Exploring Cultural Diversity through Children’s Literature

Read: 
Chapter 4 from The Inside, Outside and Upside Down of Children’s LiteratureLinks to an external site(https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/childrens_lit_textbook/ )
2 children’s books OF YOUR CHOICE that deal with culturally and/or socially diverse groups
the book I chose are ( Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De la Peña and Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal)
Give examples of how these books offer wisdom or ideas that open new vistas, and/or help us to see our place in the world. Please include the titles, authors (and illustrators if there are illustrations) and publication dates and your personal response. 
(the first book reminds me of my walk around the neighborhood with my grandmother, I, to was once CJ) second book, feel free to add your own input )
Did you like the book? Why or why not? Do you think they are worthy of one or more of the awards mentioned in the chapter? Please explain. (They do not have to be award winners; you decide if they are worthy after reading Chapter 4). 

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