Difficulty
Ethnic Group
Children We Remember,
The
One Yellow Daffodil: A
Hanukkah Story
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Easy
Jewish
X
Medium
Jewish
X
Adoff, Arnold
Ambrose, Stephen
All the Colors of the Race
This Vast Land
Pic
Hist. Fic
Easy
Medium
X
X
Anacona, George
Barrio
Medium
Angelou, Maya
Atkin, S. Beth
Now Sheba Sings the
Song
Ancient Cliff Dwellers of
Mesa Verde, The
Voices from the Fields
Pic
NF
Pic
Various
American
Native – American
Hispanic
Ayres, Katherine
North by Night
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Fic
Bachrach, Susan
Nazi Olympics, The
Bartoletti, Susan
Bartone, Elisa
Black Potatoes
Peppe the Lamplighter
Baylor, Byrd
I’m in Charge of
Celebrations
Way to Start the Day, The
Song of Be
Pic
NF
NF
Pic
Fic
Pic
Abells, Chana
Adler, David
Arnold, Caroline
Baylor, Byrd
Beake, Lesley
Begay, Shonto
1
Navajo: Visions and
Voices Across the Mesa
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Pic
YA
Fic
Pic
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Medium
Historical
Type
Conflict
Title
Author
Harmony
Culture
Diversity Matrix (last updated July 2012)
X
X
Other
Poetry
X
X
Medium
African
African - American
Native - American
X
Medium
Hispanic
X
Medium
Quakers
African - Americans
Difficult
Various
Difficult
Medium
Irish
Italian
Medium
Native – American
Medium
Medium
Various
African
X
X
Medium
Native - American
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Poetry
Bial, Raymond
Bial, Raymond
Underground Railroad,
The
Mist Over the Mountains
Bolden, Tanya
Maritcha: A Nineteenth
Century American Girl
Boling, Katharine
Bridges, Shirin Yim
New Year Be Coming!
Ruby’s Wish
Brown, Don
Bunting, Eve
Far Beyond the Garden
Gate
So Far From the Sea
Bunting, Eve
Day’s Work, A
Bunting, Eve
I Have an Olive Tree
Bunting, Eve
Smoky Night
Chech, John
Chocolate, Debbi
My Grandmother’s
Journey
Separate Battle, A:
Women and the Civil War
Kente Colors
Cohn, Janice
Christmas Menorahs, The
Chang, Ina
2
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Ethnic Group
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
NF
Medium
French
X
Medium
Native - American
X
Medium
African – American
X
Pic
NF
F
Medium
Appalachian
X
Medium
African-American
Pic
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
NF
Medium
Easy
Gullah
Chinese
X
X
Medium
Tibetan
X
Easy
Japanese -American
X
Easy
Hispanic
X
Easy
Greek
X
Easy
Various
Easy
Russian
Difficult
Various
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Easy
African
X
Medium
Various
X
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Harmony
Difficulty
Historical
Bial, Raymond
October 45: Childhood
Memories of the War
Sioux, The
Type
Conflict
Besson, Jean Louis
Title
Culture
Author
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Other
19th C New York
City
Collier, Bryan
Uptown
Colman, Penny
Girls: A History of
Growing Up Female in
America
Corpses, Coffins, and
Crypts
Hell Fighters: African
American Soldiers in
World War I
Remembering Manzanar
Indian School
I Heard the Owl Call My
Name
I Saw Your Face
Colman, Penny
Cooper, Michael L.
Cooper, Michael L.
Cooper, Michael L.
Craven, Margaret
Dawes, Kwame
Dillion, Leo & Diane
Dorros, Arthur
To Every Thing There is a
Season
Under the Sun
Fleishman, Paul
Seedfolks
Franklin, Kristine, &
McGirr, Nancy
Freedman, Russell
Out of the Dump: Writings
and Photographs by
Children from Guatemala
Indian Winter, An
Freedman, Russell
Immigrant Kids
Freedman, Russell
In the Days of the
Vaqueros
3
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Ethnic Group
Pic
NF
NF
Easy
African - American
X
Medium
Various
X
NF
Difficult
Various
X
NF
Difficult
African - American
NF
NF
Fic
Medium
Difficult
Japanese – American
Native – American
Native - American
X
X
X
NF
Easy
African American
X
Fic
Easy
Various
YA
Fic
YA
Fic
Pic
NF
Difficult
Bosnian
X
Medium
Various
X
Medium
Guatemalan
X
Difficult
Native – American
X
Medium
Various
X
Medium
Native – American
Mexican
X
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Historical
Difficulty
Conflict
Type
Harmony
Title
Culture
Author
Other
A brief tour of
Harlem, NY
X
X
X
X
X
X
African American
heritage
X
X
X
X
Garland, Sherry
Lotus Seed, The
Giovanni, Nikki (Ed.)
