Today our tour lands in the islands of the Caribbean. When I started working on this tour six months ago, I surely did not imagine the way it would overlap with the devastation of hurricane Irma. In addition to these …
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Tour the World: Destination: Central Asia, The Mideast, North Africa
We’re veering west this week, exploring Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Islamic cultures weave amongst all these areas somewhat uniting them, so although many of the titles in my post about Islam in children’s literature aren’t country-specific, …
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Tour of the World: The Indian Subcontinent
Welcome to the next stop on our tour, the Indian subcontinent. Most of today’s books are set in India, obviously, but there are some gems from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as well to help round things out. …