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Meriam Library Curriculum Collection

SELECTED BOOKS THAT HELP KIDS COPE,
INCLUDING HARD-TO-FIND TOPICS, MULTICULTURALISM,
AND MORE…
topics: folktales - native americans

Table of Contents

FOLKTALES

 

The narrow escapes of Davy Crockett

Juv E D519

 

Paul Bunyan

Juv E K29pa

 

Johnny Appleseed

Juv E D612

 

The blabbermouths

Juv E M2925

 

The heavenly horse (Chinese)

Juv E H3535

 

Stone men (Russian/Jewish)

Juv E W4315st

 

The moonbow of Mr. B. Bones

Juv E L674

 

Papagayo the mischief maker

Juv E M1343

 

The twenty-five Mixtec cats (Oaxacan)

Juv E G626

 

The shoemaker and the elves (German)

Juv E P734

 

Sukey and the mermaid

Juv E S194

 

Why the sky is far away (Nigeria)

Juv E G382

 

A Small tall tale from the far far north (Czechoslovakia)

Juv E S622s 

 

The moon was at a fiesta (Oaxaca)

Juv E G626m

 

The story of little Babaji (India)

Juv E B2195s

 

The gingerbread boy

Juv E E29g

 

The all Jahdu storybook

Juv Fic H221al

 

Cannonball river tales (Ecology)

Juv Fic R8593

 

More stories to solve

Juv 398.2 S528

 

Aida

Juv 782.1 P946

 

Peace tales: world folktales and proverbs

Juv 398.2 P355

 

The canary prince (Italian)

Juv 398.22 N812

 

Traveling to Tondo (Zaire)

Juv 398.2 A113tr

 

A wave in her pocket (Trinidad)

Juv 398.2 J83

 

How the animals got their colors (9 tales from every continent)

Juv 398.2 R813

 

The diamond tree (Jewish)

Juv 398.2 S3995

 

Love flute (Native American)

Juv 398.2 G575l

 

Moon rope (Spanish/English)

Juv 460 E33

 

Coyote steals the blanket (Native American)

Juv 398.2 S844c

 

From sea to shining sea

Juv 810.8 F931

 

Thirty-three multicultural tales to tell

Juv 398.2 D468

 

Her stories (African)

Juv 398.2 H221h

 

When birds could talk and bats could sing

Juv 398.24 H221

 

The children's book of virtues

Juv 808.8 B46

 

The Korean Cinderella

Juv 398.2 C45

 

The girl who dreamed only geese (Eskimo)

Juv 398.2 N842

 

One grain of rice

Juv 398.2 D378

 

Mr. Semolina-Semolinus (Greek)

Juv 398.2 M281

 

The hunterman and the crocodile (West African)

Juv 398.2 D536

     

FRIENDSHIP

 

Ira says goodbye

Juv E W11ir

 

Nancy (Making new friends)

Juv E B239

 

Jessica (Imaginary)

Juv E H513j

 

Captain Snap and the children of Vinegar Lane

Juv E S375

 

Alfie Atkins and his secret friend (Imaginary)

Juv E B4997

 

Nettie Jo's friends (Southern Blacks)

Juv E M158n

 

Friends

Juv E I74f

 

Mik's mammoth

Juv E G378m

 

Cock-a-doodle Dudley

Juv E P375co

 

Loop the loop (Girl and old women)

Juv E D8657

 

Judy Scuppernong

Juv E S438

 

Bently and egg

Juv E J895b

 

Zinnia and Dot

Juv E E71z

 

Frog in winter

Juv E V445f

 

Rude giants

Juv E W873r

 

Chicken Sunday

Juv E P762c

 

Emily

Juv E B399e

 

Caleb's friend

Juv E N812c

 

My best friend

Juv E H974m

 

Grummit's day

Juv E C641g

 

Suddenly one day

Juv E W639s

 

The slumber party

Juv E W6675s

 

The bracelet (Girl and friend)

Juv E U17b

 

The Pattaconk Brook (Frog and snail)

Juv E S847p

 

