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Children's Literature

Guide to several aspects of children's literature, including award winning, multicultural, folklore, etc.

Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona by Jennifer J. Stewart; Lynne Avril (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC STEWART TWEL 2010
ISBN: 9781402770364
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: JUV - PIC VAN THEP 1985
ISBN: 9780395389492
Circle of Wonder by N. Scott Momaday
Call Number: JUV - PIC MOMADAY CIRC 1999
ISBN: 9780826321497
Decked Out for Christmas! by Ethan Long
Call Number: JUV PIC LONG DECK 2018
ISBN: 9781419723056

Cinco de Mayo or Dia de los Muertos

El Festival de las Calaveras by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Call Number: JUV - PIC VICENTE FEST 2002
ISBN: 9780938317678
Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: JUV - PIC TONATIUH FUNN 2015
ISBN: 9781419716478
Marco's Cinco de Mayo by Lisa Bullard
Call Number: JUV - PIC BULLARD MARC 2012
ISBN: 9780761385806
Cinco de Mouse-O! by Judy Cox
Call Number: JUV - PIC COX CINC 2010
ISBN: 9780823421947

Diwali or Holi

Celebrate Diwali by Deborah Heiligman
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC BL1239.82.D58 H45 2006
ISBN: 9780792259220
Festival of Colors by Surishtha & Kabir Sehgal
Call Number: JUV PIC SEHGAL FEST 2018
ISBN: 9781481420495

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC JENKINS ALLO 2018
ISBN: 9780399554193
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Deborah Heiligman; Shira Stern
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC BM693.H5 H45 2007
ISBN: 9781426300769
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel (Retold by)
Call Number: JUV - PIC KIMMEL HERS 1989
ISBN: 9780823407699
More Than Enough by April Halprin Wayland
Call Number: JUV PIC WAYLAND MORE 2016
ISBN: 9780803741263
Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg
Call Number: JUV PIC SILBERBERG MEET 2018
ISBN: 9780451479129

Ramadan or Eid-ul-Fitr

The Best Eid Ever by Asma Mobin-Uddin
Call Number: JUV - PIC MOBIN BEST 2007
ISBN: 9781590784310
Ramadhan and Eid-Ul-Fitr by Azra Jessa
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC BP183.64 .J47 2007
ISBN: 9781879402232
A Party in Ramadan by Asma Mobin-Uddin
Call Number: JUV - PIC MOBIN PART 2009
ISBN: 9781590786048

Thanksgiving

1621 by Catherine O'Neill Grace & Margaret M. Bruchac
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC GT4975 .G72 2001
ISBN: 9780792270270
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC PILKEY TWAS 1990
ISBN: 9780531085059
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Thanksgiving by Deborah Heiligman
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC GT4975 .H44 2017
ISBN: 9781426328480

Halloween

Behind the Mask by Yangsook Choi
Call Number: JUV - PIC CHOI BEHI 2006
ISBN: 9780374305222
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV - PIC MONTES LOSG 2006 - Main & North
ISBN: 9780805074291
Samurai Scarecrow by Rubin Pingk
Call Number: JUV PIC PINGK SAMU 2018
ISBN: 9781481430593
A Tiger Called Tomás by Charlotte Zolotow
Call Number: JUV PIC ZOLOTOW TIGER 2018
ISBN: 9781492601715
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Call Number: JUV PIC CUMMINS STUM 2018
ISBN: 9781534413627

New Year

Celebrate Chinese New Year by Carolyn Otto; Natl Geographic Kids Staff
Call Number: JUV - NONFIC GT4905 .O88 2009
ISBN: 9781426303814

Valentine's Day

Secret Valentine by Wong Herbert Yee
Call Number: JUV PIC YEE MOUS 2013
ISBN: 9781328975331

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