New Global Picture Books 2011-2012

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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem and Raymond Obstfeld. 2012. What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African American Inventors. Illustrated by Ben Boos. And A.G. Ford. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Amado, Elisa. 2011. What Are You Doing? Illustrated Manuel Monroy. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Illustration by Colin Bootman for Love Twelve Miles Long.

Armand, Glenda. 2011. Love Twelve Miles Long. Illustrated by Colin Bootman. New York: Lee & Low.

Becker, Helaine. 2012. Juba This, Juba That. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Toronto, Ontario: Tundra Books.

Benjamin, Floella. 2011. My Two Grandads. Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain. London: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books.

Bertrand, Diane Gonzales 2011. Adelita and the Veggie Cousins/Adelita y las primas verduritas. Illustrated by Christina Ann Rodriguez. Houston, TX: Pinata Books.

Illustration by Sara Palacios for Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina.

Brown, Monica. 2011. Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina. Illustrated by Sara Palacios. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book Press.

Brown, Monica. 2011. Clara and the Curandera/ Clara y la curander. Illustrated by Thelma Muraida. Houston, TX: Pinata Books.

Celenza, Anna Harwell. 2011. Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. Illustrated by Don Tate. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing.

Cline-Ransome, Lesa. 2012. Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass. Illustrated by James Ransome. New York: Amistad.

Cofer, Judith Ortiz. 2011. A Bailar!/Let’s Dance. Illustrated by Christina Ann Rodriguez. Houston, TX: Pinata Books. 

Illustration by Raul Colon from Good-bye, Havana! Hola New York!

Colon, Edie. 2011. Good-bye, Havana! Hola New York! Illustrated by Raul Colon. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Croza, Laurel. 2011. I Know Here. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

de la Pena, Matt. 2011. A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York: Dial.

Evans, Shane. W 2012. We March. New York: Roaring Book Press.

Flood, Nancy Bo. (Navajo). 2012. The Hogan that Great Grand Father Built. Illustrated by Peterson Yazzie (Navajo). Flagstaff, AR: Salina BookShelf. (Navajo/English recording).

Gillard, Denise. 2011. Music from the Sky. Illustrated by Stephen Taylor. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Gilles Laroche's illustrations from If You Lived Here: Houses of the World.

Laroche, Gilles. 2011. If You Lived Here: Houses of the World. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Lyon, George Ella. 2011. All the Water in the World. New York: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books.

McKissack, Patricia C. 2011. Never Forgotten. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York: Schwartz & Wade. 

Mitchell, Margaree King. 2012. When Grandmama Sings. Illustrated by James Ransome. New York: Amistad.

Illustration from Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul.

Nelson, Kadir. 2011. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. New York: Balzer & Bray.

Nivola, Claire A. 2011. Orani: My Father’s Village. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Paterson, Katherine. 2011. Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Illustrated by Pamela Dalton. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle.

Illustration by Zhu Cheng Liang for A New Year's Reunion.

Qiong, Yu Li. 2011. A New Year’s Reunion. Illustrated by Zhu Cheng Liang. Cambridge. MA: Candlewick Press.

Ramsey, Calvin Alexander. 2010. Ruth and the Green Book. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Minneapolis. MN: Carolrhoda Books.

Ray, Mary Lyn. 2011. Stars. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. New York: Beach Lane Books.

Ringgold, Faith. 2011. Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dream Comes True. Piermont, NH: Bunker Hill Publishing.

Rose, Naomi C. 2011. Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure. New York: Lee & Low Books.

Russo, Marisabina. 2011. I Will Come Back For You: A Family Hiding During World War II. New York: Schwarz & Wade.

From Allen Say's Drawing from Memory

Say, Allen. 2011. Drawing from Memory. New York: Scholastic Press.

Schubert, Leda. 2011. The Princess of Borscht. Illustrated by Bonnie Christensen. New York: Roaring Brook Press.

Shange, Ntozake. 2012. Freedom’s a-Callin Me. Illustrated by Rod Brown. New York: Amistad.

Trottier, Maxine. 2011. Migrant. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Toronto: Groundwood Books.

Uhlberg, Myron. 2011. A Storm Called Katrina. Illustrated by Colin Bootman. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

Vaughan, Marcia. 2011. Irena’s Jars of Secrets. Illustrated by Ron Mazellan. New York: Lee & Low.

Walker, Sally M. 2012. Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown. Illustrated by Sean Quails. New York: HarperCollins.

Illustrated by Paul Morin

Whetung, James (Anishinaabe). 2012. The Vision Seeker. Illustrated by Paul Morin. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

Winter, Jeanette. 2011. The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps. New York: Schwartz & Wade.

Yazzie, Seraphine G. (Navajo). 2011. Beauty Beside Me: Stories of My Grandmother ‘s Skirts. Illustrated by Baje Whitethorne, Sr.(Navajo). Narration by Elsie E. Carr. Flagstaff, AR: Salina BookShelf. (Navajo/English recording).

Young, Ed. 2011. The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.