Buy Books; Support Global Education: A FIUTS Holiday Book List
FIUTS is an affiliate of bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to support local independent booksellers. That means any purchases you make through the site using one of our links supports us, aids local independent bookstores, and brings a little joy to the life of your favorite multicultural bookworm!
The FIUTS Bookshop Affiliate page features our recommendations from many years of partnership, but you can purchase any book you like and still support FIUTS. Note: you must be logged into the FIUTS Bookshop page for proceeds to benefit FIUTS. You’ll know you’re in the right page if you see the FIUTS logo in the top left corner!
Have a book to recommend? Send us an email and we’ll add it to the list! Need some gift ideas? Here are a few great recommendations from FIUTS staff, students, and trustees. For a full list of 30+ book recommendations, visit our Bookshop.
Monica Guzmán
“This book has truly inspired me to look at the ways to be even more open to opinions of others, to be curious and focus on building bridges instead of creating walls in conversations with others.”
Recommended by FIUTS Manager of Education Programs Olena Vlasova
Naomi Shihab Nye
“A new book for children by my favorite poet, Naomi Shihab Nye. Grace Notes explores themes of childhood, families, communities, and culture. Great for reading aloud and for sparking conversations about how we’re connected to each other.”
Recommended by FIUTS Executive Director, Era Schrepfer.
Chuck Sambuchino
A hilarious parody of modern-day survival guides that outlines exactly what to do in case you come face to face with a threatening gnome!
Recommended by Duane, FIUTS Board of Trustees President
M.L. Rio
Based on the campus of the fiercely competitive Dellecher Classical Conservatory, this suspense novel explores themes of loyalty, friendship, and tragedy.
Recommended by FIUTS Events & Activities Assistant Karina Salgado-Cruz
This novel turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life. Clover’s life work is ushering people peacefully through their end-of-life process, so it presents a different perspective than we usually hear about death and dying.
Recommended by Caitlin Blomquist, FIUTS Trustee
Kelly Goto is a designer by profession, now a local writer. Daughter of well-known figure in Japanese American community Dee Goto, and now a local writer.
Recommended by FIUTS Community Programs Coordinator Claire Cuccio