Picture Books from Around the World

Travel the globe with these picture books .

General
What Does It Mean to be Global? -- Rana diOrio
Park, Linda, Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds
Everybody Brings noodles-- Norah Dooley
All Families are Special -- Norma Simon
All the World -- Liz Scanlon
World Team, by Tim Vyner
Children Just Like Me -- Susan Elizabeth Copsey
Come and Play: Children of Our World Having Fun
Our Global Communties: Games -- Lisa Easterling
We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season -- Wendy Pfeffer
Celebrations of Light --- Nancy Luenn
Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures -- Jan Reynolds
A Calendar of Festivals: Celebrations from Around the World -- Cherry Gilchrist
Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World -- Roseanne Thong
How Much: Visiting Markets Around the World -- Ted Lewin
If America Were A Village -- David J. Smith

Americas

A Boy named Beckoning : the true story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American hero-- Gina Capaldi.
Bravo Tavo!-- Brian Meunier
Mama & Papa Have a Store -- Amelia Lau Carling
The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos -- Lucia Gonzalez
Under the Lemon Moon -- Edith Hope Fine
Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead -- Judy Goldman
Whale Snow -- Edwardson,
Pipaluk and the Whales -- Himmelman,
The Good Luck Cat -- J. Harjo
Indian Shoes -- Leitch-Smith,
Buffalo Song -- J. Bruchac
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Fiestas, Music, and Dance -- Carolyn Otto
Fiesta! A Celebration of Latino Festivals -- Sherry Shahan
Pele -- Rod Smith
Gregory Cool -- Caroline Binch

East Asia
Bee-Bim Bop -- Linda Sue Park
My Name is Yoon -- Helen Recorvits
The Red Thread -- Grace Lin
The Firekeeper's Son -- Linda Sue Park
Mama and Papa Have a Store -- Amelia Lau Carling
New Clothes for New Year's Day -- Hyun-Joo Bae
The Magic Pillow -- Demi
Made in China -- Vanita Oelschlager
The Pet Dragon: A story about adventure, friendship, and Chinese characters
Always with you -- Ruth Vander zee
The Origami Master -- Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Horse Songs: The Naadam of Mongolia -- Ted and Betsy Lewin
Babies Can't Eat Kimchi! -- Nancy Patz
Wabi Sabi -- Mark Reibstein
Awakening the Dragon -- Arlene Chan
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) -- Linda Sue Park
Hiroshima No Pika-- Toshi Maruki
Haiku Pictrebook for Children-- Keisuke Nishimoto
A Thousand Peaks: Poems from China-- Siyu Liu and Orel Protopopescu
Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer -- Li Cunxin
Celebrating Chinese New Year -- D. Hoyt-Goldsmith
Moonbeams, Dumplings and Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities, and Recipes -- N. Simonds et al.
Come Look with me: Asian Art-- Kimberly Lane
Manjiro: The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries -- Emily Arnold McCully

Southeast Asia

Selvakumar Knew Better-- Virginia Kroll
Chachaji's cup-- Uma Krishnaswami
Indian Tales -- Shenaaz Nanji & Christopher Corr
One Grain of Rice -- Demi
Bringing Asha Home -- Uma Krishnaswami
Divali Rose -- Vashanti Rahaman
Running Shoes -- Frederick Lipp
The Road to Mumbai-- Ruth Jeyaveeran
Monsoon Afternoon -- Kashmira Sheth
My Mother's Sari -- Sandhya Rao
Celebrate Tet -- Laura S. Jeffrey
Here Comes Holi: The Festival of Colors -- Meenal Pandya
Sikhism: Inderjeet's Story -- David Dalton
The Story of Divaali-- Jatinder Verma
Lighting a Lamp: A Diwali Story -- J. Zucker & J Barger
Celebrate Tet -- Laura S. Jeffrey

Middle East
Four Feet, Two Sandals -- Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed
Ramadan Moon -- Na'ima B. Robert & Shirin Adl
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad -- James Rumford
Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story -- Hena Khan
Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan -- Tony O'Brien and Mike Sullivan
Fasting and Dates: A Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr Story -- Johnny Zucker & Jan Barger

Australia

Big Rain Coming-- Katrina Germein
My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch -- Graeme Base
Where the Forest Meets the Sea -- Jeannie Baker
The Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay -- Oliver Narelle
Big Rain Coming -- Katrina Germein
Top to Bottom Down Under -- Ted Lewin
This Place is Lonely: The Australian Outback -- Vicky Cobb
The Old Man Who Loved to Sing -- John Winch
The Pumpkin Runner -- Marsha Arnold
Possum Magic -- Mem Fox
Growing up in Kakadu, Australia -- Stan Breeden
Stories from the Billabong -- James Marshall
One Weary Wombat -- Steve Isham
There's a Wallaby at the Bottom of My Garden -- Jackie French
Waltzing Matilda -- A.B. Paterson

Europe
Happy Birthday in Barcelona -- Lisl Weil
Bonjour, Mr. Satie -- Tomie dePaola
The Cat Who Walked Across France -- Kate Banks
Mama's Perfect Present -- Diane Goode
Minou -- Mindy Bingham
Vinnie in France -- Elizabeth Bott
Big Anthony -- Tomie dePaola
Escape from Pompeii -- Christina Balit
Madeline in London -- Ludwig Bemelmans
The Traveling Musicians of Bremen -- P.K. Page
Anno's Italy -- Anno Mitsumasa
The Boy Who Ate More Than the Giant, and Other Swedish Folktales -- Ulf Lofgren
The Three Golden Keys -- Peter Sis
My Name Was Hussein -- Khristo Kyuchukov
Babushka Baba Yaga -- Patricia Polacco
Annie...Anya -- Irene Trivas
The Firebird -- Jane Yolen

Africa
Stock, Catherine, Where Are You Going, Manyoni?
McBier, Page, Beatrice's Goat
Leonard, Marie, Tibili: The Little boy Who Did Not Want to Go to School
Mama Panya's pancakes : a village tale from Kenya-- Mary and Rich Chamberlin
My Rows and Piles of Coins -- Tololwa Mollel
One Hen: How a Small Loan Made a Big Difference -- Katie Smith Milway
Sosu's Call - Meshack Asare
Amadi's Snowman -- Katia Novet Saint-Lot
Lila and the Secret of Rain -- David Conway & Jude Daly
Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale
Rapunzel --- Rachel Isadora
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Mathai -- Claire A. Nivola
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa -- Jeanette Winter
Give a Goat -- Jan West Schrock


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