With your child, recollect books read together or independently that feature characters of a colour or culture different from your own. Place a check mark next to each that applies. Then seek out books that provide missing links to a bigger world.
| HERITAGE | BOOK READ |
|---|---|
| ABORIGINAL / FIRST NATIONS | |
| AFRICAN | |
| ASIAN | |
| CAUCASION / NORTHERN EUROPEAN | |
| FRENCH / FRENCH SPEAKING | |
| LATINO / LATINA / HISPANIC |
Asset-rich books that illustrate “social competencies” and promise a good read:
The Final Game
(sequel to The Moccasin Goalie) by William Roy Bownridge.
Orca Books Publishers.1997.
How Smudge Came
by Nan Gregory, illustrated by Ron Lightburn.
Northern Lights Press/Red Deer College Press.1995.
The Jacket
by Andrew Clements. Simon & Schuster BFYR. 2002. (Ages 8 and up)
Lights for Gita
by Rachna Gilmore, illustrated by Alice Priestley. Tilbury House.1994.
Noses are Red
by Richard Scrimger. Tundra Books. 2002. (Ages 8 and up)
The Party
by Barbara Reid. North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada Ltd. 1997.
Suki’s Kimono
by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Kids Can Press. 2003.