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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Awakening creativity Awakening creativity Lily Yeh "Awakening Creativity describes the participatory process of artistic expression guided by Lily Yeh at The Dandelion School, a nonprofit organization in Beijing that serves the children of poor migra… OL16212130W
Minority students in East Asia Minority students in East Asia Yuxiang Wang,JoAnn Phillion,Ming-tak Hue "In <EM>Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses </EM>authors discuss their research on minority students' schooling (elementary to higher education… OL16212461W
Race and education Race and education Sally Tomlinson Provides crucial information on key educational issues, events and conflicts in Britain from the 1960s to the present day. OL16924682W
The Prodigal Daughter The Prodigal Daughter Jeffrey Archer HER FUTURE IS AMBITION. With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel’s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future.… OL1807139W
Forgotten citizens Forgotten citizens Luis H. Zayas "The United States Constitution insures that all persons born in the US are citizens with equal protection under the law. But in today's America, the US-born children of undocumented immigrants--over… OL19666321W
Girl mans up Girl mans up M-E Girard All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she's trying to be a boy that she should quit tryin… OL20034145W
The bride price The bride price Mai Neng Moua "A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decid… OL20058389W
Educating immigrant children Educating immigrant children Charles Leslie Glenn Surveys educational policies and practices in response to language diversity in twelve countries, and draws from them lessons for a more effective whole-school approach. Policies and practices are di… OL20140702W
Let's talk about when your parent doesn't speak English Let's talk about when your parent doesn't speak English Maureen Wittbold Briefly describes why a person's parent may not speak English, what effect this may have on a child, and how to handle this situation. OL2039127W
Brown Girl in the Room Brown Girl in the Room Priya Ramsingh 240 pages : 22 cm OL21329193W
Trespass Trespass Valerie Martin Chloe Dale's life is in good order. Her only child, Toby, has started his junior year at New York University; her husband, an academic on sabbatical, is working at home on his book about the Crusades… OL21587674W
Empire's children Empire's children Anton Gill 'Empire's Children' - a tie-in edition to a six part TV series for Channel 4 - which follows the personal journeys of six British celebrities as they retrace their steps through their multicultural p… OL24262996W
The Sandwich The Sandwich Ian Wallace The other kids in school bring peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. Vincenzo brings a mortadella and provolone cheese sandwich. Everyone laughs at him and says, "Vincenzo eats stinky meat." … OL5928755W
Children of the city Children of the city David Nasaw It was the turn of the 20th century--a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently limitless possibilities. Author David Nasaw has recreated this period in ou… OL891763W