Globe in a Box

Suggested Reading List 2002

* denotes books that are available from the York Library Region in Central NB (Plaster Rock to Oromocto(N–S) & Miramichi to McAdam(E-W)) thus available through inter library loans throughout this region. Many of these books are also available in other areas in NB. Check your local library.

A - Alphabets

*1) Jambo means Hello(Swahili Alphabet Book), Muriel Feelings, Dial Press, New York

ISBN 0-8037-4346-7

*2) Wolastokewi Latawewakon(Maliseet Alphabet Book), New Ireland Press

ISBN 0-9204-83-52-X

B – Bicycle

*1) My Rows and Piles of Coins, Tololwa M. Mollel, Clarion Books

ISBN 0-395-75186-1 also can be used for M – Money & Y – Youth
A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.

2) Bikes for Rent! Isaac Olaleye, Scholastic Inc 2001

ISBN 0531302903

3) Bicycles, George Coulter, Shirley, Rourke Publications Inc 1996

ISBN 0866255877 Non Fiction

4) If the Sky Could Talk, Stuart A. Kallen, ABDO Publishing Co. 1993

ISBN 1562391852 (deals with air pollution)

C – Chocolate

1) Chocolate, Claire Llewellyn, Grolier Publishing,

ISBN 0516262181 (lower level reading) Non Fiction

2) Chocolate : From Start to Finish, Samuel G Woods, Gale Group 1999

ISBN 1567113915 Non Fiction

3) Cocoa Commotion, Melissa Peterson, Harper’s Collins Children’s Books 1997

ISBN 006406660
Ben and Maya travel through time to stop the infamous criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego, who plans to wipe out chocolate by stealing cocoa beans from their most influential points in world history.

*4) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, Penguin Putnam Books for Young

Readers ISBN 1567113915

D – Disasters

1) Freaky Facts about Natural Disasters, Mary A Barnes, Kathleen Duey, Simon & Schuster Children’s Pub 2000 Non Fiction

ISBN 0689812187

*2) The Orphan Boy, Tololwa M. Mollel – Paul Morin, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995

ISBN 0-19-540783-0

*3) Drylongso, Virginia Hamilton, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers

ISBN 0-15-224241-4

*4) Famine, Christopher F Lampton, Millbrook Press 1994

ISBN 1562943170 Non Fiction can also be used for H – Hunger

*5) Disaster at Parsons Point Vol. 2, Susan Saunders, Morrow, Williams & Co. 1998

ISBN 0380794896

6) Natural Disasters: Grades 3 – 6, Jordon Brown, Scholastic Inc 2001

ISBN 0439280400 Non Fiction

E – Education

*1) The Most Beautiful Place in the World, Ann Cameron, Knopf Alfred A 1993

ISBN 0394804244 Can also be used for G – Guatemala & Y – Youth
"Seven-year-old Juan lives in Guatemala . . . with his grandmother. He shines shoes in front of the Tourist Office and knows his grandmother appreciates the money. . . . He passionately wants to attend {school}, but fearing Grandmother will say no, teaches himself to read. Finally gathering his courage, he asks if he might go to school and is surprised and relieved when Grandmother not only agrees but also chides him about the importance of standing up for himself. Juan does well in school and . . . looks to the future with hope.. . . Grades three to five." (Booklist)

*2) My Mom Can’t Read, Muriel Stanek, Albert Whitman & Co.,

ISBN 0-8075-5343-3

*3) The Day of Ahmed’s Secret, Florence Parry Heide & Judith Heide Gilliland,

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books,

ISBN 0-6688-08895-3 also can be used for Y – Youth
Ahmed is a young Egyptian boy "whose job is to deliver canisters of bottled gas to customers for their cook stoves. . . . Ahmed's narrative describes the sights and sounds of Cairo as he makes his rounds with his donkey and cart. He's excited today, for he has a special secret to tell his family. At the book's end, readers see him proudly show his family that he can write his name.

4) The Lost Boys of Natinga: A School for Southern Sudan’s Young

Refugees, Judy Walgren, Houghton Mifflin Company 1998

ISBN 0395705584

5) The Magical Pencil: A Multicultural Story Based in India. The Story shows pictures of

a Typical School Environment, Radhika Kaula, Transnational Computing Services 1996

ISBN 0965386201

F – Fish

*1) Oceans of Fish, Colin Walker, Scholastic, Non – Fiction

ISBN 0-590-74196-9

2) The Cod’s Tale, Mark Kurlansky, Penguin U.S.A. 2001

ISBN 0399234764 Non Fiction

The humble codfish is here shown as a creature of vital importance in the history of the North Atlantic. After a summary of the characteristics and life cycle of the cod, Kurlansky details its relationship with the Vikings, the Basques, other explorers, the early settlers, the slave trade and the American Revolution. Changes in technology have led to the decimation of the once numerous cod.

