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Bilingual contemporary stories are useful tools for teaching and learning foreign languages and English as a Second Language. The characters in the stories reflect the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity in our communities.

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Celebrate Diversity Teacher's Guide - Set of 10 Arabic-English Multicultural Books, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities 11 Book Celebrate Diversity Set - Arabic/English (1 Teacher's Guide, 10 Multicultural Books, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities)

This Arabic-English set is invaluable for educational and fun ways to celebrate diversity in the classroom and at home.

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Celebrate Diversity Teacher's Guide - Set of 10 Bilingual Books in Various Languages, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities 11 Book Celebrate Diversity Set - Assorted Languages/English (1 Teacher's Guide, 10 Multicultural Books, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities)

This assorted language set is invaluable for educational and fun ways to celebrate diversity in the classroom and at home.

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Celebrate Diversity Teacher's Guide - Set of 10 Spanish-English Multicultural Books, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities 11 Book Celebrate Diversity Set - Spanish/English (1 Teacher's Guide, 10 Multicultural Books, Lesson Plans, Diversity Activities)

This Spanish-English set is invaluable for educational and fun ways to celebrate diversity in the classroom and at home.

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A Day with Grandpa - bond between a child and elderly grandfather. Poetic dual language book. A Day with Grandpa (Bilingual Children's Book)

A Day with Grandpa shows the bond between a child and elderly grandfather.

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Alfie's Angels - Bilingual Children's Book in Arabic, Chinese, French, German. Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and many other languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. Alfie's Angels (Bilingual Children's Book)

An inspiring story about dreaming big, daring to be different, and being brave.

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Aliens Love Underpants - Bilingual Children's Book in Arabic, Chinese , Farsi, Portuguese, Turkish and many other languages. Great bilingual book for preschool and kindergarten! Aliens Love Underpants (Bilingual Children's Book)

This children's favorite is a story that will have you laughing your pants off!

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Augustus and His Smile - Bilingual Book in Arabic, Farsi, French, Spanish, Vietnamese, and many other languages. Multicultural book for children. Augustus and His Smile (Bilingual Children's Book)

A heart-warming tale about finding happiness (from an award-winning author and illustrator).

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Be Kind - Bilingual diverse children's book available in many languages Be Kind (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

With endearing illustrations, this multicultural book shows many ways to help others with simple acts of kindness.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? - Best bilingual children's book for preschoolers and toddlers. Available in Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Shona, Tamil, Urdu, Yoruba, and many other foreign languages. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bilingual Children's Book)

A classic beloved story, by Eric Carle, that introduces colors and our favorite animals.

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Brrmm! Let's Go! - Bilingual children's book about diversity in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, and more. Children's book that supports culturally responsive teaching. Brrmm! Let's Go! (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

A colorful exploration that takes children around the world to discover different modes of transportation that go "brrmm!"

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Ellie's Secret Diary (Don't bully me) - bilingual children's book about bullying supports social and emotional learning Ellie's Secret Diary (Bilingual Children's Book)

An award nominated book which tells the story of a girl being bullied and explores how she handles the dilemma.

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Errol's Garden Diverse Bilingual Children's Book- inclusive Story Perfect for Culturally Responsive Teaching Errol's Garden (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A heart-warming and inclusive tale about how one boy's garden unites a diverse community.

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Farmer Duck - Bilingual Children's Book in Albanian, Bengali, Farsi, German, Italian, Spanish, Nepali, Romanian, Yoruba and more. Great bilingual book for toddlers and kindergarten. Farmer Duck (Bilingual Children's Book)

An award-winning book about a duck overworked by a lazy farmer and the duck's farm friends who plot their own justice.

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Food, Food, Fabulous Food - Bilingual Children's Book available in Arabic, Farsi, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Urdu, and many more languages. Great story for diverse classrooms. Food, Food, Fabulous Food (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A story of sharing foods and learning the process of growing, shopping, and preparing foods from different cultures.

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Goal! Let's Play! - Bilingual children's book about diversity in Arabic, Bengali, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and more. Best multicultural children's book Goal! Let's Play! (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

A fun and culturally insightful book to discover games and sports played around the world.

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Grandma's Saturday Soup - Bilingual Children's Book in Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Patois, Romanian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and more. Diverse children's book to inspire culturally responsive classrooms Grandma's Saturday Soup (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A thoughtful story about belonging in two places at once, and learning to love them both.

