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
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823412059/understandi0d-20> .
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
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038524469X/understandi0d-20> .
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.



Thank you,







Emily

Emily Amie Witty, Ed.D.

Program Manager, Data-Driven Instruction

Department of Day Schools & Yeshivot



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