Reading list
Books for kids and teens inspired by Read Across America
Monday (March 2) was Read Across America Day in California, timed to coincide with what would’ve been the 105th birthday of the late Dr. Seuss. Students across the state participated, and undoubtedly the activities lit a spark in some of them. If your household is a reading hotbed, here are some recommendations from California educators of “multicultural books every child should know”—available at Lyon Books in downtown Chico.
Grade Pre-2
The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller
Hiromi’s Hands by Lynne Barasch
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan
My Colors, My World by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Que Rico! by Pat Mora
Grade 3-5
Crossing Bok Chito by Tim Tingle
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg
Gone Wild by David McLimans
Moses by Carol Boston Weatherford
My Name is Celia by Monica Brown
Grade 6-8
Counting Coup by Joseph Medicine Crow
Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer by Gretchen Woelfle
Grade 9-12
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Source: California Teachers Association and California School Libraries Association
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