Book suggestions for Around the World

Title / Author / ISBN / Publisher / Description
Children Around the World / Donata Montanari / 1-55337-064-3 / Kids Can Press / Adam lives in Nunavut, where it is very cold. Malaika lives in Tanzania, where it is always hot. In this book, you will meet children from all around the world. They play games, go to school, and learn new things…. just like you!
If the World Were a Village / David J. Smith / 1-55074-779-7 / Kids Can Press / If the World Were a Village tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more. So come and learn about our global village. What you find out may surprise you!
Wake Up, World! / Beatrice Hollyer / 0-8050-6293-9 / Henry Holt and Company / The sun is rising, and children all over the world are waking up. As the day unfolds, readers are invited to look inside eight homes in eight different countries and see where the children sleep, what they eat, and how they learn and play. What’s life like in such diverse places as Ghana and Russia, Australia and Vietnam, Brazil and England, India and America?
How People Live / Penelope Arlon / 0-7894-9867-7 / DK Publishing, Inc. / How People Live combines the appeal of a fascinating collection of stories with the educational qualities of a reference book. Focusing on the daily lives, customs, languages, and religions of peoples from around the world.
Material World / Peter Menzel / 0-87156-430-0 / Sierra Club Books / Vividly portraying the look and feel of the human condition everywhere on Earth like nothing before, Material World puts a human face on the issues of population, environment, social justice, and consumption and brilliantly illuminates the crucial question facing our species today: Can all 5 billion of us have all the things we want?
A Life Like Mine / Amanda Rayner / 0-7894-8859-0 / DK Publishing, Inc. / How children live around the world.
Our Favorite Stories From Around the World / Jamila Gavin / 0-7894-1486-4 / DK Publishing, Inc. / This extraordinary portrait of the daily lives, families, hopes, and dreams of the world’s children.
We All Have a Heritage / Sandy Lynne Holman / 0-9644655-2-3 / The Culture C.O.O.P. / In our fast paced, ever changing world, it is important, now more than ever, for children of all ages to learn to embrace diversity and the nature of our multicultural societies.
Scholastic Atlas of the World / Anne Marshall / 0-439-52797-X / Scholastic Inc. / The Scholastic Atlas of the World presents information in a new and exciting way. Comparisons are made between countries and the United States – land area, time difference, life expectancy, and car ownership, how long it takes to travel between distant cities – and many more features.
Somewhere in the World Right Now / Stacey Schuett / 0-679-88549-8 / Dragon Fly Books / Somewhere in the world right now, it’s deepest night. Elephants sleep in the African darkness while a little girl lies dreaming of tomorrow. But Somewhere else, tomorrow is already here. As one new day begins, another draws to a close.
Houses / Marcia Fries / 1-57471-140-7 / Creative Teaching Press, Inc. / Describes different houses around the world.
Come Home with Us! / Annie Kubler and Caroline Formby / 0-85953-791-9 / Discovery Flaps / Children love surprises. They love lifting flaps. This series rewards their curiosity with interesting discoveries about their world.
My House Has Stars / Megan McDonald / 0-531-07181-2 / Orchard Books / About different houses around the world and children describing their homes.
Houses and Homes / Ann Morris / 0-688-10168-2 / Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books / Houses and their differences around the world
Tools / Ann Morris / 0-688-16165-0 / Harper Collins / Different Tools used around the world
On the Go / Ann Morris / 0-688-13637-0 / Mulberry Book / Different ways people travel around the world.
Bread Bread Bread / Ann Morris / 0-688-06334-9 / Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books / Bread is a food enjoyed by people in all parts of the world. Its many shapes, sizes, textures, and colors are as varied as the people who eat it. This photo-graphic round the world tour provides a glimpse into the rich variety of world cultures, as well as an informative look at an important food that everyone agrees is as necessary as water and air.
This is the Way We Go to School / Edith Baer / 0-590-43162-5 / Scholastic Inc. / This Is the Way We Go to School takes readers on a journey around the world, celebrating the many different ways children travel to the classroom.
Kids Multicultural CookBook / Deanna Cook / 0-913589-91-8 / Williamson Kids Can! Book / From Australia to the Americas, Deanna Cook traveled the far corners of the globe – and everywhere in between – to meet kids and share the delicious foods they cook up in their kitchens.