Lester's dog

Juv E H587l

 

Mr. Putter and Tabby walk the dog

Juv E R994mr

 

The mushroom man

Juv E P739m

 

Frog and the stranger

Juv E V445fro

 

Star of fear, star of hope (Girl experiences death of a friend)

Juv E H695

 

Martin and Tommy

Juv E P7785m

 

Carmin the crow

Juv E H727

 

Metropolitan cow (Interracial friends)

Juv E E28

 

Wagons west! (Native Americans and pioneers)

Juv E G378w

 

The puddle pail

Juv E K645

 

Amanda pig, school girl

Juv E V259a

 

The journey of Pietari and his wolf

Juv Fic H474

 

Goodbye Emily hello

Juv Fic W112ir

 

Next door neighbors

Juv Fic E47

 

Love in a pond (Quarrel)

Juv Fic R351

 

The tulip touch (One friend is bad influence over the other)

Juv Fic F495t

 

Mean Margaret

Juv Fic S4581m

 

For your eyes only

Juv Fic R683

 

The faithful friend (African tale)

Juv 398.21 S197

 

The children's book of virtues

Juv 808.8 B46

 

Frederick (In Spanish)

Juv 460 L763

 

Hostage to war: a true story

Juv 940 V334

     

GHOST STORIES

 

The ghost of Fossil Glen

Juv Fic D313g

 

The other shepherds

Juv Fic G851

 

Shades of darkness: more of the ghostly best stories

Juv Fic W522sh

 

Demons and shadows

Juv Fic W522d

 

The dark-thirty: southern tales of the supernatural

Juv Fic M158d

 

Ghost cave

Juv Fic S8213

     

HAWAIIAN

 

Luka's quilt (Grandmother)

Juv E G921l

 

A is for Aloha

Juv E F295

 

Blue skin of the sea (Hawaiian boy coming of age)

Juv Fic S167

 

The broccoli tapes

Juv Fic S6325b

 

The last princess (Hawaii)

Juv 92 K13s

     

HEALTH

 

A visit from Dr. Katz

Juv E L521

 

A trip to the dentist

Juv E L758

 

A trip to the doctor

Juv E L758t

 

All the better to see you with! (Going to the doctor)

Juv E W6675

 

Island boy (Community life)

Juv E C776i

 

Waiting for Hannah (Pregnancy)

Juv E R9695

 

Tooth fairy

Juv E W873t

 

The real tooth fairy

Juv E K233

 

Julius, the baby of the world

Juv E H513ju

 

Lisa can't sleep

Juv E B3975

 

Can't you sleep, little bear

Juv E W1165

 

Otto learns about his medicine (Hyperactivity)

Juv E G182

 

The tooth tree

Juv E H4765to

 

Furry (Allergies)

Juv E K283f

 

I have a loose tooth

Juv E N793i

 

Barnyard song (Barnyard flu epidemic)

Juv E G8115

 

Going to the doctor (Usborne first experiences)

Juv E C582d

 

Going to the hospital (Usborne first experiences)

Juv E C582h

 

Going to the dentist (Usborne first experiences)

Juv E C582de

 

Hue boy (Height)

Juv E M682

 

Germs! Germs! Germs!

Juv E K19g

 

Joey Pigza swallowed the key

Juv Fic G211jo

 

Angie and me being born

Juv Fic J783

 

Lucy Peale (Teen pregnancy)

Juv Fic R6951

 

Dear nobody (Teen pregnancy)

Juv Fic D655d

 

Martin Meeker and Pauline Lagrande (Height)

Juv Fic B832

 

Epidemic

Juv 614.4 L239

 

Looking good, eating right

Juv 641.1 S177

 

100 questions and answers about Aids

Juv 616.94 F711

 

World almanac for kids 1998

Juv 031.2 W927

 

Going to the doctor

Juv 618.92 B827

 

All about asthma

Juv 616.2 O85

     

HISTORY

 

A picture book of Benjamin Franklin

Juv E A237pb

 

A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

Juv E A237pt

 

Letting swift river go

Juv E Y541

 

Wagons west!

