My Little Round House by Bolormaa Baasansuren
A Mongolian baby describes his first year of life in a nomadic community, from the smells of food cooking to the people he met.
El Barrio by Debbi Chocolate
A young boy explores his vibrant Latino neighborhood, with its vegetable gardens instead of lawns, Nativity parades, quinceañera parties, and tejana and salsa music.
How to Catch a Fish by John Frank
Rhyming text and illustrations describe the ways fish are caught in various locations around the world.
Ten Days and Nine Nights by Yumi Heo
A young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of her newly-adopted sister from Korea, while her whole family prepares.
A Giraffe Goes to Paris by Mary Tavener Holmes
Recounts the 1827 journey of a young giraffe named Belle, a gift from the Pasha of Egypt to King Charles X of France, as she makes her way by boat and land to Paris, accompanied by her devoted caretaker, Atir.
Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz
Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.
Ready to Dream by Donna Jo Napoli
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
When it’s Six O’Clock in San Francisco by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu
When Jared wakes up in San Francisco at six o’clock in the morning, children in other parts of the world are doing other things, like going to school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, playing soccer in London, England, and eating dinner in Lahore, Pakistan, because of the difference in time zones around the globe. Includes factual material about telling time and time zones.
How Big is the World? by Britta Teckentrup
Little Mole goes on a journey to see how big the world really is.
My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
