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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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Wolf

Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter’s settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.

Published: 1990,
Tags: Foster children, Gangs, Revenge
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Down The Back Of The Chair

A poor family is searching down the back of a chair for Dad’s lost car keys and, miraculously in the mess of things back there, their financial problems are solved.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Family, Humor, Poverty
Categories: FictionFiction, New ZealandFiction, New Zealand, OceaniaFiction, New Zealand, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

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In Rosa’s Mexico

In separate encounters with a rooster, a burro, and a wolf, a young Mexican girl is able to magically make things better. Each story uses some Spanish words, which are listed in a glossary.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Books and reading, Parody
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

Homeless Bird

When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India’s tradition or find the courage to oppose it.

Published: 2000, HarperCollins Publishers
Tags: marriage
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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My Scrumptious Scottish Dumplings: The Life Of Angelica Cookson Potts

The adventures of fourteen-year-old Angel Cookson Potts, cooking enthusiast and worried weight watcher, as she and her friends help her Scottish father prove that London’s famous department store, Harrods, is unknowingly selling inferior haggis.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Natural disasters
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Coram Boy

In the mid-eighteenth century, an unsavory character and his simpleton son become involved in the lives of a wealthy English family when that family’s eldest son is disinherited because of his love of music.

Published: 2000,
Tags: Family life
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Captain Abdul’s Little Treasure

A group of pirates have their hands full as they babysit the captain’s lively infant son, who wants to eat only sausages.

Published: 2006,
Tags: food, Pirates
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

How I Became An American

In 1902, ten-year-old Johann and his family, Germans who had been living in Austria-Hungary, board a ship to immigrate to Youngstown, Ohio, where they make a new life as Americans.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Sex roles, Survival
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, GermanyEurope, Fiction, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers, Hunting and hunters
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

What’s Inside?

Children can peek inside various objects, such as teddy bears and television sets, before discovering what’s inside their mother’s tummy.

Published: 2000,
Tags: Rulers and leaders, Social conditions
Categories: BelgiumBelgium, Early Years (ages 2-6)Belgium, Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeBelgium, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FictionBelgium, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2)

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