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Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
Open Reading Hours: Monday through Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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El Chino

A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American who became a famous bullfighter in Spain.

Published: 1990,
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Primary (ages 6-9)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain

Kodomo: Children Of Japan

A lively introduction to the world of Japanese children draws on interviews with seven youngsters from Hiroshima and Kyoto to describe their education, sports, families, and many other activities, both traditional and modern.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Ghosts and spirits
Categories: AsiaAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanAsia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Nonfiction

Tersias The Oracle

Jonah, a young thief, and his friends and Tersias, a twelve-year-old boy who channels prophesies, become embroiled in the machinations of a magician, a politician, and a false prophet, as well as in the magic of a strange alabaster box.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Little Soldier

Taken from Africa to a foster home in London after his family is killed by an enemy tribe, Kaninda discovers the meaning of hate and the value of not hating.

Published: 1999,
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Montmorency on the Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer?

In Victorian London, when Montmorency and his alter ego, Scarper, reunite with Dr. Farcett, the two cooperate to capture a bomber and become involved in solving the mystery of the poisoning of a village of Scottish children.

Published: 2004,
Tags: leopard
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Where’s My Sock?

Pippin the mouse and Tog the cat leave no drawer unturned as they search for Pippin’s missing ‘yellow sock with clocks.’

Published: 2006,
Tags: Community, Economic conditions, Population, Social life and customs
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out

Lola does not ever never want her wobbly tooth to fall out until she learns that the Tooth Fairy will leave money in place of a lost tooth.

Published: ,
Tags: Humor, Teeth
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Wishing Moon

After a fourteen-year-old orphan named Aminah comes to possess a magic lamp, the wishes granted her by the genie inside it allow her to alter her life by choosing prosperity, purpose, and romance.

Published: 2004,
Tags: arabic, Magic, Orphans
Categories: FantasyFantasy, Middle EastFantasy, Middle East, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Beneath The Stone: A Mexican Zapotec Tale

The customs and daily life of the small village of Oaxaca, Mexico, are shown through the eyes of a six-year-old Zapotec Indian boy.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Poetry and rhyme
Categories: AmericasAmericas, MexicoAmericas, Mexico, NonfictionAmericas, Mexico, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.

Published: 1991,
Tags: Moon, Sun, water
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Folklore and Fairy TalesAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, NigeriaAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Nigeria, Primary (ages 6-9)

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