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Discover the World: With Award-Winning Books from Around the Globe: Sosu's Call / Kali and The Rat Snake / Little Fish / New Clothes for New Year's Day
Discover the World With AwardWinning Books from Around the Globe Sosu's Call / Kali and The Rat Snake / Little Fish / New Clothes for New Year's Day Author:Meshack Asare, Zai Whitaker, Sanne te Loo, Hyun-Ju Bae Bring the world closer to a child with award-winning English language picture books from around the globe. — Ghana: Sosu's Call by Meshack Asare (40 pages) — When a sudden storm threatens to flood his village, only Sosu can save the young and the old from the rising waters. But wheat can a boy whose legs don&... more »#39;t work do? Find out in this story of empowerment and overcoming limitations.
India: Kali and the Rat Snake by Zai Whitaker, Srividya Natarajan (Illustrator) (28 pages)
Kali i shaving trouble making friends at school. He's new, he's the teacher's pet, and his father is a snake catcher! Kali is very proud of his father, and he is also very proud of being an Irula, but it makes him...different.
But when a very unwelcome visitor "drops in" to the classroom, Kali and his classmates realize that being yourself is always the best thing to be, and that "different" is sometimes a very good thing.
Netherlands: Little Fish by Sanne te Loo (28 pages)
Rosa is bored, but Grandmother is too busy making tortillas for market to notice. But when a little fish leaps out of the water right into Rosa's lap, well, there's nothing boring about that. Especially when the little fish starts to become a great big one...
This magical-realism inspired tale brings the color and tastes and feelings of Mexico to life, showing children that imagination knows no boundaries.
South Korea: New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-Ju Bae (38 pages)
A little girl in South Korea, explains and shows how she will dress for New Year's Day.
Bonus: Postcard of world map with facts about countries visited in this box!
Includes 4 hardcover picture books featuring stories and illustrations originating in Ghana, India, the Netherlands and South Korea. Box Set.« less