It's OK To Be Me! ESL Literacy Bin

The DBTRC has 2 It's OK to Be Me! bins. The following books are included in each bin.

ASHLEY, BERNARD

CLEVERSTICKS

Bin #2

When Ling Sung starts school he discovers he can't do things that other children do. He can't tie his laces or write his name. Ling Sung never wants to go to school again. Then one day Ling Sung discovers he can do something extra special which nobody else can -- not even his teachers! Ling Sung decides that school isn't so bad after all.

CASTLE, CAROLINE

FOR EVERY CHILD : THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN WORDS AND PICTURES

Bin #2

Whoever we are, wherever we live, these are the rights of every child under the sun and the moon and the stars.

CHEN, CHIH-YUAN

ON MY WAY TO BUY EGGS

Bin #1

Take an ordinary, everyday kind of errand, add one little girl with a big imagination and the result is not just a trip to the store but a whole world of possibilities. Shau-yu is simply on her way to buy eggs for dinner's fried rice, yet she takes the reader on a journey filled with adventure and imaginings. Taiwan's 'traditional stores' may be foreign to American readers, but Shau-yu's afternoon walk shows us all that imagination is universal.

CHOI, YANGSOOK

THE NAME JAR

Bin #1, #2

Having just arrived from Korea with her family, Unhei is anxious about making friends and worried that no one will be able to pronounce her name, so instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she decides to pick a new name. The only problem is that she doesn't know what to choose!

But when a large glass jar filled with names appears on her desk, Unhei happily discovers that her classmates want to help. Will she be Daisy, Tamela, Madison or ??? And what will she dow with her real name?

COHEN, MIRIAM

EDDY'S DREAM

Bin #1

All the boys and girls in Miss Cordelia's class are talking about their dreams -- all except Eddy. He says dreams are stupid. But Trisha knows better. She knows what Eddy's secret dream is. And when she tells, Eddy's classmates all join together and come up with a heart-warming solution.

JMERA, MAYA

TO BE AN ARTIST

Bin #1
What does it mean to be an artist? Ar is a universal language spoken around the world. Children from Ecudar to India to the United States can be artists by painting pictures , making movies, acting in plays or singing songs.

HARRIS, PAMELA

HOT COLD SHY BOLD : LOOKING AT OPPOSITES

Bin #1
Mulitcultural children demonstrate the meaning of opposites.

HOOKS, BELL

SKIN AGAIN

Bin #1, #2
Celebrating all that makes us uniue and different Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race and identity

PARR, TODD

THE FEEL GOOD BOOK

Bin # 2

Relates things that make people feel good.

SAY, ALLEN

ALLISON

Bin #1

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favourite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcome discovery with the help of a stray cat.

THOMAS, PAT

THE SKIN I'M IN : A FIRST LOOK AT RACISM

Bin #2

This book encourages children to accept and be comfortable with difference of skin colour and other racial characteristics among their friends and in themselves.

RECORVITS, HELEN

MY NAME IS YOON

Bin #2

Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom", refers to herself as "cat", "bird", and "cupcake", as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.

TARPLEY, NATASHA ANASTASIA

I LOVE MY HAIR!

Bin #1
A young African-American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.