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As most of us don't have the money to be world travelers, we can use books to experience the sights and culture and languages of faraway places. Here are a smattering of books set in a variety of places around the world:
Everybody Bonjours [3] by Leslie Kimmelman. See the sights around Paris.
Good morning China [2] by Hu Yong Yi. Soft pictures show the typical activities and routines of Chinese people on a typical morning in the park.
How to make an apple pie and see the world [9] by Marjorie Priceman. A girl goes around the world to gather ingredients for an apple pie.
I lost my tooth in Africa [10] by Penda Diakite. While visiting relatives in Mali, a girl loses a tooth, and the African tooth fairy brings her two chickens.
Mirror [5]by Jeannie Baker. In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping.
Olivia goes to Venice [4] by Ian Falconer. Olivia and her family vacation in Venice, Italy.
Waiting for the biblioburro [11] by Monica Brown. A girl in Colombia waits for the man who brings library books on two burros. (Maybe you say the show on Channel 8 about the real Biblioburro?)
Yuki and the one thousand carriers [8] by Gloria Whelan. This is an historic tale about a a girl travleing with her father, a governor, along the Tokaido Road in Japan along with 1,000 attendants.
Yasmin's Hammer [7] by Ann Malaspina. In Bangladesh, two girls work hard all day to support the family, but one really wants to go to school.
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