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Handa's Hen - Multicultural children's book in Albanian, Chinese (Cantonese), French, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Urdu, and many other languages.  Inspiring story for diverse classrooms! Handa's Hen (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

A colorful story of best friends and their journey through an African landscape looking for animals around the hen house.

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Handa's Surprise - Diverse children's book available in Arabic, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Twi, Urdu, and many other languages.  Multicultural book for language learning in the classroom. Handa's Surprise (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

The endearing story of a journey to deliver fruits to a friend and the animals encountered along the way in the African landscape.

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Happy After All - Bilingual Children's Book in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and many other languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms promotes empathy. Happy After All (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A delightful story of the challenges and hopefulness faced by immigrant families.

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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes  - Bilingual board book in Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Urdu, Vietnamese and many other languages. Multicultural books for preschoolers support language development! Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Bilingual Children's Book)

This well-loved nursery rhyme will bond parents and children through singing and rhymes.

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I Took the Moon for a Walk - Bilingual children's book available in Albanian, Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin),Czech, French, Haitian Creole, Panjabi, Somali, Spanish, Urdu, and many other languages.  Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. I Took the Moon for a Walk (Bilingual Children's Book)

This sweet story, of an imaginary night time journey, is written in lyrical verse and has beautiful detailed illustrations.

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I'm Coming to Get You - Bilingual book for children available in Arabic, Bulgarian, French, Haitian Creole, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and many other languages. Great foreign language teaching resource. I'm Coming to Get You (Bilingual Children's Book)

A humorous story to help children cope with bedtime fears and learn the difference between real and imaginary.

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Fun Bilingual Board Book. Great Multicultural book for preschoolers, toddlers and babies. If You're Happy and You Know It. If You're Happy and You Know It (Bilingual Children's Book)

This well-loved nursery rhyme will bond parents and children through singing and rhymes.

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Keeping Up with Cheetah - Bilingual children's book about friendship supports social and emotional learning. Available in Chinese, Farsi, Kurdish, Spanish, Urdu, and many more foreign languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. Keeping Up With Cheetah (Bilingual Children's Book)

A charming story about the value of friendship and what it means to be a good friend.

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Let's Go to the Farm Bilingual Board Book for Preschool in English with Spanish, Arabic and more. Let's Go to the Farm (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A boldly illustrated book that helps children explore the people, animals, and objects they will see and hear on a farm.

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Let's Go to the Park Bilingual Board Book for Preschool in English with Chinese, Farsi, French, Italian, Kurdish, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu Let's Go to the Park (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A fun book that helps children explore the people, animals, and objects they meet, see, and hear at the park.

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Keeping Up with Cheetah - Bilingual children's book about friendship supports social and emotional learning. Available in Chinese, Farsi, Kurdish, Spanish, Urdu, and many more foreign languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. Li's Chinese New Year (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

A wonderful story which provides a cultural exploration of Chinese New Year.

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Lima's Red Hot Chilli - Bilingual Children's Book in Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, and many more world languages. Great to promote multiculturalism. Lima's Red Hot Chilli (Bilingual Children's Book)

A humorous award-winning illustrated book about a hungry little girl.

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Listen, Listen - Bilingual children's book in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Polish, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese and many other languages. Inspiring story for bilingual classrooms. Listen, Listen (Bilingual Children's Book)

A beautifully illustrated story that explores the different seasons, and the amazing sights and sounds of nature.

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Marek and Alice's Christmas - Bilingual Book Marek and Alice's Christmas (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A charming book that provides cultural insight on how people celebrate different holidays around the world.

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Mei Ling's Hiccups - Dual language book in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Latvian, Polish, and more..Great for culturally responsive teaching in diverse classrooms. Mei Ling's Hiccups (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

A lighthearted tale about the many ways different communities approach a common problem.

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Mungo Makes New Friends - Bilingual story about making friends in Nepali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and many more languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. Mungo Makes New Friends (Bilingual Children's Book)

This beautifully illustrated book, set in the Scottish Highlands, will promote discussion about inclusion and friendship.

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Nita Goes To Hospital - Bilingual Book in Arabic, Farsi, German, Korean, Panjabi, Russian, and many other languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. Nita Goes To Hospital (Bilingual Children's Book)

A charming story that helps ease children's fears about visiting the hospital.

