LEAMOS Resources
![LEAMOS Staff in multilingual and multicultural studies program](/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSLEAMOSStaff.jpg)
The LEAMOS staff curated an invaluable resource for teachers, parents and guardians of multilingual students.
Below, find multilingual and multicultural resources for students arranged by language. Books are listed by grade level for K-12 including Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, French, Nepali, Urdu, and Ukrainian language resources. Also find social emotional learning and multicultural text recommendations.
Spanish/Español
EC-2nd Grade
![Spanish book Mi Familia](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSSpanish.jpg)
- In My Family/En Mi Familia (Family Pictures) by Carmen Lomas Garza
- Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People/Poeta del Pueblo by Monica Brown
- Abuelita Full of Life/Abuelita Llena de Vida by Amy Costales
- Marta, Big and Small by Jen Arena
- Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin/Dear Primo: Una Carta Para Ti by Duncan Tonatiuh
3rd-6th Grade
- Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States by Lori Carlson
- Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Diego Rivera, His World and Ours/ Diego Rivera: Su Mundo Y El Nuestro by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Somos Como las Nubes/We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta
Middle School
- Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States by Lori Carlson
- Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: a Mesoamerican Creation Myth/Serpiente Emplumada y los Cinco Soles: Un Mito Mesoamericano by Duncan Tonatiuh
High School
- The Distance Between Us/La Distancia Entre Nosotros by Reyna Grande
- Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija Mexicana / I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Arabic/عربى
EC-2nd Grade
![Arabic book Samira’s Eid](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSArabic.jpg)
- Samira’s Eid by Nnasreen Aktar (English and Arabic)
- Mirror by Jeannie Baker
- The Day Saida Arrived by Susana Gómez Redondo
- Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes by Hena Khan
- How Many Donkeys?: An Arabic Counting Tale by Margaret Read MacDonald and Nadia Jameel Taibah
3rd-6th Grade
- Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary by DK Publishing
- The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
- Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
Middle School/High School
- Arabic Stories for Language Learners: Traditional Middle Eastern Tales In Arabic and English by Hezi Brosh
- Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary by DK Publishing
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Vietnamese/Tiếng Việt
EC-2nd Grade
![Vietnamese book A Different Pond by Bao Phi](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSVietnameseNew.jpg)
- Vietnam ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Vietnam by Theresa Alberti
- Am I small? Có phải tôi nhỏ bé?: Children's Picture Book English-Vietnamese by Philipp Winterberg
- A Different Pond by Bao Phi
- Wishes by Muon Thi Van
3rd-6th Grade
- The Biscuit Moon by Jesus Gaban
- Happy After All by Anneke Forzani
Middle School
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
- Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
- House Without Walls by Ching Yeung Russell
High School
- The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir Paperback by Thi Bui
- A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
- Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao
French/Français
EC-2nd Grade
![French book Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSFrench.jpg)
- Eau-Water, Short Stories For Beginners by Miley Smiley
- What Am I?/ Qu’est - Ce Que C’est? by Alain Crozon, Aurelie Lanchais
- Songs in the Shade of the Flamboyant Tree: French Creole Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes by Chantal Grosléziat and Paul. Mindy
3rd-6th Grade
- Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin by Michelle Lord and Felicia Hoshino
Middle/High School
- Contes de Charles Perrault. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. by Svetlana Bagdasaryan
- Short Stories in French edited by Richard Coward
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Nepali/नेपाली
EC-2nd Grade
![Nepali book Dashain Aayo! Tihar Aayo!](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSNepali.jpg)
- I See the Sun in Nepal by Dedie King
- Who Are We?/ हामी को हौं? (Nepali-English) by Anneke Forzani
- My First Nepali Words for Communication Picture Book by Shirisha
- Little Sid by Ian Lendler and Xanthe Bouma
3rd-6th Grade
- Dashain Aayo! Tihar Aayo! A Nepali Festival Celebration by Anita Adhikary
- The Dance of the Caterpillars (Bilingual Nepali/English) by Adele Marie Crouch
Middle/High School
- Sold by Patricia McCormick
- Where Hummingbirds Come From Bilingual Nepali English by Adele Marie Crouch
- Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay
- The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal by Dena Moes
Urdu/اردو
EC-2nd Grade
![Urdu book Malala Yousafzai](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSUrdu.jpg)
- Guru Nanak: First of the Sikhs by Demi
- Malala Yousafzai by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
- Teatime Around the World by Denyse Waissbluth
3rd-6th Grade
- Roots and Wings: How Shahzia Sikander Became an Artist
- Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi
- Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
- A Long Pitch Home by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Middle School
- First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins
- More to the Story by Hena Khan
High School
- Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
- If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar
- Mariam Sharma Hits the Road by Sheba Karim
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Ukrainian/українська
EC-2nd Grade
![Ukrainian book You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSUkrainian.jpg)
- Who Lives in the Wood?/ Хто живе y лісі?: An Illustrated Ukrainian-English Bilingual Story for Kids by Chatty Parrot
- Я Люблю Читати – Ukrainian Reading for Kids by Chatty Parrot
- English-Ukrainian School Children’s Bilingual Picture Dictionary by Richard Carlson, Jr.
