Issue: January 2010

by Barbara Thompson-Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN Welcome back for my final week of exploring the world through both books and the World Wide Web and focusing on Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. For this final posting I want to thank several people who helped me with this post. First, Holly Johnson urged me [...]

by Barbara Thompson-Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN Fellow travelers, when I was looking at books for the Americas during week two, I failed to mention books on Haiti. That oversight does not mean that there are not some wonderful books available about the island nation so on our minds right now. As teachers [...]

by Barbara Thompson-Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN Welcome back to those of you who have been traveling with me around the world and exploring places we may never see ourselves, but can visit because of the wonderful writing and artwork of authors, illustrators, and photographers sharing their corner of the world. I’ve been [...]

by Barbara Thompson-Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN Last week I explored a part of the world that is fraught with conflict and, though there is conflict in my next area of the world (Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and and South America), I’d like to take a more positive approach to the exploration [...]

by Barbara Thompson-Book, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN It has been said that books, including books for children and young adults, can act as “windows on the world.” When we give our children books about places they have never visited, but have heard of from family members, the news, movies, or other print media [...]