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Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-9340
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Primary (ages 6-9)

Material appropriate for primary age groups

Where On Earth Is My Bagel?

When a young boy in Korea dreams of eating a New York bagel, he asks a farmer, a fisherman, a beekeeper, and a baker for help.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Adventure, food
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, KoreaAsia, Fiction, Korea, Primary (ages 6-9)

Crazy Cars For Crazy Kids

Filled with wild and weird cars for every taste, kids will love this book of cars which double as amusement parks, fishing boats, or dog exercisers, and will love studying the pictures’ details and unique elements to be discovered over time.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Personal narrative
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

How The Leopard Got His Claws

Recounts how the leopard got his claws and teeth and why he rules the forest with terror.

Published: 1979,
Tags: Buddhism, Pandas, Storytellers
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Folklore and Fairy TalesAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, NigeriaAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Nigeria, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs

This book presents a collection of twenty-six proverbs, some serious and some humorous, from a variety of African tribes.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Wisdom
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Folklore and Fairy TalesAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture BookAfrica, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Adventures, families, Magic, Revenge
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FictionAfrica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Rainbow Serpent

Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent.

Published: 1975,
Tags: Cats, Ducks, Missing children, Squirrels
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAustralia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, OceaniaAustralia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

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.

Published: 1990,
Tags: bird, elephant
Categories: FictionFiction, IndiaFiction, India, Picture BookFiction, India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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.

Published: 1994, MacMillan
Tags: construction, flood, survivor
Categories: EuropeEurope, Folklore and Fairy TalesEurope, Folklore and Fairy Tales, NetherlandsEurope, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Netherlands, Picture BookEurope, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Netherlands, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Child labor
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Primary (ages 6-9)

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.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Adventures, World War II
Categories: AmericasAmericas, NonfictionAmericas, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Americas, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), United States

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