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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Broken Memory

Moments of grace and tenderness undercut the terror and pain of this powerful story of the genocidal war in Rwanda.

Burying the Moon

A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village.

Caravan to the North

An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.

Caravana al Norte

El relato de un niño viajando de El Salvador hacia los EE.UU. ilumina la realidad de los inmigrantes centroamericanos cuya única opción es abandonar su hogar.

Dos conejos blancos

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

Eyes on the Ice

In 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.

Go Home

In a small New Hampshire town, two teenagers from vastly different backgrounds find their future dreams challenged by family trauma and racism.

Good Night, Commander

A powerful, moving, prize-winning story about a child who has survived the Iran-Iraq war but has endured great loss.

Guacamole

Guacamole is the third title of Jorge Argueta's popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrating the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food.

Home is Beyond the Mountains

Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades Persia in 1918, and her family must flee into the mountains. Will she ever see home again?

How Emily Saved the Bridge

The amazing story of Emily Warren Roebling, the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883.

How to Bee

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.