3) Come Back Salmon, Molly Cone, Sierra Club for Children

ISBN 0871564890 (available in Moncton) Can also be used for L-Lakes Non Fiction

*4) Fishing Community, Joan Horwood, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd 1986,

ISBN 0889021260 Non Fiction

G – Guatemala

*1) The Most Beautiful Place in the World, Ann Cameron, Knopf Alfred A 1993

ISBN 0394804244 Can also be used for E – Education & Y – Youth

*2) Abuela’s Weave, Omar S. Castaneda, Lee & Loo Books Inc, New York

ISBN 1-880000-20-2

A Guatemalan story about intergenerational trust, love, and independence, this book introduces children to the culture of Guatemala through the story of a little girl selling her grandmother's beautiful weaving at the public market. Illustrated throughout with paintings of authentic Guatemalan scenery, giving life to the country's radiant landscape and bustling city streets.

3) People of Corn (Retold by Mary-Joan Gerson), Little Brown and Company,

ISBN 0-316-30854-4

4) Guatemala, Michael S Dahl, Maria Landis, Capstone Press 1998

ISBN 1560657383 Non Fiction

5) Journey for Peace: The Story of Rigoberta Menchu, Marlene Targ Brill,

Peguin Putnam Books for Young Readers 1996

ISBN 0525675248 Can also be used for U- Universal Declaration of Human Rights

6) Out of the Dump: Writing and Photographs by Children from Guatemala,

Kristine L Fanklin, Nancy McGirr, Harper Collins Children’s Books 1996

ISBN 0688139248 Can also be used for Y – Youth (available at the library in Grand Manan)

In Guatemala City, thousands of children live, eat and work in the smoldering garbage dump in the center of the city, collecting materials for recycling and scavenging for items to resell. In 1991, photographer Nancy McGirr decided to start a project in which the youngsters would photograph their own world with the profits used to allow the children to attend school.

*7) Cultures of the World - Guatemala, Sean Sheehan, Marshall Cavendish Corporation,

ISBN 0761408126 Non Fiction

*8) Children of Guatemala, Jules Hermes, Carolrhoda Books 1997

ISBN 0876149948 Non Fiction

H – Hunger

1) Feed the Children First : Irish Memories of the Great Hunger, Mary E Lyons,

Simon &Schuster Children’s Pub. 2002

ISBN 0689842260

*2) Famine, Christopher F Lampton, Millbrook Press 1994

ISBN 1562943170 Non Fiction can also be used for D – Disaster

*3) The Ethiopian Famine, Elizabeth Glaser, Timothy Levi Biel, Gale Group 1990

ISBN 156006014X Non Fiction (higher level reading 12+)

*4) Famine in Africa, Lloyd Timberlake, Glouchester Press book

ISBN 0531170179 Non Fiction

*5) Facing the Future Food for the World, Su Swallow, Evans Brothers Ltd.

ISBN 023751155X Non Fiction

*6) Kids Ending Hunger What We Can Do, Tracy Apple Howard, Sage Howard,

UniversalPress Syndicate Co. Non Fiction

ISBN 0836270002 This is a teacher’s resource book.

*7) The World’s Children – Children Need Food, Harry Undy, Marshall Cavendish 1988

ISBN 0863079681 Non Fiction

I – Internet

*1) Monsters in Cyberspace, Dian Curtis Regan, Henry Holt & Company

ISBN 0805046771

2) Internet Detectives Net Bandits(Internet Detective Series #1), Michael

Coleman, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

ISBN 0553486209

3) Internet Escapade Vol. 11, Joan Lowery Nixon, Jinkins, Disney Press

ISBN 0786849889

J – Jungle

* 1)The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990

ISBN 0-15-200520-X

*2) How Monkeys Make Chocolate, Adrian Forsyth, Firefly Book Ltd.,

ISBN 1895688329

K – Kalahari

*1) Expanding Deserts, Paula Z Hogan, Pub. Gareth Stevens Audio Non Fiction

ISBN 0836804740

*2) The Spread of Deserts, Ewan McLeish, Raintree Steck Vaughn Publishers

ISBN 0811434567 Non Fiction

L – Lakes

*1) A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry, Harcourt Brace & Co.,

ISBN 0-15-200542-0

*2) My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd, Christina Kessler, Scholastic 2000

ISBN 0531302849
Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.

*3) The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, Joanna Cole, Scholastic Inc

ISBN 0590403605

*4) Raven Returns the Water, Anne Cameron

ISBN 0920080197

5) Come Back Salmon, Molly Cone, Sierra Club for Children

ISBN 0871564890 (available in Moncton) Can also be used for F-Fish

M – Money

*1) My Rows and Piles of Coins, Tololwa M. Mollel, Clarion Books,

ISBN 0-395-75186-1 also can be used for B – Bicycle & Y – Youth

2) Sam and the Lucky Money, Karen Chinn, Lee & Low Books Inc. 1995

ISBN 188000013X

This year Sam gets to spend his New Year's gift money any way he chooses. Shopping carefully in his favorite Chinatown stores, he is disappointed to find that everything he wants is too expensive. Deciding to forgo a tasty sweet or a new toy for himself, Sam donates his money instead to a barefoot homeless man. Sam and the Lucky Money is a wonderfully subtle story about the importance of money and the rewards of giving charity.

