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AFRICA

Africa is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight jDT22 .K57 2000

Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier jPicture Book

Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan BLKH PZ8.1 .B838 Bg 2003

Bug Stew by Apple Jordan jReader

The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman jPicture Book

Cooking the East African Way by Bertha V. Montgomery jTX725.A4 M65 2002

Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale by Joan M. Lexau jReader

Elizabeti's School by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen jPicture Book

Elsina's Clouds by Jeanette Winter jPicture Book

Faraway Home by Jane Kurtz jPicture Book

Furaha Means Happy: A Book of Swahili Words by Ken Wilson-Max jPL8703 .W545 2000

Gugu's House by Catherine Stock jPicture Book

In a Ghanaian City by Francis Provencal jDT510.4 .P76 2001

My Baby by Jeanette Winter jPicture Book

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales jPZ8.1 .N28 2002

Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and other Talking Drum Rhymes by Uzoamaka Chinyelu Unobagha jPS3571 .N775 O43 2000

This Our Dark Country: The American Settlers of Liberia by Catherine Reef jDT633 .R44 2002

Valley of the Kings by Rob Alcraft. jDT73.B44 A54 2000

What's Cooking, Jamela? by Niki Daly jPicture Book

Year of No Rain by Alice Mead jFiction

Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira jFiction

ARCTIC

The Big Caribou Herd: Life in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Bruce Hiscock jQL737.U55 H57 2003

Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall jFiction

The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller jSF440.15 .M55 2002

The Impossible Journey by Gloria Whelan jFiction

The Inuit: Ivory Carvers of the Far North by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack jE99.E7 K596 2004

Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway by Kirkpatrick Hill jFiction

Nunavut by Lyn Hancock jE99.E9 H35 1995

The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale by Lydia Dabcovich jE99.E7 D28 1997

Togo by Robert J. Blake jPicture Book

Tundra by Susan Heinrichs Gray jQH541.5.T8 G73 2001

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill jFiction

ASIA

All the Way to Lhasa: A Tale From Tibet by Barbara Berger jPZ8.1.B4163 Al 2002

The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh by Frederick Lipp jPicture Book

Chachaji's Cup by Uma Krishnaswami jPicture Book

Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam by Sherry Garland jPZ8.1.G1668 Ch 2001

The Conch Bearer by Chitra Divakaruni jFiction

Cooking the Japanese Way by Reiko Weston. jTX724.5.J3 W47 2002

The Firekeeper's Son by Linda Sue Park jPicture Book

The Gift of the Crocodile by Judy Sierra. jPZ8.S34558 Gr 2000

Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances Park jFiction

The Greatest Power by Demi jPicture Book

The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale by Mary Casanova. jPZ8.1.C22783 Hu 2000

In a Chinese City by Sungwan So. jDS721 .S667 2001

The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park jFiction

Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now by John Stickler jDS907.4 .S75

Monkey King by Ed Young jPicture Book

Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami jPicture Book

Night of the Fireflies by Karen B. Winnick jPicture Book

Oranges on Golden Mountain by Elizabeth Partridge jPicture Book

Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges jFiction

Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg jDS881.5.N3 B58 2001

Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden jFiction

CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Caribbean Dream by Rachel Isadora jPicture Book

Cooking the Caribbean Way by Cheryl D. Kaufman. jTX716.A1 K38 2002

Cuban Kids by Georga Ancona jF1788 .A745 2000

Down In the Subway by Miriam Cohen jPicture Book

A Haitian Family by Keith Elliott Greenberg jF129.B7 G695 1998

Isabel's House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston jPicture Book

Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale by Marisa Montes jPZ8.1 .M76 2000

Jump Up Time: A Trinidad Carnival Story by Lynn Joseph jPicture Books

Mama, Across the Sea by Alex Godard jPicture Book

Mama and Papa Have a Store by Amelia Lau Carling jPicture Book

Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams jPicture Book

Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti by Amy MacDonald jPZ8.1.M1592 Pl 2002

Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen jFiction

Under the Moon and Over the Sea: A Collection of Caribbean Poems jPR9205.6 .U53 2002

EUROPE

Ancient Greek Children by Richard Tames jHQ792.G73 T36 2003

Cooking the French Way by Lynne M. Waldee jTX719 .W28 2002

Cooking the Spanish Way by Rebecca Christian jTX723.5.S7 C5 2002

Daily Life in Ancient and Modern London by Betony Toht jDA688 .T64 2001

Far Side of the Loch by Melissa Wiley jFiction

Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Margaret R. MacDonald jPZ8.1.M15924 Fat 2001

Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl by Marissa Moss jFiction.

