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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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Shin’s Tricycle

The true story of a Japanese man whose children’s lives were tragically cut short by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Personal narrative
Categories: AsiaAsia, JapanAsia, Japan, NonfictionAsia, Japan, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Teenage Refugees From Vietnam Speak Out

ntroduces the history and political situation in Vietnam, and presents a variety of young refugees, who describe the reasons why they had to leave, their travels as refugees, and their experiences adjusting to a new country.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Survival
Categories: AsiaAsia, NonfictionAsia, Nonfiction, VietnamAsia, Nonfiction, Vietnam, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Children of India

Introduces the variety and richness of culture in India by describing the daily lives of children from different regions and social levels.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Extrasensory perception, World War I
Categories: AsiaAsia, IndiaAsia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), NonfictionAsia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

China Under Communism

This history of modern China covers the origins, founding, and development of the country’s Communist regime and examines the forces that are pushing the country–nuclear power and the home of a fifth of the world’s population–toward change.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Adolescence, Depression and mental illness, Siblings
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, NonfictionAsia, China, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Carrying

This book explores the importance of carrying things as well as babies and of lending a helping hand by sharing a load.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Babies, Helping
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), InternationalEarly Years (ages 2-6), International, Nonfiction

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