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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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Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
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Dog Den Mystery

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?

Published: 2005,
Tags: Detective, discovery, Dog
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and ThrillerAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9)

Julia Wants a Pet

Julia has always wanted a pet. She takes her baby carriage out every day to look for one. She considers a crow, a pony, a worm, a rat, flies, dogs, a hedgehog, and even a frog. Then one day she spots a small boy

Published: 2003,
Tags: pet
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Picture Book, Realistic FictionEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction, Sweden

Room In The Heart

After German forces occupy Denmark during World War II, fifteen-year-olds Julie Weinstein and Niels Nelson and their friends and families try to cope with their daily lives, finding various ways to resist the Nazis and, ultimately, to survive.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Multicultural and cross-cultural
Categories: DenmarkDenmark, EuropeDenmark, Europe, FictionDenmark, Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

A City by a River

A pictorial history of the city of Melbourne, from prehistoric times to the present day.

Published: 1987,
Tags: Multicultural and cross-cultural
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, NonfictionAustralia, Nonfiction, OceaniaAustralia, Nonfiction, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Adventures Of Shambu (Vol. 254)

Shikari Shambu is a bumbling animal hunter who relies on sheer luck and coincidence to catch dangerous creatures, yet manages to convince the rest of the world of his great skill and valor.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Chickens
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Escape To West Berlin

In 1961 East Berlin, thirteen-year-old Heidi copes with the stress of a crisis with her best friend, government pressure on her father to leave his West Berlin job, her mother’s pregnancy, and the ever-present threat of the closing of the border.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Childhood
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, GermanyEurope, Fiction, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Adventures Of Little Medouncho

One day little Medouncho the bear is misbehaving, and when his parents scold him, he determines to find his way home without them. He becomes lost, is drenched in a thunderstorm, and is finally rescued by the sun, who brings him home.

Published: 1974,
Tags: Romanies
Categories: BulgariaBulgaria, EuropeBulgaria, Europe, Folklore and Fairy TalesBulgaria, Europe, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)

Victor: A Novel Based On The Life Of The Savage Of Aveyron

A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly after the French Revolution working with a ‘savage’ boy whom he called Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in human society.

Published: 1998,
Tags: Adventures
Categories: EuropeEurope, FranceEurope, France, Historical FictionEurope, France, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Clay

The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy’s supernatural powers.

Published: ,
Tags: Friendship, Identity, Sadness
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Hidden Children

Twenty-five Holocaust survivors who spent the war years as children hiding from the Nazis–from those shielded by courageous strangers to those given refuge in convents and orphanages–share their memories.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Wildlife conservation
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, GermanyBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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