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For Younger Readers
Adams, Jeanie. Going for Oysters (compare prices). An Australian Aboriginal family going after oysters almost forgets Grandad's warning about avoiding the eastern swamp.Brusca, Maria Cristina. My Mama's Little Ranch on the Pampas. The author recalls the first year she spent as a child on a ranch in Argentina.
Goble, Paul. The Gift of the Sacred Dog (compare prices) and The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (compare prices). These stories, accompanied by beautiful pictures, are based on legends of the Native Americans.
Gray, Nigel. A Country Far Away (compare prices). The similarities in the lives of two boys, one in an African village and one in a western country, are depicted in words and pictures.
Hartman, Gail. As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps (compare prices). The views of an eagle, rabbit, crow, horse, and gull are combined to make a map.
Priceman, Marjorie. How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World (compare prices). Because the local market is closed, a young girl travels around the world to gather ingredients to make an apple pie.
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey (compare prices). A Japanese-American tells the story of his grandfather who moved to America but later returned to Japan.
Spier, Peter. People (compare prices). Explores the enormous diversity of the world's population. Looks at various cultures, homes, foods, games, clothing, faces, and religions.
Williams, Vera. Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea (compare prices). When Stringbean goes on a trip to the west coast with his friend Fred, he sends photos and postcards to his family.
For Older Readers
Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 (compare prices). Join the wacky Watson family on a trip from Michigan to visit Grandma in Alabama. Some journeys change lives forever.DuBois, William Pene. The Twenty-one Balloons (compare prices). In the fall of 1893, Professor William Waterbury Sherman sets forth from San Francisco on a balloon expedition around the world.
Maestro, Betsy. Coming to America. In brief text and colorful pictures, the author explores how immigrants from many lands have made America what it is.
O'Dell, Scott. Sing Down the Moon (compare prices). Slavers and Spanish soldiers bring devastating changes to the life of a young Navaho girl.
Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage (compare prices). A Polynesian boy, along with his dog and albatross, sets out in a canoe determined to conquer his fear of the sea.
Spyri, Johanna. Heidi (compare prices). Story of a young girl who goes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. She is then taken by her aunt to live in the city and struggles to return to her grandfather.
Wells, Rosemary. Eric Knight's Lassie Come-Home (compare prices). Eric Knight's classic story of a collie who travels from northern Scotland to England to find his former master, presented in a picture-book edition illustrated by Susan Jeffers.
Atlases and Informational Guides
The Basic Essentials of Maps and Compass. 1988. Cliff Jacobson ICS Books, Inc. Merrillville, IN. 1988The Complete Atlas of the World (compare prices). 1995. Keith Lye. Raintree Steck-Vaughn. Austin, TX.
Exploring Your World: The Adventures of Geography (compare prices). 1993. National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Fifty States (compare prices). 1991. National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World (compare prices). 1993. National Geographic Society. Washington, DC. 1993.
Geography From A to Z: A Picture Glossary (compare prices). 1988. Jack Knowlton. Thomas Y. Crowell. New York, NY.
Science for Kids: 39 Easy Geography Activities (compare prices). 1992. Robert W. Wood. TAB Books. Blue Ridge Summit, PA.
The Young People's Atlas of the United States (compare prices). 1992. James Harrison and Eleanor Van Zandt. Kingfisher, New York, NY.
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