
Average
Ruby Lu, Brave and True
by Lenore Look, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
Average
The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin
Average
This Next New Year
by Janet S. Wong
Easy Reading
 
Indian
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Baya,Baya,Lulla-by-a
by By McDonald Pictures by Vera Rosenberry
Easy Reading
Homeless Bird
by Gloria Whelan
Challenging
Lily's Garden of India
by Jeremy Smith Illustrated by Rob Hefferan
Easy Reading
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
by Rumer Godden
Average
 
Irish
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Maggie's Door
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Average
Nory Ryan’s Song
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Average
 
Italian
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In English, of Course
by Josephine Nobisso
Easy Reading
 
Japanese
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Baseball Saved Us
by By Ken Mochizuki Illustrated By Dom Lee
Easy Reading
Grandfather's Journey
by By Allen Say
Easy Reading
How My Parents Learned to Eat
by Ina R. Friedman
Easy Reading
Kira - Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
Challenging
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
by Eleanor Coerr
Average
Stranger in the mirror
by Allen Say
Easy Reading
Tree of Cranes
by Allen Say
Easy Reading
Weedflower
by Cynthia Kadohata
Challenging
Yoshi’s Feast
by Kimiko Kajikawa
Easy Reading
 
Jewish
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Annushka's Voyage
by Edith Tarbesscu
Average
Behold the Trees
by Sue Alexander
Easy Reading
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Challenging
The Butterfly
by Patricia Polacco
Average
The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
Challenging
The Devils Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
Average
 
Korean
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A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park
Challenging
Good-bye 382 Shin Dang Dong
by Frances Park and Ginger Park
Easy Reading
Halmoni's Day
by Edna Coe Bercaw
Easy Reading
My Name is Yoon
by Helen Recorvits
Easy Reading
Project Mulberry
by Linda Sue Park
Challenging
Sori’s Harvest Moon Day
by Lee,UK-Bae
Average
When My Name was Keoko
by Linda Sue Park
Challenging
 
Latino-Hispanic
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Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan
Challenging
Tomas and the Library Lady
by Pat Mora
Average
Too Many Tamales
by Gary Soto
Easy Reading
 
Pakistani
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Silly Chicken
by Rukhsana Khan
Easy Reading
 
Thai
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The Gold-Threaded Dress
by Carolyn Marsden
Average