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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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email: wow@email.arizona.edu
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The Desert Fox Family Book

Introduces the desert fox, or fennec, by following a mother and her young at rest and at play, hunting and eating, in their harsh yet beautiful desert world.

Published: 1996, North-South Books
Tags: Animals, desert, Foxes, Nature, Wild animals
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Information BookAfrica, Information Book, NonfictionAfrica, Information Book, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Tooth And Claw: Animal Adventures In The Wild

Author/illustrator Ted Lewin relates fourteen of his experiences with wild animals while travelling the world, following each anecdote with facts about the featured animal and its habitat.

Published: 2003, HarperCollins
Tags: Explore the world, travel journal, Wild animals
Categories: InternationalInternational, NonfictionInternational, Nonfiction, Picture BookInternational, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways

The acrostic is a popular poetic form in which a name or phrase can be found by reading certain letters in the poem downward. Contains color photographs of various African animals, each with a lighthearted poem that contains acrostics.

Published: 2009, Candlewick
Tags: Wild animals
Categories: AfricaAfrica, PoetryAfrica, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Untamed: Animals Around The World

Presents the diversity and beauty of wild animals around the world, their habitats, their behavior, and the ways in which they care for their young, as well as the dangers that they face from both man and nature. Drawings by Emmanuelle Zicot.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Nature, Wild animals
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), InternationalIntermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction

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