Title: Hope
Author: Monk, Isabell
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (1999)
Call Number: jE
Format:
Notes: Hope is troubled when someone reacts to her with the question, "Is the child mixed?" Aunt Poogee assuages her worries with stories of Hope's ancestors on both sides of the family.

Title: Half and Half
Author: Namioka, Lensey
Publisher: Delacorte Press (2003)
Call Number: j
Format:

Title: The Family Book
Author: Parr, Todd
Publisher: Little Brown (2003)
Call Number: jE
Format:
Notes: With bright illustrations, every kind of family is described.

Title: Jip: His Story
Author: Paterson, Katherine
Publisher: Lodestar Books (1996)
Call Number: j
Format:

Title: Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
Author: Raschka, Chris
Publisher: Orchard Books (1992)
Call Number: jE 788.6609 P223r
Format: Hardback
Notes: Using a syncopated text, Raschka tries to approximate Charlie Parker's "be bop."

Title: I Am America
Author: Smith, Jr., Charles R.
Publisher: Scholastic (2003)
Call Number: jE 305.2309 Sm53i
Format: Hardback
Notes: Color photographs of children's faces together with rhyming text celebrate the diversity of America.

Title: Jalapeno Bagels
Author: Wing, Natasha
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (1996)
Call Number: jE
Format:
Notes: Pablo must decide what to take to school on International Day. He chooses "jalapeno bagels" because they represent a mix of both his parents, just as he does.