Uses Arabic numerals from one to ten to introduce concepts about Arab countries and Arab culture.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
Brave Jack And The Unicorn
Sent out into the world to find his missing older brothers, Jack does good deeds for helpless animals along the way, and they repay him when he poses as a suitor to try and save a princess from an evil magician.
Black And White Blanche
Although everything in the Weatherspoon household is either black or white, daughter Blanche yearns for a pink dress, so her friends at Felicity’s flower stand try to help Blanche satisfy her quest for color, in this story set in Victorian London.
Christmas in the Trenches
A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together.
My Family
Presents children in many countries as they live, eat, play, work, and learn with members of their families, in a celebration of diversity and of the human family.
Grandmother’s Song
A Mexican Indian grandmother can feel the fear in her grandaughter’s bones, so she strokes and hugs her to give her courage, dignity, trust, and skill which the grandaughter eventually passes on to her own grandchildren.
On The Road
A mother and her two children load up the car and travel to the sea passing many other types of vehicles on their journey.
Somewhere in Africa
Ashraf, a South African boy who lives in a big city, dreams of the African wild.
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
When war comes, Alia Muhammad Baker, the librarian of Basra, fears the library will be destroyed, so she asks government officials for help, but they refuse, which means Alia must take matters into her own hands to protect the books that she loves.
Don Quixote and the Windmills
Immersed in tales of knights and dragons and sorcerers and damsels in distress, Senor Quexada proclaims himself a knight and sets out on his first adventure against some nearby windmills that he thinks are giants.