Notice Our Similarities, Embrace Our

Differences
Check out these five books with multicultural
characters and themes!

Every  Month  is  a  New  Year  by   Forest  World  by  Margarita   Amal  Unbound  by  Aisha  
Marilyn  Singer  &  Susan  L.  Roth   Engle   Saeed  

A  collection  of  poems   Written  in  verse,  this  novel   Amal’s  dreams  of  becoming  
documenting  sixteen  New  Years   tells  the  story  of  Edver,  a   a  teacher  are  ruined  when  
festivities  around  the  globe,   Cuban-­‐American  boy  is   she  has  to  stay  home  form  
from  New  York  City’s  ball  drop   shipped  off  to  Cuba  to  visit   school  to  care  for  her  
on  January  1st  to  Iran’s  Nowruz   his  estranged  father.  Edver   siblings  in  her  Pakistani  
in  March  to  Ethiopian’s   discovers  he  has  a  sister   village.  Amal  doesn’t  lose  
Enkutatash  in  September.  Every   named  Luza,  and  the  two   hope  and  finds  herself  forced  
month  of  the  year,  somewhere   create  adventure  in  the  form   into  servitude,  working  for  
in  the  world,  people  are   of  a  threatening  wildlife   the  family  of  her  village’s  
welcoming  a  new  year.   poacher.   dishonest  landlord.  

Nonfiction,  Poetry     Realistic  Fiction   Realistic  Fiction  

My  Beijing:  Four  Stories  of   Hidden  Figures  

Everyday  Wonder  by  Nie   by  Margot  Lee  
Jun   Shetterly  

Yu’er  and  her  grandpa  live   Four  African-­‐

in  a  small  town  in  Beijing   American  female  
where  everyday  brings  new   mathematicians,  
  and  exciting  challenges  to   working  for  
overcome,  including  Yu’er’s   NASA,  assist  in  
desire  to  swim  in  the   achieving  some  
Special  Olympics.  This   of  the  greatest  
graphic  collection  shows   moments  in  the  
the  small  hint  of  magic  in   space  program’s  
everyday  life.   history.  

Graphic  Novel     Nonfiction