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WOW is committed to creating an international network of people who share the vision of bringing books and children together, thereby opening windows on the world. We encourage thoughtful dialogue around international literature so that children can reflect on their own cultural experience and connect to the experience of others across the globe.

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Tucson, AZ 85721
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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The Road Of The Dead

Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

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

Borka: The Adventures Of A Goose With No Feathers

Borka, a goose with no feathers, has a hard life until a kindly dog and a sailor take her to Kew Gardens in London, where she finds a home and acceptance.

Published: 1994,
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Normans

Describes the history, government, family life, religion, and other customs of the Normans.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Immigrants
Categories: EuropeEurope, FranceEurope, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction

My House Has Stars

Young people describe the different kinds of homes they live in around the world and how they see the stars. Eight children–from the Philippines, Ghana, Japan, the American Southwest, Brazil, Alaska, Mongolia, and Nepal–share stories of the stars that they can see from their homelands.

Published: 1996,
Tags: home, stars
Categories: FictionFiction, InternationalFiction, International, Picture BookFiction, International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Journey Back

After spending three years hiding from the Nazis, a Jewish family is reunited and begins the job of rebuilding their country and family. Continues The upstairs room.

Published: 1976,
Tags: Imagination
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands

The Train To Glasgow

A rhyme in the style of ‘The House That Jack Built’, describing the antics that occur when some chickens get loose on a train bound for Glasgow.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Intergenerational relations, Old age
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Scotland (UK)

Welcome To Zanzibar Road

After moving into the house on Zanzibar Road that her neighbors helped her build, Mama Jumbo decides to share it with Little Chico.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Bedtime, Mice, Mothers and sons
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Africa, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), South Africa

Understanding The Holy Land

Complete with maps and photographs, a guide provides a comprehensive review of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a review of the area’s history, its people, significant past and present events, and definitions of commonly used terms.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Customs and practices, Islam
Categories: AsiaAsia, IsraelAsia, Israel, NonfictionAsia, Israel, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Jafta: The Homecoming

A young black South African boy describes his feelings about his father’s return from working in the city.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Family, father and child, reunion
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Picture BookAfrica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic FictionAfrica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, South Africa

So Far From The Bamboo Grove

A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko, a young Japanese girl who has lived all her life with her family in northern Korea, escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.

Published: 1986,
Tags: Christmas
Categories: AsiaAsia, Historical FictionAsia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan

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