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	<description>International Collection of Children's and Adolescent Literature</description>
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		<title>The Boy and the Wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boy and the Wall is a children&#8217;s book made and illustrated by youth at the Lajee Centre in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank, telling the story of their everyday lives and struggles as refugees. Click here to read the Worlds of Words Review.]]></description>
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		<title>Wanting Mor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jameela and her family live in a poor, war-torn village in Afghanistan. Even with her cleft lip and lack of educational opportunities, Jameela feels relatively secure, sustained by her Muslim faith and the love of her mother, Mor. But when Mor dies, Jameela&#8217;s father impulsively decides to start a new life in Kabul. Jameela is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More River</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesley lives in Canada and thinks life is just great, she has got friends, she likes school and they are very comfortably off. But then her father makes a fateful decision, the whole family is going to emigrate to Israel and live a more fully Jewish life,Lesley is horrified and very resistant. However, once she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Samurai&#8217;s Daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Determination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exile]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[medieval Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese folk tale about the brave daughter of a samurai warrior and her journey to be reunited with her exiled father. When Tokoyo&#8217;s father, a samurai nobleman, is sent into exile on a lonely island in a distant sea, his young daughter is determined to join him. Despite her noble birth, Tokoyo has spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger persuades his mother to let him leave Germany to volunteer at a kibbutz in Israel, where he experiences a violent political attack and finds answers about his own past. Read more about Real Time in WOW Review.]]></description>
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		<title>My Little Round House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life Styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this delightful picture book, baby Jilu recounts his first year of life in a nomadic Mongolian community. He remembers being cradled by his singing mother, the delicious smells from the cooking pot, his first meeting with his grandparents, and the family&#8217;s wandering life with a camel caravan. They celebrate Tsagaan Sar, the new year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan (Picture a Country Series)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>auraenid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book introduces the people and the way they live, culture, weather, landscapes, towns and cities of Japan.]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>auraenid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intermediate (Gr. 4-8)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mongolia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Adult (Gr. 9-12)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Silk Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genghis Khan-warrior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Polo-merchant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xuanzang- seeker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A gripping account of three dramatic journeys that changed history. The fabled Silk Road conjures up the sights, smells and sounds of faraway lands. But traveling the Silk Road took years, and those who set out encountered bandits, starvation and treacherous storms. Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road introduces readers to three great historical figures: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kung Fu Kitty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>auraenid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[friendships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abaton is pleased to present the long-awaited book and DVD set Kung Fu Kitty, written, narrated and directed by Lauri Bortz with illustrations, set designs and musical score by Marianne Nowottny, videotaped and engineered by Mark Dagley, starring Abaton mascot and recording star, Frick-the-Cat. Kung Fu Kitty is altogether unrelated to the recent major motion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chinese Thought of It: Amazing Inventions and Innovations (We Thought of It)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>auraenid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Chinese ingenuity changed the world. Acupuncture, gunpowder and the secrets to spinning silk are innovations that we have come to associate with China. But did you know that the Chinese also invented the umbrella? And toilet paper, initially made from rice straw clumped together, was first used in China! Through the ages, the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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