Hamanaka, Shelia
Grandmothers
Journey, The
Hamilton, Virginia
Her Stories
Hansberry, Lorraine
Haskins, James &
Benson, Kathleen
Heide, Florence Parry &
Gilliand, Judith Heide
Hendershot, Judith
Raisin in the Sun, A
Building a New Land
Hendershot, Judith
Herrera, Juan
Up the Tracks to
Grandma’s
Calling the Doves
Hesse, Karen
Hoestlandt, Jo
Witness
Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Hopkinson, Deborah
Shutting Out the Sky
Hunter, Sara Hoagland
Unbreakable Code
Jaskol, Julie & Lewis,
Brian
Jimenez, Francisco
City of Angels: In and
Around Los Angeles
Circuit, The
4
House of Wisdom, The
In Coal Country
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Historical
Conflict
Harmony
Title
Culture
Author
Type
Difficulty
Ethnic Group
Pic
Fic
Medium
Vietnamese – American
Medium
Medium
Various
Japanese – Americans
Medium
African – American
X
Medium
Medium
African – American
African American
X
X
X
Medium
Muslim
X
X
Easy
Appalachian
X
Medium
Appalachian
X
Medium
Hispanic
X
Medium
Medium
Various
Jewish
Medium
Various
Easy
Navajo
Medium
Various
X
Medium
Hispanic
X
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
NF
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
Pic
NF
YA
Fic
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Other
X
X
Folk Tales and
Biographies
Bilingual
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Story of the Code
Talkers
Ethnic Group
Pic
NF
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
F
Easy
Hispanic
X
Difficult
Medium
African American
Various
X
X
X
X
Medium
Native - American
X
X
Easy
India
X
Katz, William Loren
Ketchum, Liza
Black Pioneers
Gold Rush, The
Koller, Jackie French
Kroll, Virginia
Nickommoh! A
Thanksgiving Celebration
Selmakumar Knew Better
Kurtz, Jane (Ed.)
Memories of Sun
YA
NF
Medium
African
African – American
X
Lasky, Kathryn
X
Medium
Easy
Medium
Jews
French-Canadians
African
India
Various
Medium
Medium
African - American
Native - American
X
Lorenz, Albert
Metropolis
Pic
NF
NF
NF
Pic
Fic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Medium
Levine, Ellen
Littlechild, George
Marven of the Great
North Woods
Facing the Lion
Sacred River
Pearl Moscowitz’s Last
Stand
Freedom’s Children
This Land is My Land
Medium
Various
X
Lyles, Charlise
Do I Dare Disturb the
Universe
Mosque
NF
Difficult
African American
X
NF
Difficult
Islamic
X
5
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Historical
Difficulty
Christmas Gift, The
Macaulay, David
Conflict
Type
Jimenez, Francisco
Lekuton, Joseph
Levin, Ted
Levine, Arthur A.
Harmony
Title
Culture
Author
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Other
Bilingual
Tsunami hits an
Indian village
X
X
X
X
End of life traditions
X
X
X
X
X
X
A look at 10 cities,
one in each of 10
centuries
Account of author’s
education
Building of a
mosque
Mathis, Sharon
Mazer, Anne (Ed.)
Meyer, Carolyn
Teacup Full of Roses
America Street: A
Multicultural Anthology of
Stories
Rio Grande Stories
Mikaelesen, Ben
Touching Spirit Bear
Miller, Brandon Marie
Good Women of a WellBlessed Land
Passage to Freedom
Mochizuki, Ken
Mochizuki, Ken
Mohr, Nicholasa
Monceaux, Morgan &
Katcher, Ruth
Mora, Pat
Heroes
In Nueva York
My Heroes, My People
Mora, Pat
Morimoto, Junko
Tomas and the Library
Lady
My Own True Name
My Hiroshima
Morris, Ann
Hats, Hats, Hats
Morris, Ann
Houses and Homes
Murphy, Jim
Musgrove, Margaret
Pick and Shovel Poet
Ashanti to Zulu
Na, An
Step Toward Heaven, A
Nye, Naomi
Tree Is Older Than You
Are, The
Black Star, Bright Dawn
O’Dell, Scott
Fic
Fic
Medium
Medium
African American
Various
X
X
YA
NF
YA
Fic
NF
Medium
Various
X
Medium
Native – American
X
Difficult
Various
X
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
NF
Pic
NF
YA
Fic
Fic
Medium
Jewish
Medium
Medium
Medium
Easy
Japanese - American
Puerto Rican
Native American
African American
Hispanic
Medium
Easy
Hispanic
Japanese
Easy
Various
X
Easy
Various
X
Medium
Medium
Italian-American
African
X
X
Medium
Korean-American
X
Medium
Hispanic
Medium
Eskimo
X
Medium
Native – American
X
Easy
Jews
Dutch
Korean
YA
Fic
O’Dell Scott
Streams to the River,
YA
River to the Sea
Fic
Oppenheim, Shulamith L. Lily Cupboard, The
Pic
Fic
Park, Frances & Park,
Royal Bee, The
Pic
6
Pic = Picture book
Easy = Level 1 & 2
YA = Young adult book
Medium = Level 3 & 4
FIC = Fiction
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
NF = Nonfiction
Medium
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Biographies
Poetry
X
X
X
Alphabet book
Poetry
X
X
X
X
X
Ginger
Paterson, Katherine
Jip: His Story
Paulsen, Gary
Polacco, Patricia
Dogsong
Pink and Say
Polacco, Patricia
Christmas Tapestry
Polacco, Patricia
Butterfly, The
Polacco, Patricia
Chicken Sunday
Raven, Margot
Reef, Catherine
Circle Unbroken
This Our Dark Country:
The American Settlers of
Liberia
Light in the Forest, The
Richter, Conrad
NF
Fic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
YA
Fic
Rosa-Casanova, Sylvia
Mama Provi and the Pot
Pic
of Rice
Fic
Rylant, Cynthia
When I Was Young in the
Pic
Mountains
Fic
Rylant, Cynthia
Appalachia: The Voices
Pic
of Sleeping Birds
NF
Sanders, S.