N – Nutrition

*1) Good Enough to Eat: A Kid’s Guide to Food and Nutrition, Lizzy

Rockwell, Harper Collins Children’s Books Non Fiction

ISBN 0060274344 (lower level reading)

2) Eat Your Vegetables! Drink Your Milk! Alvin Silverstein, Virgina

Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn, Watts Franklin

ISBN 0531165078

3) Food Rules! What You Munch, Its Punch, Its Crunch and Why

Sometimes You Lose Your Lunch, Bill Haduch, Lisa Moore,

Rick Stromoski, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers

ISBN 01411311479

O – Organic

1) Growing Food we Eat: Food for Good Health, Barbara J Patten, Rourke Corporation,

ISBN 0865934010 Non Fiction (lower level reading)

*2) One Good Apple: Growing Our Food for the Sake of the Earth,

Catherine Paladino, Houghton Mifflin Co. Non Fiction

ISBN 0395850098

3) Pesticides, John Duggleby, Silver Burdentt Press 1990

ISBN 0896865401 Can also be used for T – Tomatoes

P – People

1) World Population, Nancy L Fyson, Watts Franklin,

ISBN 0531144789 Non Fiction

*2) Seven Daughters and Seven Sons; Barbara Cohen, Bahija Lovejoy,

Morrow, William & Co

ISBN 0688135633 Can also be used for W - Women
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family.

Q – Quinoa

1) Quinoa the Supergrain:Ancient Food for Today, Rebecca Wood, Japan Publications (USA) Inc. ISBN 0870407805 This is an adult book to be used as a reference.

R – Racism

1) Mandela, Floyd Cooper, Philomel Books,

ISBN 0-399-22942-6

*2) Baseball Saved Us, Ken Mochizuki, Lee & Low Books Inc., New York

ISBN 1-880000-19-9

When a Japanese-American boy and his family are interned in a camp during WWII, they decide to combat their depression by building a baseball field. During a game the boy channels his humiliation--both from being a prisoner and from being a bad player--to anger, giving him the strength to hit a game-winning home run.

*3) The Story of Ruby Bridges, Robert Coles, Scholastic Inc. 1995

ISBN 0590572814 Video also available

*4) Martin Luther King, Nigel Hunter, Wayland Publishers Ltd.

ISBN 0-85078-563-4

*5) Martin Luther King Jr., Diana L. Spenser, Derrydale Books,

ISBN 0-517-06993-8

*6) Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story, Beverley Naidoo,

Harper Collins Children’s Books

ISBN 0064402371

S – Shelter

*1) Monkey Island, Paula Fox, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers 1993

ISBN 0440407702
"After his father deserts them, 11-year-old Clay Garrity and his pregnant mother end up in a shelter. When his mother disappears, Clay spends five weeks living on the streets of New York City, where he is taken under the wing of two street people."

*2) Elsa, Star of the Shelter, Jacqueline Wilson, Albert Whitman 1995

ISBN 0807519812

*3) December, Eve Bunting, Harcourt 1997

ISBN 0152014349

*4) Gracie’s Girl, Ellen Wittlinger, Simon & Schuster Children Pub. 2000

ISBN 0689822499
As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in, but when she and a friend get to know an elderly homeless woman, Bess changes her mind about what is really important.

*5) The King of Dragons, Carol Fenner, Aladdin Paperbacks

ISBN 068983540X

6) My Fabulous New Life, Sheila Greenwald,Max Grover,Harcourt 1993

ISBN 0152767169

*7) Almost a Hero, John Neufeld, R Katcher, Simon & Schuster Children’s Pub. 1996

ISBN 0689807406

8) Homes, Fiona MacDonald, Daniela Astone, Antonella Pastorelli,

Crabtree Publishing Company 2001 Non Fiction

ISBN 0778702472 (Available in Saint John)

*9) Homes Around the World, Bobbie D Kalman, Crabtree Publishing

Company 1995 Non Fiction

ISBN 0865057095

10) The Long Road, Luis Garay, Tundra Books 1997 (available in Moncton & Sackville)

ISBN 0-88776-408-8 ( A story about a family being forced to flee their home in Latin America

and becoming refugees in North America - Teacher’s Guide available on the web).

*11) Goodbye Vietnam, Gloria Whelan, Random House

ISBN 067982376X
"Mai, thirteen, and her family have to escape from Vietnam because her grandmother has come under suspicion of practicing folk medicine and 'the old religion.’ The family--including the very reluctant grandmother--goes to the coastal town of Go Cong, where they board a boat bound for Hong Kong. . . . The story ends with Mai's family on their way to America.

T – Tomatoes

1) Tomatoes, Elaine Landau, Children’s Press 2000

ISBN 0516267736 Non Fiction

2) Pesticides, John Duggleby, Silver Burdentt Press 1990

ISBN 0896865401 Non Fiction Can also be used for O - Organic

U – Universal Declaration of Human Rights