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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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In Search Of The Spirit

Published: 1999, Morrow Junior Books
Tags: Art and artists, Japanese tradition
Categories: Information BookInformation Book, JapanInformation Book, Japan, NonfictionInformation Book, Japan, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Way We Do It In Japan

Published: 2002, Albert Whitman and Company
Tags: growing up, Moving households, multicultural families, New experiences
Categories: AsiaAsia, JapanAsia, Japan, Picture BookAsia, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Great Wall Of China

Published: 1986, Atheneum
Tags: Great Wall, History, Reference
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, Information BookAsia, China, Information Book, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, China, Information Book, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction

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The Chinese Mirror

Published: 1988, Houghton Mifflin Company
Categories: Folklore and Fairy TalesFolklore and Fairy Tales, KoreaFolklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture BookFolklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Screen of Frogs: An Old Tale

Published: 1993, Orchard Books (NY)
Tags: Nature
Categories: Folklore and Fairy TalesFolklore and Fairy Tales, JapanFolklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture BookFolklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Da Wei’s Treasure: A Chinese Tale

Published: 1999, Margaret K. McElderry
Tags: fairy tale, Family, Magic, multicultural, Mystery
Categories: ChinaChina, Folklore and Fairy TalesChina, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Sweet Dried Apples: A Vietnamese Wartime Childhood

Published: 1996, Houghton Mifflin
Tags: Family life, grandfather, grandfather and grandchild, Vietnam War
Categories: Historical FictionHistorical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture BookHistorical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Vietnam

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The Crane Wife

Published: 1998, Harcourt Brace
Tags: Betrayal, crane, kindness, Love, Magic
Categories: Folklore and Fairy TalesFolklore and Fairy Tales, JapanFolklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture BookFolklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Published: 2002, Putnam
Tags: Death, Origami, sickness, War, wish, World War II
Categories: Historical FictionHistorical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanHistorical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Empty Pot

Published: 1990, Henry Holt & Company
Tags: Emperor, Flowers and plants, Honesty, Values and virtues
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, Picture BookAsia, China, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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