Text Sets

Hall, Bruce Edward. Henry and the Kite Dragon. Penguin: NY. 2004 Grade Level 3-5 Genre General Fiction I read the book Henry and the Kite Dragon. In order to locate similar books I used Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Google Books, and Scholastic. This task was new to me. I had never even heard of text sets. When it came to the book, I could find a few themes in it. The most apparent one was difference of cultures and diversity. I tried to find at least one book from each genre. I found fiction, nonfiction, biography, and historical fiction. All of these books involve a different culture or the mix of cultures.

Kalman, Bobbie. My Culture. Crabtree Publishing Company: NY. 2010. Grade Level K-1 Genre Nonfiction This is a little book by Bobbie Kalman that introduces children to a variety of different cultures around the world. It shows different things associated with culture such as different languages, foods, holidays, clothes, and art forms.

Polacco, Patricia. Chicken Sunday. Puffin: NY. 1992. Grade Level 2-4 Genre Fiction Patricia and her two brothers decide to get Gramma Eula a bonnet for Easter. When they go to the shop to get it, they get blamed for throwing eggs and get into trouble. They eventually redeem themselves and get the bonnet for their grandmother. This book deals with a difference of not only race, but cultures. Patricia is from Russia and when her babushka dies she claims to two boys as her brothers. The boys became brothers through a ceremony and since Gramma Eula is their grandma, she becomes Patricias as well.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Freedom on the Menu. Penguin: NY. 2004. Grade Level 3-4 Genre Historical Fiction This story is told from the perspective of a young girl named Connie. Shes a little black girl coming up in the 1960s around the time of the Greensboro sit-ins. She longs to be able to sit down and enjoy ice cream at the counter like the whites do. By the end of the story, she does.

Penner, Lucille Rech. The True Story of Pocahontas. Random House: NY. 1994. Grade Level K-3 Grade Biography This is a factual account of the famous Native American Pocahontas. Its a story about an Indian who's land is being invaded by Englishmen.