Culture

A Life Like Mine:  How Children Live Around the World
(No Author listed)
DK Publishing, Inc. 2005
New York, New York
ISBN-10: 0-7566-1803-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-1803-2
*In association with UNICEF

A School Like Mine:  A Unique Celebration of Schools Around the World
By Penny Smith and Zahavit Shalev
DK Publishing, Inc. 2007
New York, New York
ISBN-10: 0-756-62913-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-2913-7
*In association with UNICEF 

A True Book:  Asia
By David Petersen
Children’s Press 1998
Danbury, Connecticut
ISBN-10: 0-516-26371-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-5162-6371-7
*large print, written for young students

A True Book:  Canada
By Elaine Landau
Children’s Press 2000
Danbury, Connecticut
ISBN-10: 0-516-27021-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-5162-7021-0
*large print, written for young students

Children Just Like Me:  Celebrations!
By Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
DK Publishing, Inc. 1997
New York, New York
ISBN-10: 0-7894-2027-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-2027-5
*In association with UNICEF

Children Just Like Me:  A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World
By Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
DK Publishing, Inc. 1995
New York, New York
ISBN-10: 0-7894-0201-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-7894-0201-1
*In association with UNICEF

Easter Around the World
By Shannon Knudsen
Millbrook Press, Inc. 2005, 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ISBN-13:  978-1-57505-765-1 (paperback)
ISBN-10:  1-57505-765-4        (paperback)
*representing Sweden, Ethiopia, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Philippines,  
 Colombia, and Germany

If the World Were a Village:  A Book about the World's People
By David J. Smith
Kids Can Press Ltd., 2002 (information updated 2007)
Tonawanda, New York
ISBN-13:  978-1-55074-779-9
ISBN-10:  1-55074-779-7
*real facts turned into a story about a global village of 100 citizens, great
 teaching tool, reading level age 10+ 

Just So Thankful
By Mercer Mayer
HarperFestival 2006
New York, New York
ISBN-10: 0-060-53950-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-053950-4
*A Little Critter book, teaches children to appreciate what they have

One World, Many Religions:  The Ways We Worship
By Mary Pope Osborne
Alfred A. Knopf 1996
New York, New York
ISBN-10:  0-679-83930-5
ISBN-13:  978-0-67983-930-9
*representing Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism

People
By Peter Spier
Doubleday Books for Young Readers 1988
New York
ISBN-10: 0-385-24469-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-38524-469-5
*includes minor nudity to represent cultures that do not wear clothes
ages 4-8

School Days Around the World
By Catherine Chambers
DK Publishing 2007
New York
ISBN-10: 0-756-62548-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-2548-1
(Level 3: Reading Alone)
*representing Australia, Japan, India, Ghana, England, United States, & Peru

Songs from the Loom:  A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
By Monty Roessel
Lerner Publications Company 1995
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ISBN-10: 0-82259-712-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-82259-712-4
*includes information about Navajo history and culture, age 10+

Three Wishes:  Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
By Deborah Ellis
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books 2007
Toronto, Canada
ISBN-10:  1-84507-743-1
ISBN-13:  978-1-845077-443-3
*true stories, contains some strong viewpoints