Multi - Ethnic / Cultural

African American

American Dreams, Sapphire Description: Subjects: Poetry; African American Vintage Books, 1996, 0-679-76799-1, Paperback, ? pgs, 5 1/4 x 8, $12.00.	Hair Care Tips for Sisters on the Move: Feeling Fit and Looking Fine, Donna DeCaille and Sisters Together Coalition Description: Description from NIFL website ... An example of materials developed by and for Black women. This booklet is about hair care for women who are physically active or planning to be. Regular exercise improves your health and helps you feel good about yourself. Some women say that concern for their hair style can get in the way of exercise. Having neat and stylish hair has always been a part of our culture. This booklet offers tips to make hair care easier for active women. Photographs. Subjects: Health; African American; Culture Health Literacy Studies, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, 2001, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/hair.pdf, pdf on Internet, 20 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Internet.
Harriet Tubman: Black Leaders in the Freedom Struggle, Mary Stuart Description: Intended for more advanced literacy students. Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave who became a leader in the Underground Railroad. Subjects: Bios/Autobios; African American; History Peppercorn / Central Bristol AEC, 1991, 1-87311503-2, Paperback, 32 pgs, $7.00.	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou Description: The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood . . . have I found myself so moved . . . Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death".--James Baldwin. Subjects: Memoir; African American Bantam Books, 1971/1993, 0-553-27937-8, Paperback, 291 pgs, 4 x 7, $5.99. Level: 5-8.
Let It Shine: The Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, Andrea Davis Pinkney    Description: Ten female freedom fighters let their lights shine in African-American history, and the stories of those women, from Harriet Tubman to Rosa Parks, are told in this collection. Full-color illustrations     Subjects: African American; Bios/Autobios; History    Gulliver Books / Harcourt, 2000, 0-15-201005-X, Hardcover, 120 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $20.00. Level: 5-8.	Lost and Found: Bluford Series, Anne Schraff Description: This, the first book in the Bluford Series, centers on the life of Bluford sophomore Darcy Wills. Darcy contends with the return of her long-absent father, the troubling behavior of her younger sister Jamee, and the beginning of her first relationship. Subjects: Fiction - Young Adult; African American; Mystery Townsend Press, 2001, 0-944210-02-3, Paperback, 133 pgs, 4 x 7, $4.95. Level: 5+.
A Matter of Trust: Bluford Series, Anne Schraff Description: The sequel to Lost and Found, this book centers on Darcy's growing conflict with her old friend, Brisana Meeks. Amid jealousy and competition, Darcy fights for her relationship with Hakeem Randall and struggles with her fears over her own family's future. Subjects: Fiction - Young Adult; African American Townsend Press, 2001, 0-944210-03-1, Paperback, 125 pgs, 4 x 7, $4.95. Level: 5+.	Movement in Black, Pat Parker Description: Straight-forward poetry by a black lesbian poet and activist. Subjects: Poetry; African American; Gay/Lesbian Firebrand Books, (Distributed by: LPC Group), 1999, 1-563411-083, Paperback, 208 pgs, 6 x 8 1/4, $16.95. Level: 8+.
Push: A Novel, Sapphire Description: Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical literacy teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption. Audiotape available. Subjects: Fiction; Violence; African American Vintage, 1997, 0-679-76675-8, Paperback, 180 pgs, 5 1/4 x 8, $11.00.	Sojourner Truth: Black Leaders in the Freedom Struggle, Marie Stuart Description: Intended for more advanced literacy students. Sojourner Truth was a slave who gained her freedom, became a preacher, and worked tirelessly for the cause of freedom until her death. Subjects: Bios/Autobios; African American; History Peppercorn / Central Bristol AEC, 1990, 1-87311500-8, Paperback, 30 pgs, $7.00.
Someone to Love Me: Bluford Series, Anne Schraff Description: This story is about Cindy Gibson, a Bluford freshman who first appears in Lost and Found. Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous boyfriend, and worse. Will her fragile family survive? Subjects: Fiction - Young Adult; African American Townsend Press, 2001, 0-944210-06-0, Paperback, 162 pgs, 4 x 7, $4.95. Level: 5+.	Until We Meet Again: Bluford Series, Anne Schraff Description: Sequel to A Matter of Trust, this story continues the tale of the Wills family. Darcy learns that Hakeem, her first boyfriend, is moving out of the state. Then her grandmother's health declines and a mysterious new person comes into her life. Subjects: Fiction - Young Adult; African American Townsend Press, 2001, 0-944210-07-4, Paperback, 144 pgs, 4 x 7, $. Level: 5+.

