These books, for kids from preschool through about grade 6, focus on children throughout the world.
Call numbers for the Duluth Public Library are in ( ).
Ask the library staff for help in finding these and other good books!
All
Around the World
Anno. All in a Day. ( j )
Baer, Edith. This is the Way We Go to School. ( j )
Gavin, Jamila. Our Favorite Stories. (j398.2 Gavin)
Haskins, James. Count Your Way Through... series
Kindersley, Anabel. Celebrations. (j394.26 Kindersley)
Kindersley, Barnabas. Children Just Like Me. (j910 Kindersley)
Spier, Peter. People. (j155.2 Spier)
Antarctica
Armstrong, Jennifer. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World.
(j919.8904 Armstrong)
Dixon, Franklin. Stone Idol. [Hardy Boys #65] (Juv Fic
M)
Hooper, Meredith. Tom's Rabbit. ( j )
L'Engle, Madeleine. Troubling a Star. (YA Fic)
Mastro, Jim. Antarctic Ice. (j591.998 Mastro)
Ryan, Zoe Alderfer. Ann and Liv Cross Antarctica. (j919.89
Ryan)
Swan, Robert. Destination Antarctica. (j919.8 Swan)
Europe
Beskow, Elsa. Pelle's New Suit. ( j ) Sweden
Bjork, Christina. Linnea in Monet's Garden. (j759.49 Bjork)
Sweden
Bjork, Christina. Linnea's Almanac. (j508 Bjork) Sweden
Brett, Jan. The Mitten. (j398.2 Brett) Ukraine
Brett, Jan. The Trouble with Trolls. ( j ) Scandinavia
Creech, Sharon. Bloomability. (Juv Fic) Switzerland
De Paola, Tomie. Big Anthony: His Story. ( j ) Italy
Dunlop, Eileen. Finn's Search. (Juv Fic) Scotland
McKay, Hilary. The Exiles. (Juv Fic) England
Lewin, Ted. The Reindeer People. (j914.897 Lewin) Lapland
McSwigan, Marie. Snow Treasure. (Juv Fic) Norway
Morgenstern, Susie. Secret Letters from 0 to 10. (Juv Fic)
France
Sabuda, Robert. Uh-oh, Leonardo. (Juv Fic) Italy
Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de. I, Juan de Pareja. (Juv Fic)
Spain
Asia
Baillie, Allan. Little Brother. (Juv Fic) Cambodia
Brett, Jan. Daisy Come Home. ( j ) China
Bridges, Shirin Yim. Ruby's Wish. ( j ) China
Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane. The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
(Juv Fic) Japan
Flack, Marjorie. Story About Ping. ( j Reading Rainbow)
China
Godden, Rumer. Great Grandfather's House. (Juv Fic) Japan
Hill, Elizabeth Starr. Bird Boy. (Juv Fic) China
Ho, Minfong. Brother Rabbit. (j398.2 Ho) Cambodia
Jiang, Ji-li. Red Scarf Girl. (j921 J56AAr Jiang) China
Kimmel, Eric A. Sword of the Samurai. (Juv Fic) Japan
Lee, Jeanne M. Silent Lotus. (j398.2 Lee) Cambodia
Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shan: A Cinderella Story. (j398.2 Louie)
China
Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo. ( j ) China
Neuberger, Anne E. The Girl-Son. (Juv Fic ) Korea
Park, Frances. The Royal Bee. ( j ) Korea
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. (Juv Fic) Korea
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. (Juv Fic) Korea
Pittman, Helena Clare. A Grain of Rice. (Juv Fic) China
Snyder, Dianne. Boy of the Three Year Nap. ( j ) Japan
Tan, Amy. Moon Lady. ( j ) China
Williams, Laura E. The Long Silk Strand. ( j Reading Rainbow)
Japan
Wong, Janet S. The Trip Back Home. ( j ) Korea
North
America
Bailey, Linda. How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
(Juv Fic M) Canada
Bang, Molly. Tiger's Fall. (Juv Fic) Mexico
Conrad, Pam. Call Me Ahnighito. ( j ) Greenland
Dupre, Kelly. The Raven's Gift. (j919.82 Dupre) Greenland
Ehlert, Lois. Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale. (j398.2 Foreign
Language) Mexico
Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. (Juv Fic) U.S.
Franklin, Kristine L. Iguana Beach. ( j ) Guatemala
From Sea to Shining Sea. (j810.8 From) U.S.
Geeslin, Campbell. Elena's Serenade. ( j ) Mexico
Guthrie, Woody. This Land is Your Land. (j784.4 Guthrie)
U.S.
Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Star in the Storm. (Juv Fic) Canada
Joosse, Barbara M. Mama Do You Love Me. ( j )
Keller, Laurie. The Scrambled States of America. ( j Reading
Rainbow) U.S.
Lunn, Janet. The Root Cellar. (Juv Fic SF) Canada
Madrigal, Antonio Hernandez. Erandi's Braids. ( j ) Mexico
Trottier, Maxine. Prairie Willow. ( j ) Canada
South
America
Clark, Ann Nolan. Secret of the
Andes. (Juv Fic) Peru
Ehlert, Lois. Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale. (j398.2 Foreign
Language) Peru
Kalnay, Francis. Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa. (Juv
Fic) Argentina
Lamm, C. Drew. Gauchada. ( j ) Argentina
Lewin, Ted. Amazon Boy. ( j ) Brazil
Machado, Ana Maria. Nina Bonita. ( j ) Brazil
Talbott, Hudson. Amazon Diary. (Juv Fic Reading Rainbow)
Venezuela
Torres, Leyla. Saturday Sancocho. ( j Reading Rainbow)
Australia
and Oceania
Baker, Jeannie. Window. ( j )
Base, Graeme. My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch. ( j )
Cole, Joanna. Expedition Down Under. [Magic School Bus
series] (Juv Fic)
Cox, David. Bossyboots. ( j Reading Rainbow)
Eversole, Robyn Harbert. Gift Stone. ( j )
Fox, Mem. Possum Magic. ( j )
Osborne, Mary Pope. Dingos at Dinnertime. [Magic Tree House
series] (Juv Fic SF)
Thiele, Colin. Farmer Schulz's Ducks. ( j )
Winch, John. The Old Man Who Loved to Sing. ( j Reading
Rainbow)
Winch, John. The Old Woman Who Loved to Read. ( j )
Africa
Asare, Meshack. Sosu's Call. ( j Reading Rainbow)
Cowen-Fletcher, Jane. It Takes a Village. ( j )
Gray, Nigel. A Country Far Away. ( j )
McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider: A Tale From the Ashanti.
(j398.2452 McDermott)
Mollel, Tololwa. Big Boy. ( j )
Rumford, James. Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey. (
j )
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie. Elizabeti's Doll. ( j )
Williams, Karen Lynn. Galimoto. ( j Reading Rainbow)