Juv E G378w

 

Potato: a tale from the great depression

Juv E L718p

 

Seven brave women

Juv E H4361

 

Cassie's journey going west in the 1860's

Juv Fic H3045

 

Encounter

Juv Fic Y54e

 

Morning girl (Bahamas before Columbus)

Juv Fic D7158

 

Patty Reed's doll (A girl's journey from ILL to CA)

Juv Fic L384

 

Lily's crossing (W.W. II)

Juv Fic G4561

 

Hiroshima (Two sisters and their experience in the atomic war)

Juv Fic Y47h

 

Bandit's moon (Gold Rush)

Juv Fic F596b

 

Shh! We're writing the constitution

Juv 342.73 F919

 

The great American gold rush (California)

Juv 979.4 B658

 

My backyard history book

Juv 973 W436

 

Illuminations (Middle ages)

Juv 745.6 H941

 

A nation torn

Juv 973.7 R263

 

People of the breaking day (Early America)

Juv 305.8 S512

 

Discovery of America

Juv 917.04 M186

 

The wreck of the Barque Stefano (Australia)

Juv 919.4 R234

 

Discovering Christopher Columbus ( Myths about Christopher Columbus)

Juv 92 C726p

 

Follow the dream (Columbus)

Juv 92 C726si

 

Barbara Friechie (Civil war)

Juv 811 W625

 

Songs of the Wild West (Music)

Juv 784.8 S698

 

Now is your time (African American)

Juv 973 M996

 

The world in 1492

Juv 909.4 W927

 

Gulf war

Juv 956.7 S819

 

Our flag (United States)

Juv 929.9 A976

 

Our national anthem (United States)

Juv 782.42 S149

 

History of the world (Illustrations)

Juv 909 C626

 

Children of the dust bowl

Juv 371.96 S788

 

Vesuvious (Italy)

Juv 937 B621

 

Pets of the president

Juv 973 C372

 

The jokes on George (Young readers George Washington)

Juv 92 P358t

 

Into the mummy's tomb

Juv 932 R332

 

Sheridan's ride

Juv 811 R284

 

1986 the year you were born

Juv 973.92 M385

 

Our constitution

Juv 342.73 J67

 

From sea to shining sea

Juv 810.8 F931

 

The Supreme Court of the United States

Juv 347.732 S97

 

My fellow Americans: a family album

Juv 973 P969

 

A young patriot: The American Revolution as experienced by one boy

Juv 973.3 M978

 

Flood: wrestling with the Mississippi

Juv 363.3 L366

 

Encyclopedia of the presidents and their times

Juv 973 R894

 

Hostage to war: a true story

Juv 940 V334

 

The perilous journey of the Donner party

Juv 979.4 C141

 

Red scarf girl: a memoir of the Cultural Revolution (China)

Juv 951.056 J61

 

Passage to freedom: the Sugihara story (Japanese hero)

Juv 940.53 M688

 

Boss of the plains, the hat that won the west

Juv 338.7 C284

     

HOLIDAYS - GENERAL

 

The world's birthday: a Rosh Hashanah story

Juv E G619

 

Happy holidaysaurus!

Juv E M915h

 

Here comes Zelda Clause and other holiday disasters

Juv Fic H177h

 

The children's party handbook

Juv 642.4 B673

 

Creative plays and programs for holidays

Juv 808.82 B472

 

Let's celebrate (Poetry)

Juv 808.81 L651

 

Festivals, family and food

Juv 790.19 C273

 

Ring out wild bells (Poems about many holidays)

Juv 821 R581

 

Our national holidays

Juv 394.2 S755

 

Renaissance people (Tells about professions and life styles)

Juv 390.4 H853

 

Grass songs

Juv 811 T944

 

The world almanac for kids, 1998

Juv 031.02 W927

     

HOLIDAYS - BIRTHDAYS

 

Three happy birthdays

Juv E C337

 

Henry's happy birthday

Juv E K283h

 

The biggest birthday cake in the world

Juv E S772b

 

The patchwork lady

Juv E W626

 

