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Suggested Books

Australia:

My Place by Nadia Wheatley
Move backwards through the years 1988-1788 while viewing one place in Australia.

Toad Overload by Patricia Siebert
A true story of nature knocked off balance in Australia

Animal Dreming by Paul Morin
An Aboriginal Dreamtime Story

Flood Fish by Robyn Eversole
In the outback of Australia's Northern Territory, the Finke River is usually a dry bed. With the rain, come the fish; full grown fish! Where do they come from?

Big Rain Coming Katrina Germein
Sometimes the rain is slow in coming. Beautiful illustrations incorporate the Rainbow Serpent and its association with water and life as it fashions the earth connecting the land with everyone and everything in it.

My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst
Henry Wilson knows where he lives, exactly where he lives, right down to the hemisphere and to Earth's place in the Solar System. He lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

Chile:

Tierra del Fuego by Peter Lourie
Text and photos take the reader to Punta Arenas and beyond to the islands off the tip of South America.

Japan:

Yoshiko an the Foreigner by Oley Little
An American soldier and Yoshiko, a young Japanese woman, meet even though Yoshiko knows she is not to speak to strangers, especially Americans wearing military uniform.

A Taste of Japan by Jenny Ridgwell
An excellent overview of Japanese culture and food, and includes a brief history of Japan.