Sugar in Milk
by Thrity Umrigar and Khoa Le
A timely and timeless picture book about immigration that demonstrates the power... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Fairy Tales / Folklore
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2020
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Iranian Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--Juvenile fiction
- Kings and rulers
- Iranian Americans
- Refugees
- Immigrants
- Aunts
- Folklore--India
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia
- Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrant children--Fiction
- Aunts--Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Iranians--India--Juvenile fiction
- Emigration and immigration
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
- Aunts--Fiction
- Loneliness
- Homesickness--Fiction
- Loneliness in children--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction
- Folklore
- Homesickness--Juvenile fiction
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Iranian Americans--Fiction
- Refugees--Fiction
- Homesickness
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction
- Iranians--India--Fiction
- Loneliness--Juvenile fiction
- Iranians
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Thrity Umrigar about Sugar in Milk
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Thrity Umrigar
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Khoa Le
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Fairy Tales / Folklore Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Fairy Tales / Folklore Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 2

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2021

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2020
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