Describes many things that originally came from Germany, including inventions, vehicles, household items, customs, animals, fairy tales, and food.
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The Rainbow Fairy Book (Books Of Wonder)
Thirty-one multicultural, traditional tales edited by Andrew Lang are brought together and highlighted with seventy pictures by the illustrator of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
My Family
In a lively celebration of families in all their diversity and connections, this full-color photo-essay shows loving families across the world having fun together, eating, working, praying, teaching, learning, playing, and more.
Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds
Park and Durango present the sounds people make to express such things as distaste, laughter, and surprise. The outer pages of the foldouts detail people sounds in various languages and dialects, such as Danish, Yoruba, Korean, and Farsi. These words and phrases, surrounded by pastel borders, are accompanied by children expressing these sounds with clear facial expressions and gestures.
A Ring Of Tricksters : Animal Tales From America, The West Indies, And Africa
Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton and National Book Award-winner Barry Moser join forces to tell 11 humorous trickster tales from the story ring of the slave trade. Following the migration of stories during the Plantation Era, Hamilton presents readers with a fascinating history of the first African Americans and the wonderful stories they brought with them to the West Indies and America.
Patakin: World Tales of Drums and Drummers
Recounts ten myths about drums and drummers from India, Africa, Fiji, Korea, Ireland, Venezuela, Mexico, Israel, and Canada.
Projects about Ancient Rome (Hands-On History)
Includes social studies projects taken from the ancient Romans.
Protestantism (World Religions)
Provides an overview of the history and origins, basic tenets and beliefs, organization, traditions, customs, rites, societal and historical influences, and modern-day impact of Protestantism
Fair Is Fair
A lawyer and storyteller presents an international collection of folklore–from ancient Greece, Morocco, Germany, China, and Ireland–that provides revealing insights into our conception of justice, crime and punishment, and other legal issues. 30,000 first printing.
Eleven Turtle Tales
Turtle carries the world on her back: this story has been told by different cultures around the world for generations. Like Mother Nature, Turtle is unhurried, wise, and enduring. She walks on land, swims in water, and breathes the air and so embodies three of the four elements of creation. We have much to learn from Turtle.