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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
College of Education
University of Arizona

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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When You Reach Me

Published: 2009, Wendy Lamb Books
Tags: Fantasies and supernatural, Mysteries and detectives, New York City, Time travel
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), NewberyIntermediate (ages 9-14), Newbery, Science FictionIntermediate (ages 9-14), Newbery, Science Fiction, United States

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Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand

Published: 2011, Twenty-First Century Books
Tags: Muslims, oppression, Women, Women's rights
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), IranIntermediate (ages 9-14), Iran, Middle EastIntermediate (ages 9-14), Iran, Middle East, Nonfiction

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In the Sea There Are Crocodiles

Published: 2011, CABI North American Office
Tags: Hope, immigration and emigration, Refugees, Survival, Travel
Categories: AfghanistanAfghanistan, AsiaAfghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- MemoirAfghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Afghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East

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So Say the Little Monkeys

Published: 1998, Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
Tags: Indigenous, Monkeys, play
Categories: BrazilBrazil, Folklore and Fairy TalesBrazil, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Latin AmericaBrazil, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Latin America, Picture BookBrazil, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Latin America, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Buried Alive!

Published: 2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tags: accident, Mines and mining, Problem solving, Rescues, Survival
Categories: ChileChile, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Chile, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin AmericaChile, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction

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Gangs

Published: 2011, Groundwood Books
Tags: Gangs, violence
Categories: InternationalInternational, NonfictionInternational, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Seven Seas

Published: 2011, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Tags: Adventure, color, Geography, Imagination, sea, story in rhyme
Categories: FantasyFantasy, InternationalFantasy, International, Picture BookFantasy, International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Nur Jahan of India

Published: 2010, Goosebottom Books
Tags: History, leader, ruler, Women
Categories: AsiaAsia, Biography - Autobiography- MemoirAsia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, IndiaAsia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book

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The Rumor

Published: 2012, Tundra Books of Northern New York
Categories: FictionFiction, IndiaFiction, India, Picture BookFiction, India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Guru Nanak

Published: 2011, Groundwood Books
Tags: Religion
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, IndiaBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book

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