A Place to Start Books that can Help Disrupt and Expand the Single Stories

Dr. Caitlin Ryan ryanca@ecu.edu Dr. Christina Tschida tschidac@ecu.edu Author(s) Bang, Molly Blumberg, Rhoda Boelts, Maribeth Brimner, Larry Dane Bryan, Ashley Choi, Yangsook Cohn, Diana Coles, Robert Columbus, Christopher (with some selections by Steve Lowe) Combs, Bobbie Cooper, Melrose Cottin, Menena, and Rosana Fara de Haan, Linda, and Stern Nijland Deedy, Carmen Agra dePaola, Tommie DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne Elwin, Rosamund, and Michele Paulse Ewert, Marcus Fierstein, Harvey Fosberry, Jennifer Garden, Nancy Title General Topic (s) When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry emotions Bloomers! gender Those Shoes We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin Beautiful Blackbird The Name Jar S, Se Puede! Yes We Can! The Story of Ruby Bridges The Log of Christopher Columbus ABC: A Family Alphabet Book Getting' Through Thursday The Black Book of Colors King & King 14 Cows For America Oliver Button Is a Sissy Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen Asha's Mums 10,000 Dresses The Sissy Duckling My Name Is Not Isabella Molly's Family economic struggle, family diversity, bullying, activism racial diversity, activism racial diversity, ethnic diversity, folktale immigration, language, bilingual labor, immigration, activism racial diversity, activism exploration family diversity, LGBT economic struggle, labor (dis)ability, blindness, perceptions LGBT, fairy tales international assistance, intercultural relations, Africa gender, bullying economic struggle, activism, service family diversity, LGBT, racial diversity gender/gender presentation gender, bullying gender family diversity, LGBT

Garza, Carmen Lomas Gonzalez, Rigoberto Hazen, Barbara Shook Heide, Florence Parry, and Judith Heide Gilliland Hesse, Karen Howe, James Howe, James Kerley, Barbara Kilodavis, Cheryl Krensky, Stephen Kuklin, Susan Lawlor, Veronica Levine, Ellen Lowry, Lois Meyers, Susan Milway, Katie Smith Mitchell, Lori Mobin-Uddin, Asma Mobin-Uddin, Asma Mora, Pat Munsch, Robert Napoli, Donna Jo O'Brien, Tony, and Mike Sullivan Oelschlager, Vanita Parr, Todd Polacco, Patricia Reeder-Bey, Valerie and Annisha Monic Wilburn Richardson, Justin and Parnell, Peter Robinson, Sharon

In My Family Antonio's Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio Tight Times The Day of Ahmed's Secret The Cats in Krasinski Square The Misfits Totally Joe A Little Peace My Princess Boy Christopher Columbus Families I Was Dreaming to Come to America Henry's Freedom Box Crow Call Everywhere Babies One Hen Different Just Like Me My Name Is Bilal The Best Eid Ever Toms and the Library Lady The Paper Bag Princess Mama Miti Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan A Tale of Two Daddies The Family Book In Our Mothers' House My Grandma Has AIDS And Tango Makes Three Testing the Ice

racial diversity, ethnic diversity family diversity, LGBT, racial diversity, bilingualism economic struggle, labor Islamic traditions/heritage Holocaust, activism difference broadly, bullying LGBT, gender expression, bullying peace gender/gender presentation exploration family diversity immigration humanized look at slavery, activism rural experiences, daughter/father relationship family diversity economic development, community building difference broadly Islamic traditions/heritage Islamic traditions/heritage economic struggle, labor, power of books, community gender, fairy tales gender, activism, environmental issues, Africa intercultural relations, children's voices, Afghanistan family diversity, LGBT family diversity family diversity, LGBT, interracial families, adoption family diversity, illness, prejudice family diversity, LGBT family connections, multiple abilities

Roop, Peter and Connie (editors) Ruelle, Karen Gray, and Deborah Durland DeSaix Ryan, Pam Muoz Rylant, Cynthia Schroeder, Peter W. and Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand Shange, Ntozake Shoveller, Herb Sisulu, Elinor Batezat Smalls, Irene Stanley, Jerry Tafolla, Carmen Weatherford, Carole Boston Wiles, Deborah Williams, Vera B. Winter, Jeanette Woodson, Jacqueline Woodson, Jacqueline Woodson, Jacqueline Woodson, Jacqueline Wyeth, Sharon Dennis Yolen, Jane Zolotow, Charlotte

I, Columbus My Journal 1492-3 The Grand Mosque of Paris Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride The Relatives Came Six Million Paper Clips Ellington was not a street Ryan and Jimmy And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together The Day Gogo Went to Vote Jonathan and His Mommy I Am An American What Can You Do With a Paleta? Freedom on the Menu Freedom Summer A Chair For My Mother The Librarian of Basra Feathers Our Gracie Aunt Show Way Visiting Day Something Beautiful Encounter William's Doll

exploration intercultural connections, Holocaust, activism, Islamic traditions/heritage gender rural experiences, extended family relationships intercultural connections, Holocaust, activism racial diversity, urban communities activism, environmental concerns, Africa political power, citizenship, family connections family diversity, urban communities Japanese internment intercultural connections racial diversity, activism racial diversity, activism, power of children economic struggle, labor war/peace, activism, Middle East (dis)ability, Deafness, racial diversity, urban communities family diversity, foster care humanized look at slavery, family connections family diversity, jail, father/daughter relationship urban communities, activism, service exploration gender