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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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The Tenth Power

Having lost her magical powers of chantment, 18-year-old Calwyn searches for the missing half of the broken Wheel of the Tenth Power so she can stop the plague and endless winter that have fallen on her world.

Sequel to Waterless sea.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Greed, Magic
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, OceaniaAustralia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Drowned Wednesday

Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur’s. Third in the Keys to the Kingdom series.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Adventure, Magic, Supernatural
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

The Girl With The White Flag

The author recounts how she was separated at age seven from her family on the Okinawa battlefields in World War II, searched for her lost sisters for seven weeks, and eventually found the strength to survive on her own.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Identity, Mothers and daughters
Categories: AsiaAsia, Biography - Autobiography- MemoirAsia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, JapanAsia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

All the Magic in the World

The children who play in the street laugh at the odd-job man Joseph for picking up string and other junk, until he shows them that magic can be found in even the simplest of things.

Published: 1993,
Tags: perceptions
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Picture BookAfrica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic FictionAfrica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, South Africa

Do You Know Me

Although he is continually getting into trouble, Tapiwa’s uncle becomes her best friend when he comes from Mozambique to live with her family in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Natural disasters, Poetry and rhyme
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Africa, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Zimbabwe

A Is For The Americas

An alphabet book that celebrates all of the Americas, from the icy tundra of the Arctic Circle, to the tropical islands of the Caribbean, to the rugged southern plains of Argentina. Also written by Terri de la Pe.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Culture, Indigenous, Language
Categories: AmericasAmericas, NonfictionAmericas, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

I Live in Tokyo

Seven-year-old Mimiko introduces her family and describes their activities on special days throughout the year.

Published: 2001,
Tags: celebration, custom, daily life, social life, Tokyo
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, JapanAsia, Fiction, Japan, Picture BookAsia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

Going Fishing

A young boy lives in a tiny fishing village in Iceland where he learns the tradition of fishing from his two grandfathers who each have a different method for catching a different kind of fish.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Fishing, grandfather
Categories: EuropeEurope, IcelandEurope, Iceland, NonfictionEurope, Iceland, Nonfiction, NordicEurope, Iceland, Nonfiction, Nordic, Primary (ages 6-9)

Cool Time Song

After a hot day on the African savannah, the animals begin to move and make sounds in the cool air of evening.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Animals, savannah
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Picture BookAfrica, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Crystal Drop

In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Crusades, Sex roles
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Science FictionAmericas, Canada, Science Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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