- Sirko: The Ukrainian folktale in English and Ukrainian by Olha Tkachenko
- Tutti, the One and Only: Ukrainian Edition by Anastasia Goldak
3rd-6th Grade
- The Little Book: Story Reader for a Free Ukraine by Mykola Matwijczuk
- Cousins Forever - Кузини Назавжди: A Bilingual Book for Kids Learning Ukrainian by Elisavet Arkolaki
Middle School
- Feathers of Hope: A Young Adult Fantasy by J.A. Culican
High School
- You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska
Social Emotional Learning
EC-2nd Grade
![Social Emotional Learning book Lend A Hand: Poems About Giving](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSSocialEmotional.jpg)
- The Boy At the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf
- Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
- Breathing Makes it Better by Christopher Willard and Wendy O'Leary
- Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold
- After the Fall by Dan Santat
3rd-6th Grade
- The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley
- She Was The First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown
- Lend A Hand: Poems About Giving by John Frank
- The Three Lucys by Hayan Charara
Middle School
- Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and The Village Bank by Paula Yoo
- Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson
High School
- Self-Concept by Saul McLeod
- Stress for Success by Alison Pearce Stevens
- Bird by Zetta Elliott
Multicultural Texts
EC-2nd Grade
![Multicultural book We Came to America](https://pxl-twuedu.terminalfour.net/filters:format(webp)/prod01/twu-cdn-pxl/media/images/literacy-learning/MMSMulticultural.jpg)
- We Came to America by Faith Ringgold
- A Country Far Away by Nigel Gray
- Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Sara Palacios
3rd-6th Grade
- Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatium
- Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of Fifty Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff by James Gulliver Hancock
- What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
- My Diary from Here to There by Amada Irma Pérez
Middle School
- Chess Rumble by G. Neri
- Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood by EdNah New Rider Weber
- Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe García McCall
- Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski
- Drift by M.K. Hutchins
High School
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
- Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Lieu
Websites
- The New York Public Library - English Resources
- International Children's Digital Library: Largest collection of freely available international children’s book digital library
- LearnEnglish Kids: Free online games, songs, stories and activities for children learning English
- Open Culture: Collection of resources for learning 48 different languages online for free
- Colorín Colorado: Site for educators and families of bilingual students
Apps
- 8 language learning apps for ESL students
- Memrise.com: Language courses for English speakers
- Speak & Translate: For voice, text, and photo translation
Educational Resources for Parents/Teachers/Guardians
- “Hold Onto your Home Language” translated brochure
- Multilingual Videos to Support Language and Literacy at Home
- Diverse Book Finder
- BusyTeacher.org: 17k+ free printable worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English to all ages
- ESL Galaxy: Lesson plans, materials, activities, and games for English language learners
- ESL Games World: Interactive games and lesson plans for English language learners
Page last updated 11:12 AM, August 22, 2024