AimeeM Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 What are some of your favorite picture books (for the K-2nd crowd) that take place in each continent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahjokim Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) We read picture books from around the world this past year for K. I posted all our choices on my site if you want to take a look. We did one country or region per week so they are organized that way. http://www.wellreadkid.com/category/geography/ My son's favorite book was Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas. It's a true story about an elephant seal in New Zealand. Edited January 1, 2016 by sarahjokim 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Our favorite book about Antarctica was Sophie Scott Goes South (http://www.amazon.com/Sophie-Scott-South-Alison-Lester/dp/0544088956) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 OCEANIA Hawaiian = Punia and the King of Sharks (Wardlaw) OR (Mohan) Maori = Maui and the Sun (Bishop) Maori = Punga Goddess of Ugly Lattimore) Philippines = Seahorse Reef (Walker) ASIA Japan = Peach Boy and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (Sakade) Japan = Hokusai: The Man Who Painted (Ray) -- OR -- Old Man Mad About Drawing (Place) Japan = Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho (Spivak) Korea = In the Moonlight Mist (Souci) China = Monkey Subdues the White Bone Demon (Hsing-Pei) China = Cloudmakers (Rumford) Nepal = Little Dog Moon (Trottier) Nepal = I, Doko: Tale of a Basket (Young) SOUTHEAST ASIA Thailand = Tale of Two Rice Birds (Meeker) Cambodia = Silent Lotus (Lee) Cambodia = Brother Rabbit (Ho) Indonesia = Gecko's Complaint: A Balinese Folktale (Bowler) INDIA - Gifts of Wali Dad (Shepard) - Elephant Prince (Novesky) - Clues in the Desert (Davis) MIDDLE EAST - Palace in Bagdad: Seven Tales From Arabia (Larson) - Aladdin and Other Tales From the Arabian Nights (Kerven) AFRICA - Ashanti to Zulu (Musgrove) - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Aardema) - Anansi the Spider (McDermott) - The Storytellers (Lewin) -- Morocco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 OP from the other thread. Thanks for this list! I'll be using some of these too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Lemme see... North America: Coyote in Love with a Star, The Old Man and His Door South America: The Umbrella (Jan Brett), Love and Roast Chicken Asia: On My Way to Buy Eggs, Bee-Bim-Bop! (could be set in America with a Korean-American family), No Dinner! Africa: Elizabeti's Doll, Jamela's Birthday, The Hatseller and the Monkeys (a retelling of Caps for Sale), Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock Australia: Diary of a Wombat The Indian Subcontinent: The Story of Little Baba-ji (a retelling of Little Black Sambo with the racist elements stripped out. Frankly, I prefer Sam and the Tigers,but that's not really set anywhere in particular.) Mangoes and Bananas, Monsoon The Middle East: The Librarian of Basra, Sitti's Secrets The Caribbean: Big Boy and the Magic Drum, A Season For Mangoes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Any of Percy Trezise's illustrated by Dick Roughsey for Australia. Actually there are a few animated on Youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 From the Scottish Islands: Katie Morag http://www.amazon.co.uk/Katie-Morag-Delivers-Mairi-Hedderwick/dp/1849410917/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1451641463&sr=1-7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 series of Mitsumasa Anno books: Anno's Journey (about Northern Europe), Anno's Italy, Anno's Spain, Anno's Britain, Anno's Usa, etc. Uk - Paddington Russia - Angel on the Square Italy - Days of the blackbird, Peppe the Lamplighetr, Pinocchio China - books by Tommy Tong, The Pet Dragon(about the Language), Tikki Tikki Tembo Mongolia - Genghis Khan by Demi Japan - Ninja by Arree Chung, Hachiko: The true Story of Loyal Dog by Pamela S Turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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