International Books

Daly, N., & Daly, J. (2015). Thank you, Jackson. Frances Lincoln Children's Bks. 

This is an excellent book to teach the importance of please and thank you. The author of this book lives in Cape Town, South Africa. 

 Kobald, I., & Blackwood, F. (n.d.). My two blankets. HMH Books for Young Readers. 

This multicultural story of friendship is about leaving home, moving to a foreign and strange place, and finding a new friend, the child in this story moves from Sudan to Australia. The author of this book Irena Kobald is multi-lingual Austrian immigrant to Australia, who teaches aboriginal children in Australian outback. The children she teaches use English as a fifth language (many speak several Aboriginal languages).

 Lee, J. (2015). Pool. Chronicle Books.

Pool is a beautiful wordless book that illustrates one young boy's ocean adventure in a public pool. The illustrator of this book is South Korean.

 Meschenmoser, S. (2015). Mr. Squirrel and the Moon. NorthSouth. 

This is an adorable and funny bedtime story about a squirrel who finds the moon trapped in his tree and wants to get rid of it before someone thinks that he stole it. The author of this book lives in Germany. 

 Steven, K. C., & Torseter, O. (n.d.). Why dogs have wet noses. Enchanted Lion Books. 

This book is a humorous spin on the Noah’s Ark story and why dogs have wet noses. The author of this book, Øyvind Torseter is a Norwegian artist, illustrator, comic book artist and writer.