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Elephant (Eyewitness Books)  •  Ian Redmond  •  Dave King   • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  A vivid introduction to the elephant, in the colorful Eyewitness visual style. With plenty of background on the natural history of the elephant, including description of its behavior and social habits. Geared for children ages 9-12. (BST44, $15.99)
 
 
Eyewitness: India  •  Abha Narain Lamba   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Here's a fact-filled, visually jazzy survey of India. (IDA212, $16.00)
 
 
Keeping Corner  •  Kashmira Sheth   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  Set in a Gujarat village, this coming-of-age story intertwines 12-year-old Leela's personal growth with Ghandi's independence movement. When Leela's future husband dies, she is imprisoned according to tradition, but the independence and modernization of India brings hope for her future. (IDA522, $15.99)
 
 
Kids Around the World, We Live in India  •  Philippe Godard  •  Sophie Duffet   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  This endearing, colorful series introduces kids to the culture and customs of a country through the eyes of the young people who live there. Geared for 8-12 year olds. (IDA328, $15.95)
 
 
The Story of Divali  •  Jatinder Nath Verma  •  Nilesh Mistry   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  The story behind the late-autumn festival of Divali, drawn from the Ramayana. (IDA220, $16.99)
 
 
Traveling Man, The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354  •  James Rumford   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Ibn Battuta's famous peregrinations throughout the Muslim world -- retold for kids. (MDE65, $16.00)
 
 
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons, The World on One Cartoon a Day  •  Mo Willems   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A talented, and now Caldecott-winning, illustrator Mo Willems recorded his yearlong, post-college trip around the world in 1990, capturing in drawings his experiences from Goreme, Varanasi, Kathmandu, Chiang Mai, Singapore, Bali, Shanghai, to Kyoto. (TVL120, $12.99)
 
 
 




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