Books & Resources

Book Lists

• • GoodReads "Kids Global Read" booklist -- bibliographic details of books mentioned in the paper/presentation. (If you have a GoodReads account, you can join the group and add books to it.)

  • International-mindedness page (from the Resourcing the PYP website):

  • Recommended books from around the world

  • Children's Book Awards

  • Booksellers of international/multi-lingual books

    • NB: Book Depository is a UK/US bookseller which ships free worldwide. Also try Booko -- to find the cheapest source of books in Australia

• "Global Living" reading list for high school students -- created by Katie Day

  • EBSCO NoveList and NoveList K-8 Plus (subscription database)

  • Recommended Reads, e.g.,

    • Africa -- Fiction -- Ages 0-8 -- by Kathy Stewart

    • Africa -- Fiction -- Ages 9-12 -- by Kathy Stewart

  • Grab-and-Go Lists -- on countries / cultures

• Around the World in 80 Books (a Squidoo lens)

• Criss-crossing the Globe: A world of international books for young people (2010)

• Book Chat - South African Children's Literature

Resources from the NLB of Singapore

Annotated bibliographies published by the National Library Board of Singapore.

Available as PDF downloads below -- via links in their Public Library catalog.

• • Celebrating Childhood in Asia (2005)

  • Singapore Children's Literature (2005)

  • Heritage Tales: treasures from Singapore (2007)

  • Part I

  • Part II

• Folk Tales from Indonesia (2006)

• Folk Tales from China (2006)

• Folk Tales from Japan (2006)

• Folk Tales from India (2006)

• Folk Tales from Malaysia (2006)

• Pourquoi Tales from Asia (2006)

NB: If the PDFs don't automatically download, try again. Or get into the library catalog and search for them.