Discusses the topography, location, ethnic mixture, history, and current political climate of the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
Talking Walls
An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, through the voices of children telling the histories of various walls in their communities from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.
Mixed Beasts, Or, A Miscellany Of Rare And Fantastic Creatures
These original nonsense poems about a miscellany of odd beasts comprised of a mixture of two species, such as a Rhinocerostrich, a Bumblebeaver, a Kangarooster, and a Camelelephant, are clever and funny.
Talking Drums: A Selection Of Poems From Africa South Of The Sahara
A collection of traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa, written in or translated into English, that expresses the spirit and history of this region.
A World Of Holidays!
Describes family festivities all over the world, including Japan, Pakistan, Namibia, Canada and Mexico.
Vendela In Venice
On a visit to Venice with her father, Vendela experiences the richness and beauty of the city and its palaces, gondolas, and statues.
The Shadows of Ghadames
At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, 11-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.
Scarecrow
Twelve-year-old Lena comes to live with her eccentric grandfather in a small Russian town and finds herself mocked and persecuted by a gang of her classmates at her new school.
My Guardian Angel
In 11th century France, Elvina, the granddaughter of Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered proper for girls, takes a risk by helping a boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders.
The Year Of The Panda
A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda, and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered, and what the government is doing to save them.