A Maori story about a whale who saves a boy from being killed.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
Free As the Desert Wind
A Sudanese boy befriends a young camel while helping his father drive a camel herd to Egypt.
A City by a River
A pictorial history of the city of Melbourne, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Monkey For Sale
When Luzolo goes to market with her parents, she learns that it takes a great deal of bartering to finally get what she wants.
The Rainbow Serpent
Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent.
The Bird Who Was an Elephant
A bird visits a colorful village in India, seeing a spice shop, a sacred cow, a snake charmer, and a palmist.
Kinderdike
When a baby and a kitten are found safe and dry after a disastrous flood in 1421, the people of a village in southern Holland decide to rebuild.
Just So Stories
This collection of 12 stories reveals Kipling’s imagined answers to the great mysteries in the animal world. He draws on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk games with language. Originally published in 1902.
City Within A City: How Kids Live In New York’s Chinatown
Describes the lives of two young Chinese Americans and their customs and conditions at home in New York City’s Chinatown.
Oh, No, Toto!
Little Toto loves to eat, and when he goes with his grandmother to the marketplace he eats everything in sight, leaving chaos in his wake. Includes a glossary of Cameroonian foods and a recipe for egussi soup.