Title Author Language Grade Level Themes

Title Author Language Grade Level Themes

Title
Author
Language
Grade
Themes
Level
Amazonia: Indigenous
Tales from Brazil
Asphalt Angels
Daniel
English
4+
Munduruku
Ineke Holtwijk
Folktales, Amazon
rainforest
English
7+
Gangs, Rio de
Janeiro, crime
Barren Lives
Graciliano
English
9 – 12
Ramos
Cabelo Ruim? A
Neusa Baptista
História de Três
Pinto
Meninas Aprendendo
a se Aceitar (Bad Hair?
The Story of Three Girls
Learning to Accept
Themselves)
Poverty, Sertão,
drought
Portuguese
4–7
Race, self-esteem
Capoeira: Game!
George Ancona
English
2–8
Dance! Martial Art!
Carnaval
Music, dance,
history
George Ancona
English
2–5
Carnaval, art,
culture
Count Your Way
Through Brazil
Jim Haskins,
English
2–5
History, culture
English
12 – 14
Social chance,
Kathleen
Benson
Culture is Our
Patrick Neate,
Weapon
Damian Platt
race, Rio de
Janeiro, violence,
artistic expression
From Another World
Ana Maria
Machado
English
3–7
Slavery, friendship
Me in the Middle
Ana Maria
English
3–6
Machado,
Family, Brazilian
history, slavery
Caroline Merola
The Princess of the
Mary Finch
English
2–4
Springs: A Story from
Royalty, nature,
family
Brazil
Um Sonho No Caroço
Moacyr Scliar
Portuguese
4–8
Friendship, race,
do Abacate (An
religion, hope,
Avocado Pit’s Dream)
immigration
Title
A Casa Feia (The Ugly
House)
A Case que Pedro Fez (The
House That Peter Did)
Author
Language
Grade Level
Mary & Eliardo
Portuguese
Preschool – 1
Portuguese
Preschool – 2
Portuguese
K–3
Portuguese
K–2
França
Irami B. Silva,
Erdna Perugine
Nahum
Menina Bonita do Laço de
Ana Maria
Fita (Pretty Girl with
Machado
Ribbons in Her Hair)
O Amigo do Rei (The King’s
Friend)
Cris Eich
O Patinho Feio que Nāo
José Roberto
Portuguese
K–3
Portuguese
Preschool – 1
Portuguese
Preschool – 1
Monica Brown
English
Preschool – 3
Pleasant DeSpain
English
Preschool – 2
Era Patinho Nem Feio (The
Torero, Marcus
Ugly Duckling Who Wasn’t
Aurelius
a Duck or Ugly)
O Pote de Melado (The Pot
of Honey)
O Vento (The Wind)
Mary & Eliardo
França
Mary & Eliardo
França
Pete, the King of Soccer
(Pelé, el Rey de Futbol)
The Dancing Turtle: A
Folktale from Brazil
Tuca, Vovó, e Guto (Tuca,
Grandma, and Guto)
Pato Margo y Pato Gordo
(Skinny Duck and Fat Duck)
Victoria Goes to Brazil
Mary & Eliardo
Portuguese
Preschool – 1
Portuguese
Preschool – 1
English
K–4
França
Mary & Eliardo
França
Maria de Fatima
Campos