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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorGrandfather's Journey
Allen Say · 32 pages
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
Baseball Saved Us
Ken Mochizuki · 32 pages
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Bette Bao Lord · 169 pages
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
Audrey Vernick · 39 pages
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
You Gotta Have Wa
Robert Whiting · 339 pages
A hilarious, informative, and riveting account of Japanese baseball and the cultural clashes that ensued when Americans began playing there professionally. In Japan, baseball is a way of life. It is a philosophy. It is besuboru. Its most important element is wa—group harmony—embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down." In this witty and incisive book, Robert Whiting
Jingle Dancer
Cynthia Leitich Smith · 32 pages
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek, Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Arlene Mosel · 45 pages
The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who fell into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today (wikipedia)
Suki's Kimono
Chieri Uegaki · 32 pages
Suki's favorite possession is her blue cotton kimono. A gift from her obachan, it holds special memories of her grandmother's visit last summer. And Suki is going to wear it on her first day back to school -- no matter what anyone says. When it's Suki's turn to share with her classmates what she did during the summer, she tells them about the street festival she attended with her obachan and the c
Same, Same But Different
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw · 40 pages
Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.
Madlenka
Peter Sis · 44 pages
Madlenka, whose New York City neighbors include the French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice-cream man, the South American grocer, and the Chinese shopkeeper, goes around the block to show her friends her loose tooth and finds that it is like taking a trip around the world.
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish · 64 pages
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Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
Chris Van Dusen · 32 pages
Randy Riley, a science genius who loves baseball but is not very good at it, needs to use both his interests to save his town from a giant fireball that is heading their way.
Barbed Wire Baseball
Marissa Moss · 48 pages
As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings t
The Sandwich Swap
Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio
A beautiful book written by an actual queen. This book teaches about tolerance and accepting others. It is about two girls in school who learn how to accept each other's lunches, even though they are unfamiliar with what the food is. It teaches kids that it is important to not assume they will not like something that is new, and also to be kind to friends who might be different. It celebrates c
Pete the Cat Play Ball
James Dean · 31 pages
"Pete the Cat is ready to play baseball! Pete's team, the Rocks, is playing the Rolls. But when the game doesn't go Pete's way, what will Pete do?"--From the publisher.
Players in Pigtails
Shana Corey
Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.
The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages
When Brother and Sister Bear get left with their grandparents for a whole week, they have a better time than they expected.
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco · 32 pages
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
All-of-a-Kind Family
Sydney Taylor · 189 pages
The life of a Jewish family with seven children growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the early twentieth century is the subject of this series. It includes All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, and others.
Crow Boy
Taro Yashima · 37 pages
A story of a strange, shy, small boy who is isolated by his differences from other children in a Japanese village school.
Rosie Revere, Engineer
Andrea Beaty · 32 pages
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fl y but rather hovers for a momen
Too Many Tamales
Gary Soto · 32 pages
Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.