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• http://storylineonline.net
• http://readtomelv.com
• http://wegivebooks.org
• http://starfall.com
• http://tumblebooks.com
• http://en.childrenslibrary.org
• http://abcya.com
• http://www.storynory.com
• http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorers
• http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk

• http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/england/day-in-life
• http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/france
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/explore/countries/germany/#germany-munich-city-scene.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/egypt/#egypt-pyramids.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/greece/#greece-ruins-night.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/mexico/#mexico-dancers.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/spain/#spain-cliffs.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/afghanistan/#afghanistan-blue-mosque.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/italy/#italy-coliseum.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/cuba/#cuba-matanzas.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/iran/#iran-market.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/india/#india-tajmahal.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/turkey/#turkey-istanbul.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/israel/#israel-man-dead-sea.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/china/#china-dragon.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/ireland/#ireland-dublin.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/japan/#japan-gardens.jpg
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/russia/#russia-st-basils.jpg
• http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/31/getting-to-know-africa-50-facts/
• The Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman
• Crepes by Suzette by Monica Wellington
• Martin De Porres: the Rose of the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
• The Sandwich Swap  by Rania Al Abdulla, Kelly  Di Pucchio,
• You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on an Irish Famine Ship by Jim Pipe, David Antram and David Salariya
• Irish Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
• Kathleen O’ Byrne by Declan Carville and Brenda Ellis
• The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
• Babushka’s Mother Goose by Patricia Polacco
• Lost in London by Cindy Callaghan
• Lost in Paris by Cindy Callaghan
• Lost in Rome by Cindy Callaghan
• Mommy, was Grandpa a Nazi? By  Elizabeth Falcone
• Ellie’s Adventure in Egypt by Ilona Szeifert
• Bella and Harry Let’s Visit Paris by Lisa Manzione
• Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer
• I Have an Olive Tree by Eve Bunting and Karen Barbour
• The Ghost Catcher, An  Indian Folktale by  Martha Hamilton
• Grandma and the Great Gourd  Retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• The Name of the Tree by Celia Barker Lottridge
• What Can You Do With A Paleta?  By Carmen Tafolla
• What Can you Do with Rebozo? By Carmen Tafolla
• Off We Go to Mexico by Laurie Krebs
• A South African Night by Rachel Isadora
• Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth by Emily Haynes
• Yumi by Annelore Parot
• I Lived on a Butterfly Hill  by Marjorie Agosin  
• I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi
• Biblioburro by Jeanette Winter
• A Caribbean Journey From A to Y by Mario Picayo
• This is Venice  by Miroslav Sasek
• Up and Down the Andes by  Laurie Krebs
• Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams and Khardra Mohammed
• I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite
• Grandfather’s Coat by Jim Aylesworth
• One Green Apple  by Eve Bunting
• Why The Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell

• www.kids-world-travel-guide.com
• www.kids.net.au
• www.biography.com

• Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a beat by Nikki Giovanni
• Firefly July A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczki
• Once Around the Sun by Bobbi Hatz
• A Full Mom is Rising by Marilyn Singer
• Confetti by Pat Mora
• A Stick is an Excellent Thing by Marilyn Singer
• One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Davidson Mannis
• The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas
• Iguanas in the Snow: And Other Winter Poem: Iguanas en la Nieve: Y Otros Poemas de Invierno
• A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes

Multicultural Art Projects

• http://www.teachkidsart.net/category/lessons/multicultural/japan/
• Multicultural Plays for Children by Pamela Gerke, Volume 1, Grades K-3
• Multicultural Plays for Children by Pamela Gerke, Volume 2. Grades 4-6

• Crazy like a Fox- A Simile Story by Loreen Leedy
• My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven
• My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil by Hanoch Piven
• Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• There is a Frog in My Throat! by Pat Street
• Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
• Thunder Boomer! by Shutta Crum
• Proverbs For Young People by Jack E. Levin
• Proverbs from Around the World by Alexandra Cooper

 These are some sites that you could visit from the comfort of your own home in order to learn English or any other language

• The American Foreign Services Institute
• Babbel
• Memrise
• Busuu
• BBC Languages
• Duolingo
• Byki
• Openculture
• Learn a Language
• HiNative
• Language Exchange
• So Speaky
• Conversation Exchange
• InterPals

• If you were a Verb by Michael Dahl, Sara Gray
• If you were a Homonym or a Homophone by Nancy Loewen, 
• Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs by Ruth Heller
• Up, Up, and Away by Ruth Heller
• Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives by Ruth Heller
• Behind the Mask : A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller
• Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions by Ruth Heeler
• If You Were an Antonym by Nancy Loewen
• If you were an Adjective by Michael Dahl and Sara Gray
• Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale by Jan Carr
• Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs by Brian Gable

• Rivka's First Thanksgiving by Elsa Rael
• How Many Days to America ? A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting
• Duck for Turkey Day by Jacqueline Jules
• Milly and the Macy's Parade by Shana Cory
• Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
• Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey

• The Night Before Christmas by Rachael Isadora 
• Christmas in Noisy Village- Swedish Holiday Traditions by Astrid Lindgren
• The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola
• Trees by Cranes by Allen Say
• Carl the Christmas Carp by Ian Krykorka
• 12 Days of Christmas by Rachel Isadora 
• What's Cooking, Jamela? by Nikki Daly
• Yoon and the Christmas Mitten by  Helen  Recorvits
• The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
• The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola 
• Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
• The Spider's Gift by Eric Kimmel 
• La Noche Buena: A Christmas Story by Antonio Sacre
• Grandma"s Gift by Eric Velasquez