Stories from Around the World

Stories from Around the World

The stories in this collection provide young readers with a global perspective. Experience a new culture, language or set of traditions within their pages.

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A Boy Is Not a Ghost

In this sequel to the award-winning A Boy Is Not a Bird, a boy is exiled to Siberia during World War II. Based on a true story.

A Gift from Childhood

A vivid and stunningly illustrated memoir about growing up in a small village in Mali, written by a renowned African artist who now lives in Portland.

A Song for China

Celebrating the Yellow River Cantata, this is the riveting history of a young author and militant who used art to create a socially just China.

Afikomen

Three children at a Passover seder visit ancient Egypt to help baby Moses find his way safely to Pharaoh’s daughter—a wordless time-travel adventure.

African Icons

Meet ten remarkable African kings, queens, inventors, scholars and visionaries who changed the world.

Alone

A fully-illustrated treatment of the true stories of three young refugees who journey alone to North America, seeking refugee status.

Aluta

University life is better than Charlotte ever dreamed, but her exposure to new ideas in 1981 Ghana will be an exciting and dangerous adventure.

Amazonia

An authentically written and exquisitely illustrated book of indigenous tales from Brazil.

Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise

A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood — that of the Maya K’iche’.

Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings

A Haitian American girl finds connection to generations of family lore in this story of identity, heart and home.

Between Sisters

A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl.

Book Uncle and Me

Book Uncle and Me is an award-winning middle-grade novel about the power of grassroots activism and how kids can make a difference.