Everybody Cooks Rice / Norah Dooley / 0-87614-591-8 / Carolrhoda Books, Inc. / Carrie travels from one house to another, looking for her brother at dinnertime. Each family invites her in for a taste of what they are cooking.
The World in a Supermarket / Rozanne Lanczak Williams / 1-57471-126-1 / Creative Teaching Press / Shows what different countries around the world would bring to a supermarket.
Let’s Eat! / Beatrice Hollyer / 0-8050-7322-1 / Henry Holt and Company / Packed with colorful photographs that explore the role of food in daily life – whether that means hunting for mushrooms, picking a flavor of ice cream, or weeding the vegetable patch – let’s Eat! Gives thought-provoking insight into the way people eat and live around the world.
Masai and I / Virginia Kroll / 0-689-80454-7 / Aladdin Picture Books / One day in school, Linda learns about a people of East Africa called the Masai. She feels a sense of kinship and begins to wonder what her world would be like if she were Masai. Would she live in an apartment in a big city as she does now – or in a hut in a tiny African village? What would her life be like?
My Rows and Piles of Coins / Tolowa Mollel / 0-395-75186-1 / Houghton Mifflin Company / The market is full of wonderful things – roasted peanuts, rice cakes, toy trucks, and kites – but Saruni doesn’t buy any of them. He is saving for something special. How happy and proud he will be when he can help his mother carry heavy goods to market on his very own bicycle!
Emeka’s Gift An African Counting Story / Ifeoma Onyefulu / 0-525-65205-1 / Puffin Books / As Emeka travels to visit his grandmother, he passes through the village market, where he sees lots of things Granny would like – four brooms, five big hats to keep the sun off, six necklaces, and seven musical instruments. But with no money, Emeka can’t buy Granny a present. Will she understand?
The Great Roung-the-World Balloon Race / Sue Scullard / 0-525-44692-3 / Dutton Children’s Books / What could be more exciting than a race round the world in a hot-air balloon? Winning it! Rebecca and William and their enterprising aunt think that their balloon, Firebreather, can come in first.
The Pot That Juan Built / Nancy Andrews-Goebel / 1-58430-038-8 / Lee & Low Books Inc. / Juan Quezada is the premier potter in Mexico. Using local materials and the primitive methods of the Casas Grandes people, Juan creates stunning pots in the traditional style. Each is a work of art unlike any other.
Saturday Market / Patricia Grossman / 0-688-12176-4 / Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books / By Friday night, everyone is ready. Those who live far away are already loading their trucks and carts and donkeys with beautiful rebozos and fiery chili peppers, comfortable huaraches and squawking parrots. They will travel by moonlight. Those who live closer can sleep through most of the moonlit night. But everyone from near or far, will arrive at the market before dawn. And what a market it is!
Abuela’s Weave / Omar S. Castaneda / 1-880000-20-2 / Lee & Low Books / Grandmother teaches her granddaughter to weave. Then the granddaughter has to travel to the market by herself to sell the beautiful tapestries.
Erandi’s Braids / Antonio Hernandez Madrigal / 0-399-23212-5 / Puffin Books / She can hardly wait to go to the store with Mama to pick out her present. The yellow dress she has her eye on will look beautiful with her long, thick braids. But Mama’s fishing net is full of holes, and there isn’t enough money to buy both a new net and a birthday dress. The only solution lies with the hair buyers from the city, who purchase braids from the women of Erandi’s Mexican village. But Mama’s hair isn’t nearly as long or as thick as Erandi’s. Will Erandi have to choose between her birthday present and her braids?
Children From Australia to Zimbabwe / Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola / 1-57091-478-8 / Shakti for Children / Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey around the World takes its readers on a trip through the alphabet and around the globe. Find out what children do with their families in Mexico, how they dress for festivals in Japan, and what they ride to school in India. Learn how children say hello in many different countries.
Children Just Like Me / Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley / 0-7894-0201-7 / DK Publishing, Inc. / A book about children around the world.
Follow an Ice Cream Cone Around the World / Neale Godfrey / 0-38224911-9 / Silver Crest
Beatrice Goat / Page McDrier / 0-689-82460-2 / Atheneum Books for Young Readers