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Celebrating diversity in my classroomOrr, Tamra B.
Summary: "Mexican Heritage in the Celebrating Diversity in My Classroom series explores the geography, languages, religions, food, and culture of Mexico in a fun age-appropriate way. Students with Mexican heritage are a significant and important part of the fabric of America and this book helps foster empathy in all students and a multi-cultural community in the classroom. Glossary, index, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "A memoir of Karachi through the eyes of its women. Rafia Zakaria's Muslim-Indian family immigrated to Pakistan from Bombay in 1962, feeling the situation for Muslims in India was precarious and that Pakistan represented enormous promise. And for some time it did. Her family prospered, and the city prospered. But in the 1980s, Pakistan's military dictators began an Islamization campaign...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCFInskeep, Steve.
Summary: Analyzes the growing metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan, including the importance of regional stability to American security interests, the terrorist bombing of a Shia religious procession, and the challenging religious, ethnic, and political divides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.91 INSMora, Pat.
Summary: In this poem in English and Spanish, lizards, armadillos, and other creatures of the night make merry beneath the desert moon, enjoying the strains of a mariachi band and gobbling lots of delicious food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piñata Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 468 MOR SPANISHAl-Marashi, Huda
Summary: "When Huda meets Hadi, the boy she will ultimately marry, she is six years old. Both are the American-born children of Iraqi immigrants, who grew up on opposite ends of California. Hadi considers Huda his childhood sweetheart, the first and only girl he's ever loved, but Huda needs proof that she is more than just the girl Hadi's mother has chosen for her son. She wants what the American girls...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019