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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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International Collection of Children's and Adolescent Literature
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1430 East Second Street
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
Open Reading Hours: Monday through Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The Key to My Heart

After Jonathan’s dad loses his keys, they retrace all of their steps throughout the day, from the post office to the playground, and all of the places in between.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Family life, Lost and found possessions
Categories: FictionFiction, IsraelFiction, Israel, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Soccer Machine

Harvey’s team always loses, but Professor Gertie, Harvey’s neighbor thinks she has the perfect solution–Mark 1, the Soccer Machine.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Mothers and sons
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Rabindranath Tagore (Vol. 548)

This comic book shows the early life and achievements of Rabindranath Tagore (1861 to 1941), a Bengali poet, novelist, songwriter, playwright and educator who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, including his influence on Mahatma Gandhi.

Published: 1977,
Tags: Humor
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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Stories Of The Caliphs: The Rulers Of Islam

This collection of stories concerns the lives of the early Muslim leaders, known as Caliphs or successors to the Prophet, who ruled from Medina, then Damascus, and later from Baghdad, over an empire that included a large part of the world.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Family life, Mother and child
Categories: AfricaAfrica, EgyptAfrica, Egypt, Historical FictionAfrica, Egypt, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Eva Underground

In 1978, a high school senior is forced by her widowed father to move from their comfortable Chicago suburb to help with an underground education movement in communist Poland.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Choices and decisions
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, PolandEurope, Fiction, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Flour Babies

When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Babysitters, Pirates
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Adventure, Giants, Knights and knighthood
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Picture BookEurope, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain

Naming Maya

When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather’s house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents’ divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.

See the review at WOW Review, Volume 4, Issue 1

Published: 2004,
Tags: African Americans, Indentured servants
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Milkweed

The hardship and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II is captured through the eyes of a young Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Customs and practices, Geography, Holidays and festivals, Social conditions
Categories: EuropeEurope, Historical FictionEurope, Historical Fiction, PolandEurope, Historical Fiction, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Bhangra Babes

As their auntie’s wedding day approaches, the Indian-British Dhillon sisters try to rescue her from her fianc

Published: 2005,
Tags: Poetry and rhyme, Poverty
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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