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Cultural98
Places & World Literature98
Young Adult & Children58
Fiction46
Non-Fiction37
History, Politics & Society26
History24
Family23
Historical Fiction18

Asia

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Art, Design & Culture14

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Tikki Tikki Tembo
Arlene Mosel
4.20 average rating, · 65.2k ratings
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
John Steptoe
4.35 average rating, · 21.1k ratings
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Verna Aardema
4.04 average rating, · 26.4k ratings
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A Walk Across the Sun
Corban Addison
4.16 average rating, · 19.7k ratings
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Grandfather's Journey
Allen Say
4.15 average rating, · 17.1k ratings
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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
Peter Hessler
4.26 average rating, · 8.2k ratings
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The Empty Pot
Demi
4.44 average rating, · 6k ratings
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The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
Julia Drosten
4.12 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds
Selina Siak Chin Yoke
4.15 average rating, · 6.2k ratings
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The Girl from the Tea Garden
Janet MacLeod Trotter
4.36 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Orlando Figes
4.25 average rating, · 4.5k ratings
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14 Cows for America
Carmen Agra Deedy
4.33 average rating, · 3.6k ratings
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Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Laurie Ann Thompson
4.37 average rating, · 3.3k ratings
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The Water Princess
Susan Verde
4.30 average rating, · 3.3k ratings
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Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
Matt Alt
4.17 average rating, · 3.4k ratings
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One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
Demi
4.32 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Abiyoyo
Pete Seeger
4.26 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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Things Past Telling
Sheila Williams
4.38 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
Matt LaMothe
4.38 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
W. David Marx
4.40 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America
Chris Arnade
4.07 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Golden Boy
Tara Sullivan
4.19 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Miranda Paul
4.36 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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Same, Same But Different
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
4.29 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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