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Quiet - a bilingual book about sounds around the house. Available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and many other foreign languages. Quiet (Bilingual Children's Book)

This enchanting picture book raises awareness of the sounds we can hear, throughout our day, when we are really quiet.

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RAAG, the Red Striped Zebra in  Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Malayalam, Ukrainian, Dari and more.  Learn about managing overwhelming emotions in this charmingly illustrated story about friendship. RAAG, the Red Striped Zebra (Bilingual Children's Book)

This imaginative story teaches how to manage big emotions like anger and frustration.

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Rafa's First Day - Bilingual Children's Book in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, Haitian Creole and many other languages. Great story for newcomers. Rafa's First Day (Bilingual Children's Book)

A gently told tale perfect for all children starting school or the newcomer to the classroom.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat - Bilingual Board Book for babies and toddlers available in many languages. Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Bilingual Children's Book)

This well-loved nursery rhyme will bond parents and children through singing and rhymes.

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Sahir Goes to the Dentist - Bilingual book in Albanian, Chinese, French, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Urdu, and more. Great children's book about diversity. Sahir Goes to the Dentist (Bilingual Children's Book)

A charming story that teaches children valuable lessons about caring for their teeth.

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Samira's Eid - Diverse Children's Book about Ramadan and Eid holidays. Available in Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Kurdish, Somali, Urdu, and many more languages. Samira's Eid (Bilingual Diverse Children's Book)

A beautiful story that provides a cultural introduction to the religious duties and festivities during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Sports Day in the Jungle - Bilingual Children's Book available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Nepali, Russian, Spanish, and many other languages. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms Sports Day In The Jungle (Bilingual Children's Book)

Children will love reading about the wild, colorful animals that play sports in the jungle.

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Squirrel Monkey - Bilingual Children's Book in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, Dari, Pashto and many other languages. Squirrel Monkey (Bilingual Children's Book)

A thoughtful tale about acceptance and the power of mindfulness.

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Sunita’s Special Day in Arabic, Hmong, Spanish, Bengali, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Pashto and many more. Sunita and her classmates enjoy an animal adventure on their field trip to the zoo. Sunita at the Zoo (Bilingual Children's Book)

Sunita and her classmates enjoy an animal adventure on their field trip to the zoo.

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Sunita Makes Friends in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, French, Hindi, Ukrainian, Pashto and more. Sunita’s day brightens with the best surprise of all: a new friend! Sunita Makes Friends (Bilingual Children's Book)

Sunita's day brightens with the best surprise of all: a new friend!

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Sunita’s Special Day in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, Bengali, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Pashto and more. Sunita celebrates Halloween with good friends, yummy treats, and fun fall games. Sunita's Special Day (Bilingual Children's Book)

Sunita celebrates Halloween with good friends, yummy treats, and fun fall games.

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That's My Mum - Children's Book about Diversity in Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, French, Gujarati, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and many more languages. Multicultural Books supports Culturally Responsive Teacing. That's My Mom (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

This award-winning story will inspire children to take pride in their heritage and in the uniqueness of their families.

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The Biscuit Moon - Bilingual Multicultural Children's Book explores cooperation, scarcity, sharing resources, climate change. Inspiring story for diverse classrooms. The Biscuit Moon (Bilingual Children's Book)

A powerful story about scarcity, greed, the futility of fighting, and the benefits/wisdom of cooperation.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Bilingual picture book in Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Panjabi, Somali, and Urdu. Best bilingual book for preschoolers. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Bilingual Children's Book)

A classic beloved story, by Eric Carle, that teaches about days, foods, and numbers.

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The Wibbly Wobbly Tooth - Bilingual children's book that helps celebrate diversity. Available in Albanian, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Tamil, and more. The Wibbly Wobbly Tooth (Bilingual Multicultural Book)

This humorous story is an exploration of different cultural traditions associated with losing a tooth.

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The Wild Washerwomen - Bilingual children's book available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Haitian Creole, Nepali, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and many diverse languages.  Great for teaching English as a Second Language and foreign languages. The Wild Washerwomen (Bilingual Book)

With its silly story and colorful illustrations, this is an amusing book for those who imagine what it would be like to get away!

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Tom and Sofia Start School - Bilingual children's book in Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Urdu, and many other foreign languages.  Great children's books for the first day of school! Tom and Sofia Start School (Bilingual Children's Book)

A perfect book for children getting ready for their first day of school.

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Bilingual Contemporary Stories