Selected from "China Men" and "The Woman Warrior": Writer's Voices Series, Maxine Hong Kingston
Description: Subjects: Bios/Autobios; Asian American
New Readers Press, 1996, 0-929631-12-9, Paperback, 4 x 7, $5.00.

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Latinas

De Madre A Madre/ From Mother to Mother Photonovels: 'Stories for Life' series, Susan Auger Description: This is a series of seven photonovels that follow Latina women through conception, pregnancy, and the birth of a baby. Using photographs and balloon dialogue, each tells the story of a woman's experience in the context of talking with her friends and health care providers. The topics are conception, visiting the clinic, nutrition, risks, labor, the newborn baby, and breastfeeding. The booklets use simple language, large print, and have Spanish on one side and English on the other. They are well suited to ESOL classes and low-literacy audiences. Notes: Available in two formats; classroom resource ; outreach material. Subjects: Latina; Bilingual; Pregnancy; Parenting Aprendo Press, 2001, no isbn, Paperback, 16-24 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Contact Source.	Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvira Alvarado , Medea Benjamin and Elvira Alvarado Description: Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country's leading political activists. Subjects: Bios/Autobios; Latina Harper Row, 1989, 0-06-097205-X, Paperback, 208 pgs, 5 1/4 x 8, $12.95.
Latinas: Hispanic Women in the United States, Hedda Garza Description: This important book tells the history of Hispanic women in the United States. It discusses the major contributions of Chicanas, Puertorriqueñas, Cubanas, Dominicanas and women from throughout Central and South America.Though intended for young adults, this attractive book will appeal to anyone who wants to understand more about the lives and histories of Latinas in the U.S. Subjects: History; Latina Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2001, 0-8263-2360-X, Paperback, 192 pgs, 6 x 9, $17.95. Level: 8+.	Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada: For the Latina in an Abusive Relationship, Myrna Zambrano Description: A bilingual handbook in Spanish and English Subjects: Bilingual; Violence; Latina Seal Press, (Distributed by: Publishers Group West (800) 788-3123) 1985, 0-931188-26-1, Paperback, 256 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $12.95. Level: mixed.  Reviews: (from the publisher -- "I can sincerely say that this book is the best thing that has happened for Latinas in the battered women's movement." &endash;Maria V. Zavala, Counselor and Advocate Womenshelter/Companeras)
Mujer: Mothers United for Jobs Education and Results, Culebra Moms of the Culebra Workforce Center's "Choices" Class Description: Subjects: Learner Writings; Welfare; Culture Anson Green, 1999, http://members.aol.com/culebramom/mujer.html, Internet, $---Internet.	No Mas!: Guia Para La Mujer Golpeada, Myrna M. Zambrano Description: This is an accessible and practical guide for the abused Latina, written entirely in easy-to-read Spanish. Subjects: Violence; Latina; Spanish Language Seal Press, (Distributed by: Publishers Group West (800) 788-3123) 1994, 1-878067-50-8, Paperback, 51 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $6.95. Level: 3-5.
When I Was Puerto Rican, Esmeralda Santiago Description: A coming-of-age memoir in which the author recounts her childhood in rural Puerto Rico and her teenage years in New York City. Subjects: Memoir; Latina Vintage Books, 1994, 0-679-75676-0, Paperback, 274 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $12.00.

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