76 Children's Books about Neighborhoods

Glass, Linzi. (2006). The Year the Gypsies Came. NewYork:  Henry Holt. (South Africa during the 1960s).

Neighborhoods

“ The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is alway
s replete with new improvisations.” Jane Jacobs, 1961

Bouchard, Dave. (1998). If You’re Not from the Prairie. Aladdin Library.
Collier, Bryan. (2000). Uptown. Henry Holt & Company.

1. Ajmera, Maya & John D. Ivanko. (2006). Be My Neighbor. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
2. Ancona, George. (2005). Mi Barrio/My Neighborhood. New York: Children's Press.
3. Ancona, George. (1998). Barrio: El Barrio de Jose. Orlando, FL: Harcourt.
4. Argueta, Jorge. (2007). Alfredito Flies Home. Illustrated by Luis Garay. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
5. Argueta, Jorge.  (2007). Alfredito regresa volando a su casa. Illustrated by Luis Garay. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
6. Baker, Jeannie. (2010). Mirror.Somerville, MA:  Candlewick Books.
7. Baker, Jeannie. (2004). Home. New York: Greenwillow Books.
8. Baker, Jeannie. (2004). Belonging. New York: Walker Books.
9. Baker, Jeannie. (2001). Home in the Sky. New York: Walker Books.
10. Barber, Barbara E. (1998). Allie's Basketball Dream. Illustrated by Darryl Ligasan. New York: Lee & Low Books.
11. Bean, Jonathan. (2007). At Night. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.






12. Bluemle, Elizabeth. (2014). Tap Tap Boom Boom. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
13. Blumenthal, Deborah. (2010). The Blue House Dog. Illustrated by Adam Gustavson. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.
14. Boswell, Addie. (2008). The Rain Stomper. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
15. Brown, Tameka Fryer.(2010). Around Our Way on Neighbor's Day. Illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. New York: Henry N. Abrams.
16. Buitrago, Jairo. (2012). Jimmy the Greatest! Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng. Translated by Elisa Amado. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 



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17. Byrd, Less Merrill. (2003). The Treasure on Gold Street/El Tesoro en l Calle d'Oro: A Neighborhood Story in Spanish and English. Illustrated by Antonio L. Castro. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
18. Chen, Chin Y. (2003). On My Way to By Eggs. La Jolla, CA: Kane Miller Books.
19. Chocolate, D. (2009). El Barrio. Illustrated by David Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
20. Cooper, Elisha. (2005). A Good Night Walk. New York: Orchard Books.
21. Cordell, Matthew. (2012). hello! hello! New York: Disney Hyperion.
22. Coy, Jon. (1999). Strong to the Hoop. Illustrated by Jean-Bart Leslie. New york: Lee & Low Books.
23. Crews, Donald. (1996). Shortcut. New York: Greenwillow Books.
24. Crews, Nina. (2011). The Neighborhood Sing Along. New York: Greenwillow.
25. Crews, Nina. (2003). The Neighborhood Mother Goose. New York: Greenwillow.
26. Croza, Laurel. (2014). From There to Here. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 






27. Croza, Laurel. (2010). I Know Here. Illustrated by Matt James. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
28. Cumpiano, Ina. (2009). Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecindario de Quinito. Illustrated by Jose Ramirez. New York: Lee and Low Books. 
29. DiSalvo-Ryan DyAnne. (2000). Grandpa's Corner Store. New York: HarperCollins.
30. DiSalvo-Ryan DyAnne. (1996). City Green. New York: HarperCollins.
31. Drummond, Alan. (2011). Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind an Changed Their World. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 
32. Fanelli, Sara. (2001). My Map Book. New York: Harper.
33. Fine, Edith Hope and  Angela Halpin. (2010). Water, Weed and Wait. Illustrated by Colleen M. Madden. San Francisco, CA: Tricycle Press.






