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Florence Brasser Elementary
1000 Chili Coldwater Road
Rochester, NY 14624
585.247.1880
585.340.5577 (fax)

updated 1/9/12
I. Stumberger

My Booklist

Read in your home language. Go to http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ and find books in more than fifty languages!

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Do you like learning about other countries, customs, and cultures? If you know of a good selection to add to this reading list, tell Ms. Stumberger about it!

Multicultural books were purchased for our school library in memory of a former Gates Chili ESOL teacher, Muriel Lootens. These selections are listed below under "Remembering Mrs. Lootens." Please look for them the next time you visit our library at Florence Brasser Elementary School.

Beginning reader
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett		Easy Reading
People by Peter Spier		Easy Reading
Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! by Eric Carle & Kazuo Iwamura		Easy Reading

Intermediate reader
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley		Average
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley		Average
Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley		Average
Red Bird by Barbara Mitchell		Average
This Next New Year by Janet S. Wong		Average
Who-Paddled-Backward-With-Trout by Howard Norman		Average

Advanced reader
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures by Jan Reynolds		Challenging
Magid Fasts for Ramadan by Mary Matthews		Challenging

Bilingual Books
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Calling the Doves: El Canto de las Palomas by Juan Felipe Herrera		Average
The Upside Down Boy: El Nino de Cabeza by Juan Felipe Herrera		Average
This is My House by Arthur Dorros		Easy Reading
Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! by Eric Carle & Kazuo Iwamura		Easy Reading

Remembering Mrs. Lootens
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Place to Grow by Soyung Pak
A Pride of African Tales by Donna L. Washington
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe by Maya Ajmera and Anna Rhesa Versola
Coming to America by Bernard Wolf
Day of the Dead by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley
Eyewitness Books: Buddhism by Philip Wilkinson
For Every Child by UNICEF
Hello World: Greetings in Forty-two Languages Around the World by Manya Stojic
How People Live by DK Publishing
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
Mexico by Helen Arnold
Monsoon by Ulma Krishnaswami
Moonbeams, Dumplings and Dragon Boats by Nina Simonds
Muhammad by Demi
One Grain of Rice by Demi
Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn
The Monkey Bridge by Rafe Martin
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof by Selby B. Beeler

Favorite Authors
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris		Easy Reading
Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris		Easy Reading
On the Go by Ann Morris		Easy Reading
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes by Ann Morris		Easy Reading

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