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Little, Brown & Company (1995)

This is an African tale about how Osebo, a leopard, gets tricked by a torteoious over his great drum.  Osebo, a proud and boastful leopard, would not share his drum with anyone.  The Sky-God wanted it and told all the animals in the forrest he would give a reward to whoever brings him the drum.  Many animals try, but a tiny torteoious ends up using his wits and tricks Osebo to get inside the drum.  The toreous closes the drum, trapping Osebo inside, and brings it to the Sky-God.  The Sky-God lets Osebo out, points out that he has learned his lesson, and gives the torteous his wish of having a hard shell to protect itself from other animals.  The story is great for the pictures because they are so colorful.  It is set in Africa, which brings in a different culture—especially with the Sky-God.  I think the book teaches kids to share and be kind to one another. It also teaches them that the smallest of animals, or an underdog, can make a huge impact.  I like how this book pushed the boundaries because it is an African tale, with a black Sun-God, so it is teaching kids a different culture.

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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2011)

This book is about an African American grandpa explaining to his grandson what all his hands have done in his lifetime. He starts with simple things about what his hands used to like baseball and cards. Then he tells him about how his hands could not work at the Wonder Bread factory as anything other than a sweeper or cleaner because white people didn't want his hands touching the bread. Then he goes on to say that his hands joined with other hands to petition, raise their voice, and they show the March onWashington. He then talks about how any hands can mix bread dough, no matter what color. The kid then says all the things he can do with his hands, and the grandpa says that anything is possible with his hands. It is such a great book because it teaches kids about our country's history and the C ivil Right Movement. It teaches such an important topic in a basic, beautiful way. It is beautifully written and has great pictures too.

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Same, Same but
Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw 

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Same, Same but
Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw 

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Henry Holt and Company (2011)

This is a story of a boy in America who starts a pen pal relationship with an Indian boy named Kailash. Each page in the book is a postcard they sent to each other.   They both show how they are different from one another, but that they have things in common as well. For example, they both had families, but Kailash’s was much bigger and included farm animals.   They both rode to school, but in different mechanisms.  They both were learning the alphabet, just in different languages.  In the end the book, they talk about how they are best friends and say “Different,different but the same”.  I think it’s a great book for kids because they get to see an example of a different culture and the ways those people live. Kids also can realize that while people may be a different culture, we all have things in common.