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.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
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.
The Fisherman And The Goldfish
A fisherman returns a magic goldfish to the ocean so is granted a wish, but his greedy wife makes him ask for better things several times until they are back to the poor state they began with.
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from around the World
This book consists of brief statements relating what children from around the world do with a tooth that has fallen out and includes facts about teeth.
Daisy Comes Home
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
The Red Bird
Anna and Matthew, two poor siblings who have known only hunger, cold, and hard labor since their mother died, follow a bright red bird to a land of happiness.