Annotated Bibliography

Mrs.Chritensen
Amya Werner
Tuck, M. P. (2013). As Fast as Words can Fly. New York, New York. Lee and Low books.
As fast as words can fly is a multicultural book about a 14 year old African American
boy (Mason), who faces the struggles of not fitting in with all the white people. The boys father
Willis, is a civil rights group activist who shows his children that everyone should be treated
equally. Mason finds his love in typing and helping his father win cases. As soon as mason and
his brothers are allowed to go to the whites only school, the teachers, principal, students, and
bus driver do not want anything to do with the African American children. Throughout all of
this, Mason sticks to what he loves and teaches the white teachers a lesson about being true to
yourself and being proud of it. In the classroom, this can teach students a lesson about how
African Americans used to be treated, even though they do not deserve it. This is an amazing
multicultural lesson because the book shows that even though everyone is different, we all
should be treated equally.

Bunting, E. (2006). One Green Apple. Massachusetts. Clarion books.

Farrah is a young girl who just moved from a foreign country, she is a Muslim
immigrant. She is scared, feeling alone, and does not speak the language of her new country. All
she can do is nod her head to communicate with her new classmates. This ll changes when her
school class takes a field trip to an apple orchard. At the apple orchard, she recognizes old
background sounds that sounded familiar to her home. Once she realizes that it is not so
different, she starts to connect with her classmates and feels comfortable in her new home. This
lesson is not only good for multicultural purposes, but also for teaching kids at the beginning of
the year that everyone has little similarities. This can show students that even if they have a
different culture or background, they can still have a lot in common with other children.

Sauer, T. (2011). Mostly Monsterly. Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman books.

Bernadette is a young monster, who feels like she does not fit in with the other monster
children. When Bernadette is old enough to go to her school, Monster Academy, she is scare the
other monsters will not like how different she is. At first her classmates think she is very weird
and is too different to be friends with them. In the end, Bernadette realizes even when you are
different from everyone else, you can still be friends. She realizes being different doesn't make
her a bad person it is just who she is. This book is a fantastic way to start teaching diversity. This
gives the younger students a taste of being different and could be the start of many lessons on
being different and that it is okay to be yourself.