34. Fine, Edith Hope. (2007). Armando and the Blue Tarp School. Illustrated by Judith Pinkerton Josephson. New York: Lee & Low Books.
35. Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold. (2010). Arbor Day Square. Illustrated by Cyd Moore. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.
36. Goldberg, Dana (ed).(2012). On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists. New York: Lee & Low Books.
37. González, Lucía. (2008). The Storyteller's Candle/La verlita de los cuentos. Illustrated by Lulu Delacre. New York: Lee & Low Books.
38. Grant, Shauntay. (2010). The City Speaks in Drums. Illustrated by Susan Tooke. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing.
39. Greenfield, Eloise. (1996). Night on Neighborhood Street. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Minneapolis, MN: Perfection Learning.
40. Greenfield, Eloise. (2006). The Friendly Four. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. New York: Amistad.
41. Gringsby, Susan. (2010).  In the Garden with Dr. Carver. Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell. Morton Grove,  IL: Albert Whitman & Company. 
42. Gunning, Monica. (2004). A Shelter in Our Car. Illustrated by Elaine Pedlar. San Francisco, CA: Children's Book Press.
43. Hei, Yumi. (1996). One Afternoon. New York: Scholastic.
44. Hesse, Karen. (1999). Come On, Rain. Illustrated by Jon J. Muth. New York: Scholastic.
45. Isadora, Rachel. (2012). Say Hello! New York: Putnam.
46. Keats, Ezra Jack. (1976). The Snowy Day. New York: Puffin.
47. King, M.G. (2010). Librarian in the roof! A True Story. Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. Morton Grove,  IL: Albert Whitman & Company. 
48. Kittinger, Jo S. (2012). The House on Dirty-Third Street. Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishing.
49. Lauture, Denize. (2000). Running The Road To ABC. Illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. New York: Aladdin.
50. Lewin, Ted. (2007). At Gleason's Gym. New York: Roaring Brook Press.






51. Machado, Ana Marie.  (2013). What a Party! Illustrated by Helene Moreau. Trans. by Elisa Amado. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
52. Manning, Maurie. (2012). Laundry Day. New York: Clarion Books.
53. McClean, Linda. (2007). The Heidelberg Project: A Street of Dreams. Northville MI: Nelson Publishing. 
54. McClintock, Barbara. (2006). Adèle & Simon. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
55. McGovern, Anne. (1997). The Lady in the Box.  Illustrated by  Marnie Backer. New York: Turtle Books.
56. Morrison, Gordon. (2008). Nature in the Neighborhood. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
57. Park, Frances & Ginger Park. (2008). The Have a Good Day Cafe. Illustrated by Katherine Potter. New York: Lee & Low Books.
58. Pilkey, Dav. (1999). The Paperboy.New York: Scholastic.
59. Ramirez, Antonio. (2004). Napí. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
60. Robles, Anthony D. (2006). Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel. Illustrated by Carl Angel. New York: Lee & Low Books.



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from In Lucia's Neighborhood

61. Robles, Anthony D. (2003). Lakas and the Manilatown Fish. Illustrated by Carl Angel. New York: Lee & Low Books.
62. Rocco, John. (2011). Blackout. New York: Disney-Hyperion.
63. Rumford, James. (2010). Rain School.  New York: HMH Books.
64. Schotter, Roni. (1999). Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street. Illustrated by Krysten Broker. New York: Scholastic.
65. Shewchuk, Pat. (2013). In Lucia's Neighborhood. Illustrated by Marke Colek. Tarryton, NY: Kids Can Press. 
66. Shin, Sun Yung (2004). Cooper's Lesson. Illustrated by Kim Coogan. New York: Lee & Low Books.



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67. Spinelli, Eileen. (2007). Heat Wave. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin.
68. Sullivan, Kate. (2013). One Linden Square. Sleeping Bear Press.
69. Tamar, Erika. (1996). The Garden of Happiness. Illustrated by Barbara Lambase. New York: HMH Books.



from A Place Where Hurricanes Happen

70. Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2010). Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin. New York: Henry Abrams.
71. Watson, Renee.(2011). A Place where Hurricanes Happen. Illustrated by Shadra Strickland. New York: Random House.
72. Weatherford, Carole Boston. (2014). Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Morton Grove,  IL: Albert Whitman & Company. 
73. Williams, Lara. E. (2010). The Can Man. Illustrated by Craig Orback.  New York: Lee & Low Books.



from A Few Blocks

74. Yaccarino, Dan. (2012).  Every Friday. New York: Square Fish.
75. Young, Cybèle. (2011).  A Few Blocks. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books. 
76. Zelvar, Patricia. (2005).  The Wonderful Towers of Watts. Illustrated by Frane Lessac. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press. 

250+ Children's Books Featuring Black Boys and Men

Guest Blog: Jane M. Gangi
 
This post is authored by a friend, colleague and coauthor of Deepening Literacy Learning, Jane M. Gangi.  In this post, Jane is sharing a PowerPoint slideshow that she will be using at the Summit: Building a Bridge to Literacy for African American Male Youth: A Call to Action for the Library Community at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill on June 3-5, 2012 that features more than 250 children's books depicting Black males. 

 Jane's article, "The Unbearable Whiteness of Literacy Instruction: Realizing the Implications of the Proficient Reader Research"(MC Review, 2008) offers an important critique of racial representation in the literacy textbooks for teachers and teacher candidates. I encourage you to read it.  She and I have also reviewed professional literacy textbooks from 2004 through 2008 and the news is not good.  Here's  a link to a post Jane did at the end of 2010.

Books depicting black males slide show -sandra may 25 230pm

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