Place Called Freedom, A
Pic
Hist. Fic
Satrapi, Marjane
Persepolis
NF
Satrapi, Marjane
Persepolis 2
YA
NF
Say, Allen
Grandfather’s Journey
Pic
NF
Say, Allen
Home of the Brave
Pic
Fic
Say, Allen
Tea With Milk
Pic
NF
Schanzen, Rosalyn
How We Crossed the
Pic
West
NF
Shur, Maxine Rose
When I Left My Village
Fic
Sis, Peter
Tibet Through the Red
Pic
7
Pic = Picture book
Easy = Level 1 & 2
YA = Young adult book
Medium = Level 3 & 4
FIC = Fiction
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
NF = Nonfiction
Medium
Medium
Medium
Quakers
African - American
Eskimos
African - American
X
Medium
Jewish
Easy
X
Easy
Jews
French
Various
Easy
Difficult
Gullah
African – American
X
X
Medium
American – Indian
X
Easy
Hispanic - Americans
Easy
Appalachian
X
Medium
Appalachian
X
Easy
African – American
X
Difficult
Medium
Iranian
Iranian
X
X
Easy
Japanese - American
Medium
Japanese -American
Medium
Japanese - American
X
X
Medium
Native – American
X
X
Medium
Difficult
Ethiopian Jews
Tibetan
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Graphic Novel
X
X
X
X
X
Smith, Frank Dabba
Box
My Secret Camera
Stamaty, Mark Alan
Alia’s Mission
Stanley, Diane
Saladin
Stanley, Jerry
I Am an American: A True
story of Japanese
Internment
Garden of Happiness,
The
I Have Heard of a Land
Tamar, Erika
Thomas, Joyce Carol
NF
Pic
NF
NF,
Graphic
Pic
NF
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Easy
Jews
X
X
Medium
Iraqi
X
X
Medium
Muslim
X
X
X
Difficult
Japanese -American
X
X
X
Medium
Various
Easy
African - Americans
X
Thomas, Ray Edwin
Come Go With Me: OldTimer Stories from the
Southern Mountains
NF
Easy
Tsuchiya, Yukio
Faithful Elephants: A
True Story
Children of Topaz, The
Pic
NF
NF
Medium
People from the
Appalachias, the
Ozarks, and the
Ouachitas
Japanese
Difficult
Japanese -American
Pic
NF
Easy
Medium
Shakers
Jews
NF
Medium
Jews
Wells, Rosemary
Shaker Hearts
Anne Frank: Beyond the
Diary
I Never Saw Another
Butterfly
Streets of Gold
Medium
Jews
Williams, Mary
Brothers in Hope
Pic
NF
NF, Bio
Medium
Somali
Williams-Garcia, Rita
Like Sisters on the
Homefront
Make Lemonade
YA
Fic
YA
Fic
Medium
African - American
Medium
African - American
Tunnell, Michael &
Chilcoat, Geroge
Turner, Ann
Verhoven, Rian & Van de
Rol, Rudd
Volavkova, Hana (Ed.)
Wolf, Virginia Euwer
8
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
X
Saving library
books
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Settlers during the
Oklahoma land
runs.
Based on
interviews by the
author.
Life in a Japanese
internment camp
Poetry
X
X
Lost boys of Sudan
survivor
Wood, Nancy
Spirit Walker
Pic
Medium
Native - American
Woodruff, Elvira
Memory, Coat, The
Easy
Jews
X
Wright, Courtni
Jumping the Broom
Easy
African - American
X
X
Yerxa, Leo
Medium
Native - American
Yolen, Jane
Last Leaf First Snowflake
to Fall
O Jerusalem
Medium
Various
X
X
Yolen, Jane
Miz Berlin Walks
Yolen, Jane
Encounter
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
Fic
Pic
NF
Pic
Fic
Pic
9
Pic = Picture book
YA = Young adult book
FIC = Fiction
NF = Nonfiction
Easy = Level 1 & 2
Medium = Level 3 & 4
Difficult = Level 5 & 6
Easy
African – American
Medium
Native - American
Poetry based on
the Taos Pueblo
Indian culture.
X
X
X
X
X