• Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, in Storrs, Connecticut
• Charter Oak Cultural Center, in Hartford, Connecticut
• Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut State Archeology Center in Storrs, Connecticut
• Freedom Schooner Amistad in New Haven Connecticut
• Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center in Waterbury, Connecticut
• Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut
• Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury, Connecticut
• The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, Connecticut
• The Institute of American Indian Studies Museum and Research Center in Washington, Connecticut
• The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut
• The Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford, Connecticut
• The Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
• TIMEXPO The Timex Museum in Waterbury Connecticut

International Festivals

• St. George’s Annual Greek Festival
  Hartford, CT June 2-5
•  International Food Festival
  Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, CT Mystic, CT June 11 – 12, 2011
• International Festival of Arts & Ideas
  New Haven, CT June 11-25, 2011
• Connecticut Irish Festival
  North Haven Fairgrounds, 300 Washington Avenue
  North Haven, CT June 25 – 26, 2011

• Irish American Home Society
  Glastonbury, CT July 29-31
•  Festa! 2011 Italian Festival
  Father Salemi Drive, Downtown Ansonia, CT August 4 – 6, 2011
  203-735-1787
•  Caribbean and Jerk Festival
  Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, Columbus Boulevard
  Hartford, CT August 6, 2011
•  Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival
  Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, 300 Columbus Boulevard
  Hartford, CT August 20 – 21, 2011
  Phone: 860-713-3131

June

• Canton Public Library, July1, Monsters & Dragons & Aliens, Oh My! (download flyer)
• Richmond Memorial Library, Marlborough CT, June 21 at 6pm – Summer Reading Kickoff Night with special guest: Todd Brodeur’s World  Class Frisbee Show!
• Windsor Public Library, June 25 - Summer Carnival to kick off summer reading (download flyer)

• Meet the Kids at Kids Around the World
• Missions at The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation
• National Geographic Kids: Explore Countries

Learn about world music!

• Chopsticks Chopsticks (from Up to Ten)
• Festival of Lights (from Up to Ten)
• Irish Lullaby 
• Let’s Go on a Safari (from Leading to Reading)
• One World, Many Stories (YouTube)
• The Pointy Pyramid (from Up to Ten)

National Anthems

• Canada (French)
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Latvia
• Russia
• Venezuela

Game Instructions

Rafi and Rose: Carnival! by Lulu Delacre
Two Latin American tree frogs, mischievous Rafi and his younger sister Rosi, enjoy the events of Puerto Rico’s Carnival season.

Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale by Joan M. Lexau
Crocodile is so confused by Hen calling him “brother” every time he gets ready to eat her that he finally goes searching for an explanation of how such a relationship can be.

Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days  by Megan McDonald
Judy Moody’s new friendship with Amy Namey causes problems with her old friends and the school project they are working on together.

At Home in a New Land  by Joan Sandin
Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

Around the World on Eighty Legs  by Amy Gibson
An illustrated collection of poems that provides information about animals around the world.

Saving the Baghdad Zoo  by Kelly Milner Halls
A photo-illustrated firsthand account of how United States soldiers and volunteers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo after the start of the Iraq War.

African Acrostics  by Avis Harley
Contains color photographs of various African animals, each with a lighthearted poem that contains acrostics.

Our World of Water  by Beatrice Hollyer
Explore how children from six different countries use water every day.

One World, One Day  by Barbara Kerley
This beautiful photo book follows the course of one day in our world. Sunrise to sunset is captured in the essential things we all do daily, wherever we live in the world, and in the different ways we do them. The first meal of the day will take on a whole new dimension for American kids as an American pancake breakfast is contrasted with porridge in North Korea and churros in Spain.

What the World Eats  photographed by Peter Menzel
A collection of photographs depicting twenty-five families from twenty-one different countries, and includes Chad, Equador, Greenland, Japan, Mongolia, and others, and also describes the cost of a week’s worth of food, and other cultural information for each listed country.

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya  by Donna Jo Napoli
Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native to Kenya to solve their many problems.

Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life  by Jan Reynolds
Photo-essay exploring the cultural and environmental aspects of traditional Balinese rice farming, a model of sustainable food production.

Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World  by Roseanne Thong
An illustrated guide to wishing traditions from around the world, including Japan, China, Russia, Israel, Italy, Guatemala, the United States, and others, providing insights into the various cultures and highlighting the similarities.

Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill
Introduces opposites using painted wooden folk art animal sculptures made by artisans from Oaxaca, Mexico.

Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia  by Jeanette Winter
Luis has so many books in his little house in Colombia that he buys two donkeys and travels throughout the land bringing the joy of reading to children.

My Village: Rhymes from Around the World  collected by Danielle Wright
Collects poems and nursery rhymes from around the world, including such countries as China, Ireland, Zimbabwe, and Iran, and provides the English translations along with the rhymes in their original languages.

Blessing’s Bead  by Debby Dahl Edwardson
In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in 1986, Nunaaq’s great-granddaughter leaves her mother due to a different kind of sickness and returns to the village where they were born.

Sahwira  by Carolyn Marsden
The strong friendship between two boys, one black and one white, who live on a mission in Rhodesia, begins to unravel as protests against white colonial rule intensify in 1964.

A Long Walk to Water  by Linda Sue Park
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

Tofu Quilt  by Ching Young Russell
Growing up in 1960s Hong Kong, a young girl dreams of becoming a writer in spite of conventional limits placed on her by society and family.

Escape Under the Forever Sky  by Eve Yohalem
As a future conservation zoologist whose mother is the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, thirteen-year-old Lucy uses her knowledge for survival when she is kidnapped and subsequently escapes.

• Aboriginal Clap Sticks
• African Thumb Piano 
• Bongo Drums 
• How to Fold a Paper Crane  (animated)
• Make an African Mask (PBS)
• One World, Many Crafts (crafts and instructions from Connecticut librarians)

Cooking

• International Recipes for Kids