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Brother Eagle, Sister Sky Author/Illustrator: Susan Jeffers Genre: Multicultural book Grade: 2nd grade and up This book is a message from Chief Seattle. It starts with the story of Native American living and their way of life till the Europeans took over their land and wanted to sign off the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Chief Seattle started a speech talking to the European people about how can someone own the sky and the wind for it can not be bought. He states that we are part of the earth and that it is part of us. He explains how his ancestors said that us humans should give back to nature for it provides for us. The earth is our mother and the animals are our brothers. He says that the European settles brings misery to them and to the land and nature. He states in the end that what we do to the web we do to ourselves. We need to preserve the land and the air for it is for our children and to the next generation. This is an amazing book. I will def

The Magic Amber  (A Korean Legend) Author/Illustrator: Charles Reasoner Genre: Multicultural book Grade: 2nd grade and up Once upon a time, in a small farmhouse in Korea lived an old rice farmer and his wife. When winter came, they do not have much food and are worried they are going to starve, but an old woman appeared in their home. They still shared with the old woman of what little food they have, the woman then thanked them and gave them an amber stone. The wife was shocked and disappointed that she threw the stone into the pot. The next day when they opened the pot it is filled with rice and much more appeared. They are generous; therefore, they provided for those who do not have anything. When the debt collector, Lan Po heard the news, he then went to them and became suspicious. Once he found out about their secret he dressed up as a beggar and stole the stone. He lost the stone while in the river and got very upset and disappointed. The old couple worked again

Hello World Author: Manya Stojic Genre: Multicultural book Grade: Pre-K and up This book is greetings and saying hello in 42 different languages in the world. It starts by stating what “Hello” is or for. It then encourages the reader to learn the word “hello” in different languages. It starts with how to say “hello” in Hawaiian, Welsh, Spanish, French, and continues in some more different languages. I recommend to have this in the classroom because ESL learners will be enthusiast with this book and other foreign students. During cultural week in school or not, I will definitely read this out loud for it will teach students how to say “hello” or greet other people with different languages. The students can teach the language that they know also to their other classmates. The pictures in this book is very simple and that the foreign word lettering is big for students to see. This is a necessity in the classroom for it encourage students to learn other languages.