Maxwell's birthday

Juv E E17

 

The rains are coming

Juv E S789

 

A most memorable birthday

Juv E P7785

 

The happiest birthdays, great theme parties

Juv 793.2 B842

     

HOLIDAYS - CHRISTMAS

 

The jolly Christmas postman

Juv E A286jo

 

Danny's Christmas star

Juv E K962

 

Noel's Christmas secret

Juv E S689

 

Chita's Christmas tree

Juv E H848

 

The secret keeper

Juv E H662s

 

Poofin, the cloud that cried on Christmas

Juv E W142

 

The Christmas carp

Juv E T5125

 

Lotta's Christmas surprise

Juv E L745lc

 

Tree of cranes (Japanese)

Juv E S274

 

A calf for Christmas

Juv E L745ca

 

The worst person's Christmas

Juv E S847wc

 

Night tree

Juv E B942n

 

Santa cows

Juv E E22s

 

Christmas at long pond

Juv E G349c

 

A bellbird in a flame tree

Juv E N695

 

The caroler's

Juv E G921

 

Christmas counting

Juv E R3755c

 

Harvey Slumfenburger's Xmas

Juv E B966h

 

Santa calls

Juv E J895s

 

The Christmas donkey

Juv E M1275

 

Marvin's best Christmas present ever

Juv E P296ma

 

Poor Gabriella

Juv Fic F731

 

The bells of Christmas

Juv Fic H221b

 

Best Christmas pageant

Juv Fic R659b

 

Elijah's angel

Juv Fic R8126

 

The Christmas secret

Juv Fic D3357

 

Maria (Mexican)

Juv Fic T247ma

 

The twelve days of Christmas

Juv 784.4 T971

 

Christmas in the stable

Juv 811 C556

 

The Christmas story

Juv 232.9 R263

     

HOLIDAYS - EASTER

 

Lilies, rabbits and painted eggs

Juv E C337

 

Max's chocolate chicken

Juv E W456mc

 

Alphonse knows…the color of spring

Juv E Z74c

 

Lotta's Easter surprise

Juv E L7451e

     

HOLIDAYS - HALLOWEEN

 

Emma at the beach

Juv E S847em

 

Alphonse knows…zero is not enough

Juv E Z74z

 

The real-skin rubber monster mask

Juv E C678r

 

The pet shop

Juv E A2857p

 

The black cat

Juv E A2857

 

Pumpkins

Juv E R264

 

The witch’s hand

Juv E U93

 

Philomene (Girl escapes from witch)

Juv E W746

 

Cat’s knees and bee whisker’s (Witch)

Juv E N688c

 

Piggie pie (Witch)

Juv E P154

 

Weird! The complete book of Halloween words

Juv 394.2 L733

 

Witch watch

Juv 821.9 C724w

 

Boo! Stories to make you jump

Juv 808.8 B724

 

The little witch's Halloween book

Juv 394.2 G565

     

HOLIDAYS - HANUKKAH

 

Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins

Juv E K49h

 

Malke's secret recipe

Juv E A237m

 

Elijah's angel (Christmas)

Juv Fic R8126

 

The story of Hanukkah

Juv 296.43 E33

     

HOLIDAYS - NEW YEAR

 

Gung hay fat choy (Chinese)

Juv 394.2 B421

     

HOLIDAYS - THANKSGIVING

 

Very first Thanksgiving

Juv Fic B813

     

HOLIDAYS - VALENTINE'S DAY

 

Alphonse knows…A circle is not a valentine

Juv E Z74

     

HOMELESS

 

Mr. Bow Tie

Juv E B239m

 

Fly away home (Boy and dad live in airport)

Juv E B942fl

 

An angel for Solomon Singer (Lives in Hotel)

Juv E R994a

 

We are all in the dumps with Jack and Guy

Juv E S474w

 

Potato: a tale from the great depression (Family lives in tent)

Juv E L718p

 

McDuff moves in (Homeless dog finds a home)

Juv E W456mm

 

Monkey island

Juv Fic F793m

 

No place to be