Multicultural Stories

A raft carrying a strange women, a village Brahmin who adopts her child, a jealous queen , a weak king, court intrigues………… a spy disguised as a wandering minstrel, a royal tournament at which an undefeated champion is pitted against an unlikely opponent: these are elements i... More

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The Cycle of Spring is a translation of Phalguni. It was one of the two Tagore dramas associated with the festivals of seasons, the other being Autumn Festival. The play is full of nature. There are songs in the rustling bamboo leaves, in birds' nests, and in blossoming branches. They are the herald... More

Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides... More

There's a new family on Grove Street. Winnie's best friend, Iggie, has just moved away - and Winnie's bored as hell without her. So she's determined to be friends with the new family - especially Glenn, who's kind of cute. But certain people don't want the Garbers to be there, and have started a pet... More

Maya Mukherjee doesn't fit in. She was born in India and her parents moved to Canada when she was a baby. Now it's the 1970s, and she's a middle schooler in Manitoba, land of moose and snow. She wants to run on the tundra beneath the Northern Lights, make igloos or snow-angels, see John Travolta, an... More

Gloria is thrilled when she goes to the store to buy an onion and meets Dr. Grace Street, an astronaut. It's there that Dr. Street tells Gloria to have confidence in herself and that the big things aren't always as big as they seem. But Gloria doesn't really understand Dr. Street's advice. Right now... More

At 16, Ginny finds that her love of painting connects her to the artistic Haitian mother she never knew and eases the isolation she feels as the only mixed-race teen in her Welsh village. When she learns she has a half-brother by her father's first marriage, her world is shattered. Ginny embarks on ... More

Anu's beloved grandfather Bapu moved from India to Anu's home in the Pacific Northwest when Anu was small, and Anu is devastated when Bapu dies. But when he is visited by Bapu's ghost, he knows that there must be a way to bring him back to life -- he's just not sure how. Anu enlists his friends Izzy... More

This autobiography evokes the socio-cultural environment in which Subhas Chandra Bose grew up and the lineaments of his intellectual development.... More

Told through flashbacks, foreshadowing, and shifting first-person points of view, this novel about slavery in America follows young Emma, who along with readers will discover that every decision has its consequences, and final judgment is passed down not by man, but by his maker.On March 2 and 3, 18... More

When their basketball is destroyed by vandals, Ziggy, Rashaswn, Jerome, and Rico build a clubhouse in Ziggy's overgrown backyard. And so the Black Dinosaurs are born, and are immediately immersed in a mystery when they discover a box of bones buried near the clubhouse. Illustrations.DEM BONES GONNA ... More

When the boys are given a map of an Underground Railroad tunnel under their school, they find themselves trapped as the walls collapse around them. Illustrations.Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico -- the Black Dinosaurs -- are thrilledto discover that their hometown was a stop on the UndergroundRailro... More