Cultural Heritage: A Reading List by Cultural Group
Located at Livingston Lord Library
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Bohemian/Czech Heritage
Isaacs, Anne.
Torn Thread. (Curriculum Fiction I736to)
Procházková, Iva.
The Season of Secret Wishes. (Curriculum Fiction P963s)
Danish Heritage
Benchley, Nathanial.
Bright Candles: A Novel of the Danish Resistance. (Curriculum Fiction B457b)
Bredsdorff, Bodil.
The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove. (Curriculum Fiction B831c)
Lowry, Lois.
Number the Stars. (Curriculum Fiction L9215n)
Matas, Carol.
Code Name Kris. (Curriculum Fiction M425c)
Matas, Carol.
Lisa's War. (Curriculum Fiction M425L)
Reuter, Bjarne B.
The Boys from St. Petri. (Curriculum Fiction R447bo)
Sorensen, Virginia Eggertsen.
Lotte's Locket. (Curriculum Fiction S713L)
Finnish Heritage
Burglon, Nora.
The Cuckoo Calls: A Story of Finland. (Curriculum Fiction B955cu)
Clark, Anna Nolan.
All This Wild Land. (Curriculum Fiction C592a)
Durbin, William.
The Darkest Evening. (Curriculum Fiction D953d)
Durbin, William.
The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant. (Curriculum Fiction D953j)
Durbin, William.
Song of Sampo Lake. (Curriculum Fiction D953s)
Holm, Jennifer L.
Our Only May Amelia. (Curriculum Fiction H7472o)
Kingman, Lee.
The Village Band Mystery. (Curriculum Fiction K545v)
Wuorio, Eva-Lis.
Venture at Midsummer. (Curriculum Fiction W966v)
French Heritage
Boissard, Janine.
A Matter of Feeling. (Curriculum Fiction B684m)
Fisher, Cyrus.
The Avion My Uncle Flew. (Curriculum Fiction F5332a)
Maguire, Gregory.
The Good Liar. (Curriculum Fiction M213g)
Morgenstern, Susie Hoch.
Secret Letters from 0 to 10. (Curriculum Fiction M8513s)
Morgenstern, Susie Hoch.
Three Days Off. (Curriculum Fiction M8513t)
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude.
The Pull of the Ocean. (Curriculum Fiction M931p)
Roth-Hano, Renée.
Touch Wood: A Girlhood in Occupied France. ((Curriculum Fiction R846t)
German Heritage
Chotjewitz, David. Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi. (Curriculum Fiction C5519d)
Gehrts, Barbara. Don't Say a Word. (Curriculum Fiction G311d)
Holub, Josef. The Robber and Me. (Curriculum Fiction H723r)
Pressler, Mirjam. Halinka. (Curriculum Fiction P935h)
Richter, Hans Peter. Friedrich. (Curriculum Fiction R5352f)
Steinhöfel, Andreas. The Center of the World. (Curriculum Fiction S8228c)
Irish Heritage
Bunting, Eve. Spying on Miss Müller. (Curriculum Fiction B942sp)
Casey, Maude. Over the Water. (Curriculum Fiction C3379o)
Conlon-McKenna, Marita. Fields of Home. (Curriculum Fiction C75219f)
Denenberg, Barry. So Far from Home:The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl. (Curriculum Fiction D392s)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan's Song. (Curriculum Fiction G456n)
Mexican Heritage
Canales, Viola. The Tequila Worm. (Curriculum Fiction C212t)
Jaramillo, Ann. La Línea. (Curriculum Fiction J371L)
Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the Oven. (Curriculum Fiction M385p)
Ryan, Pan Muñoz. Becoming Naomi León. (Curriculum Fiction R9893b)
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising. (Curriculum Fiction R9893e)
Soto, Gary. Buried Onions. (Curriculum Fiction S718bu)
Soto, Gary. Jesse. (Curriculum Fiction S718j)
Norwegian Heritage
Aamundsen, Nina Ring. Two Short and One Long. (Curriculum Fiction A1117t)
Aanrud, Hans. Solve Suntrap: A Boy of Norway. (Curriculum Fiction A112s)
Balderson, Margaret. When Jays Fly to Bárbmo. (Curriculum Fiction B176w)
Braenne, Berit. Little Sister Tai-Mi. (Curriculum Fiction B812L)
Burglon, Nora. Ghost Ship: A Story of Norway. (Curriculum Fiction B956g)
Friis-Baastad, Babbis. Don't Take Teddy. (Curriculum Fiction F912d)
Hamsun, Marie. A Norwegian Farm. (Curriculum Fiction H2325n)
Seymour, Alta Halverson. Arne and the Christmas Star: A Story of Norway. (Curriculum Fiction S521a)
Polish Heritage
Blos, Joan W. Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme. (Curriculum Fiction B656br)
Cushman, Karen. Rodzina. (Curriculum Fiction C986r)
Laird, Christa. Shadow of the Wall. (Curriculum Fiction L1878s)
Orlev, Uri. Run, Boy, Run: A Novel. (Curriculum Fiction O71r)
Recorvits, Helen. Goodbye, Walter Malinski. (Curriculum Fiction R3116g)
Young, Scott. Boy on Defense. (Curriculum Fiction Y77b)
Scottish Heritage
Frost, Helen. The Braid. (Curriculum Fiction F9393b)
Swedish Heritage
Anckarsvärd, Karin. Doctor's Boy. (Curriculum Fiction A541d)
Gripe, Maria. Elvis and His Secret. (Curriculum Fiction G868e)
Gripe, Maria. Hugo. (Curriculum Fiction G868h)
Gripe, Maria. Hugo and Josephine. (Curriculum Fiction G868hu)
Gripe, Maria. Josephine. (Curriculum Fiction G868j)
Judson, Clara Ingram. Sod-House Winter. (Curriculum Fiction J93s)
Judson, Clara Ingram. They Came from Sweden. (Curriculum Fiction J93t)
Kullman, Harry. The Battle Horse. (Curriculum Fiction K96b)
Lindgren, Astrid. Seacrow Island. (Curriculum Fiction L745s)
Unnerstad, Edith. The Journey with Grandmother. (Curriculum Fiction U582j)
Ukrainian Heritage
Almedingen, Martha Edith. Young Mark: The Story of a Venture. (Curriculum Fiction A447y)
Bloch, Maria Halun. Aunt America. (Curriculum Fiction B651a)
Bloch, Maria Halun. The Two Worlds of Damyan. (Curriculum Fiction B651tw)
Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1/2008 (revised 2/2008).