Bøger i Tales of the World serien

Elena lives with her mother and siblings in a small village in Guatemala and tries to make time to improve her reading as she helps her mother with daily chores--Provided by the publisher.

Eduardo, a young boy living in present-day Ecuador, helps his father collect Brazil nuts from the Amazon rainforest. When poachers capture two tamarins Eduardo has befriended, he works to free them.

For generations the women of Zulviya's family have earned their living by weaving rugs by hand. During one work day, Zulviya will tie thousands of knots. As she sits at her work, Zulviya weaves not one but two patterns. The pattern on the loom will become a fine rug. She weaves a second pattern in her mind. Full color.

The author explores the connectedness of all Arctic life in this tale of a young Inuit girl, who guides her people to a successful caribou hunt with more than a little help from an Inuksuk, one of the stone figures that dot the Arctic region.

Ten-year-old Megan Brady tells of her family's lifestyle, spending summers traveling in a caravan through the Irish countryside getting work where they can, and winters in Dublin so the children can attend school.