How I Survived the Irish Famine: The Journal of Mary O'Flynn by Laura Wilson jDA950.7 W55 2001

Katje, the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle jPicture Book

The Language of Birds by Rafe Martin jPZ8.1.M3725 LAn 2000

The Names Upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend by Marie Heaney jPZ8.1.H3465 Nam 2000

The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland by Aaron Shepard jPZ8.S3425 Pr 2003

Starry Nights by Judith Clarke jFiction

Stink Alley by Jamie Gilson jFiction

Victorian England by Ruth Ashby jDA550 .A69 2003

Wild Robert by Diana Jones jFiction

Your Travel Guide to Renaissance Europe by Nancy Day jCB361 .D35 2001

LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA

Amazon Fever by Kathleen Zoehfeld jFiction

Cinco De Mayo by Alice K. Flanagan jF1233 .F618 2004

Cooking the Mexican Way by Rosa Coronado jTX716.M4 C67 2002

Dream Carver by Diana Cohn jPicture Book

Erandi's Braids by Antonio H. Madrigal jPicture Book

In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys by Russell Freedman jF790.M5 F74 2001

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson jFiction

Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer by James Endredy jF1221 .H9 E63 2003

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu by Ted Lewin jF3429.1.M3 L49 2003

The New York Public Library Amazing Hispanic American History: Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre jFiction.

Rosa Raposa by F. Isabel Campoy jPicture Book

Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Heiroglyphs by Laurie Colter jF1435.3.W75 C68 2001

Tikal by Elizabeth Mann jF1435.1.T5 M222 2002

The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend by Robert San Souci jF1219.76.R45 K56 2000

MIDDLE EAST

The Bedouin of the Middle East by Elizabeth Losleben jDS36.9.B4 L68 2003

The Bread Winner by Deborah Ellis jFiction

Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran by Aaron Shepard jPZ8.S3425 Fo 1999

The House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide jPicture Book

How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head by Harish Johari jBL1225 .G34 T56 2003

Leyla: The Black Tulip by Alev L. Croutier jFiction

Mesopotamia by Tami Deedrick. jDS 71 D43 2002

The Ottoman Empire by Adriane Ruggiero jDR485 .R84 2003

The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale of Hieroglyphs by Tamara Bower jPZ8.1.B667 Sh 2000

Valley of the Kings by Rob Alcraft jDT73.B44 A54 2000

What About Me? by Ed Young jPZ8.1.Y84 Bo 2002

NORTH AMERICA

A Braid of Lives: Native American Childhood jE98.C5 B73 2000

Children of Native America Today by Yvonne Dennis jE98 .C5 H66 2003

Grandparents' Song by Sheila Hamanaka jPicture Book

Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California by Jerry Stanley jF865 .S813 2000

Life in America's First Cities by Sally S. Isaacs jE164 .I83 2001

Myths of the Native Americans by Anita Dalal jE98.R3 D135 2002

Plain Girl by Virginia Sorensen jFiction

Soft Rain: The Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen jFiction

Those Building Men by Angela Johnson jPicture Book

The Ultimate Field Trip: A Week in the 1800s by Susan Goodman jE337.5 .G66 2000

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill jFiction

Your Travel Guide to Civil War America by Nancy Day jE468.9 .D29 2001

Young Adult

  • Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
  • Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
  • Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
  • The Land by Mildred Taylor
  • Maata's Journal by Paul Sullivan
  • Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
  • A Step from Heaven by An Na
  • Who Will Tell My Brother? By Marlene Carvell
  • Mystery

    All titles are fiction

    A to Z Mysteries (series) by Ron Roy

    Boxcar Children (series) by Gertrude Chandler Warner

    Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by James Howe

    Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler

    Case for Jenny Archer by Ellen Conford

    Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer

    Caught! By Willo Davis Roberts

    Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet

    Chet Gecko (series) by Bruce Hale

    Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars

    Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

    Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams

    Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald Sobol

    Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer

    Finding Zola by Marianne Mitchell

    Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison

    Grooves: a Kind of Mystery by Kevin Brockmeier

    Hank the Cowdog (series) by John Erickson

    Hardy Boys (series) by Franklin Dixon

    Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

    House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton

    House with a Clock in It's Walls by John Bellairs

    Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller

    Match Wits with Sherlock Holmes (series) by Murray Shaw

    Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: the Ecological Mystery by Jean Craighead George

    Mysteries in Our National Parks (series) by Gloria Skurzynski

    Nancy Drew (series) by Carolyn Keene

    Roman Mysteries (series) by Caroline Lawrence

    Sammy Keyes (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen

    Secret of the Floating Phantom by Norma Lehr

    Shakespeare Stealer by Elise Broach

    Sisters Grimm (series) by Michael Buckley

    Trixie Beldon (series) by Julie Campbell

    Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

    Young Adult

    Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

    Diamond Brothers Mysteries (series) by Anthony Horowitz

    Drawing a Blank, or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Dan Ehrenhaft

    Fell by M.E. Kerr

    Hermux Tantamog Adventures (series) by Michael Hoeye

    In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier

    Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

    Missing Since Monday by Ann Martin

    Murdered My Sweet by Joan Lowery Nixon

    Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks

    Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

    Terrorist by Caroline Cooney

    Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts

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