READ YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD
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The children read books written by authors from different countries or set in different countries.
WE VISITED 70 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES – AMAZING!
Please see the map below to see where we ‘visited’. Acknowledgements to our readers can be found below the map.
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Book Title | Author | Country | Pupil Name | Year Group |
In Polish: ‘Koala nie pozwala” In English: “Not Allowed by Koala” |
Rafal Witek | Warsaw, Poland | Maria | 3 |
Kaytek the Wizard | Janusz Korczak | Poland | Nathan | 5 |
Wee Donkey’s Treasure Hunt: An Adventure around Ireland | Erika McGann | Ireland | Mason | N |
Okulary | Julian Tuwim | Poland | Mateusz | R |
The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out | Jill Tomlinson (Author)
Paul Howard (Illustrator) |
Antarctica
(continent) |
Amber | 3 |
The Dork Diaries | Rachel Renee Russell | Westchester Country Day School, New York, USA | Amber | 3 |
Winston was Worried | Pamela Duncan Edwards | USA | Preston | 1 |
Handa’s Surprise | Eileen Brown | Kenya | Husayn | 3 |
Peppa goes to London | Peppa Pig (according to Amazon) | United Kingdom | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor Hugo | France | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Irish legends for children | Yvonne Carroll | Ireland | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson | Scotland (UK) | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Handa’s Surprise | Eileen Brown | Kenya | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Dragon Gold | Shoo Rayner | Wales (UK) | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Wombat walkabout | Carol Diggory Shields | Australia | Jamie & Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal | Phyllis Krasilovsky | The Netherlands | Netherlands Class | 2 |
Where the Night Came From | BBC Short Film (Story) | Brazil | Netherlands Class | 2 |
Handa’s Surprise | Eileen Brown | Kenya | Keziah | N |
Bee-bim Bop! | Linda Sue Park | Korea | Eliana | 1 |
Shoe Wars | Liz Pichon | England (UK) | Toby | 4 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | USA | Toby | 4 |
Demon Dentist | David Walliams | England (UK) | Toby | 4 |
The 78th Storey Treehouse | Andy Griffiths | Australia | Toby | 4 |
When crabs cross the sand | Sharon Katz Cooper | Christmas Islands (Australian Territory) | Harry | 3 |
A Walk in the Woods | Bill Bryson | USA | Macaulay | 6 |
African Diary | Bill Bryson | Kenya | Macaulay | 6 |
The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling | India | Eliana | 1 |
Katie Morag | Mairi Hedderwick | Fictional Isle of Struay (Scotland, UK) | Eliana & Keziah | 1 & N |
The Mousehole Cat | Antonia Barber | Cornwall, UK | Netherlands Bubble | 2 |
Molly & the Magic Suitcase: Molly goes to Copenhagen | Chris Oler | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
The Emperor’s New Clothes | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
The Ugly Duckling | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
The Little Mermaid | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
The Snow Queen | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
The Real Princess (aka The Princess & the Pea) | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Denmark | 2 |
Tokyo Techno | Lisa Thompson
on & Jimmy Chan |
Japan | Alexander | 3 |
Boffin Boy and the Time Warriors | Author David Orme, Illustrated by Peter Richardson | Japan | Alexander | 3 |
Feelings | Author: Lisa Thomspon, Illustrated by: Cliff Watt | United Kingdom | Alexander | 3 |
I’ll be good | Author: Jan Weeks, Illustrated by: Janine Dawson | United Kingdom | Alexander | 3 |
13 Storey Treehouse | Andy Griffiths | Australia | Finley | 1 |
Viking Adventure | Roderick Hunt | Norway | Chloe | 2 |
Tikki Tikki Tembo | Miles Kelly | China | Eliana & Keziah | 1 & N |
White Fang | Jack London | Canada | Eliana | 1 |
Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery | Prince Edward Island (Canada) | Eliana | 1 |
Asterix and Son | Albert Uderzo | France (Gaul in the book) | Alice | 5 |
Anasi Spider Tales | Gerald McDermott | West Africa-Ghana and the Caribbean- Jamaica | Joel | 2 |
The turtle and the monkey | Miss Roberts | The Philippines | Year 4 | 4 |
The elves and the shoemakers | Lucy M George | Germany | Poppy | 2 |
Elmer on stilts | David McKee | Africa or India | Poppy | 2 |
Paper dolls | Julia Donaldson | United Kingdom | Poppy | 2 |
Grandads island | Benji Davies | Tobago | Poppy | 2 |
What a mess | Adria Meserve | USA | Poppy | 2 |
A piece of cake | Jill Murphy | United Kingdom | Poppy | 2 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl | Germany is the first film | Amelia | 5 |
A tall story | Indian folklore | India | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Brave tin soldier | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Rip Van Winkle | American legend | USA | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Snow white | Brothers Grimm | Germany | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Baba Yaga the bony legged | Russian folktale | Russia | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The Seven Ravens | Polish fairytale | Poland | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The magic porridge pot | Swedish folktale | Sweden | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Wabi sabi | Mark Reibstein | Japan | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The precious stove | Austrian folktale | Austria | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Why the manx cat has no tale | Myth | Isle of Man, UK | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The Thunder God gets married | Norse mythology | Norway | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The golden touch | Myth | Greece | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Amal and the Genie | Persian fairytale | Iran | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
A Promise is a Promise | Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak | Canada | Canada Class | 3 |
Wangari’s Trees of Peace | Jeanette Winter | Kenya | Canada Bubble | 3 |
Buying mittens | Nankichi Niimi | Japan | Japan Bubble | 4 |
Keeping warm in winter | Stephen Rickard | Japan | Japan Bubble | 4 |
Polar Bears – National Geographic | Laura Marsh | The Artic
(could be Greenland) |
Japan Bubble | 4 |
Leon spreads his wings | Wendy Lee | Jamaica | Japan Bubble | 4 |
I wonder why the pyramids were built | Philip Steele | Egypt | Japan Bubble | 4 |
The Rescuers Down Under | Disney | Australia | Japan Bubble | 4 |
The lost civilisations of Latin America | Nick Hunter | Latin America (inc. Mexico and Peru) | Japan Bubble | 4 |
The nutcracker | Julia Golding | Germany | Japan Bubble | 4 |
I lost my Tooth in Africa | Penda Diakite | Mali | Amelia | 3 |
Egyptian Adventure | Roderick Hunt | Egypt | Amelia | 3 |
Pippi Long Stocking | Astrid Linggren | Sweden | Amelia | 3 |
Arctic Adventure | Roderick Hunt | Arctic | Eamonn | 2 |
Frida | Jonah Winter | Mexico | Eamonn | 2 |
Betsey Biggalow the Detective | Malorie Blackman | Barbados | Abigail | 2 |
The Very Sleepy Sloth by | Andrew Murrey & Jack Tickle | Amazon Rainforest (mostly in Brazil) | Alex | 3 |
The Lion and he Mouse Aesops Fables | Miles Kelly (Illustrated by Gavin Scott) | Africa | Alex | 3 |
Pete the Cat and the missing Cupcakes | Kimberly & James Dean | USA | Alex | 3 |
Going to Mecca | Na’ima B Robert | Saudi Arabia | Husayn | 3 |
Island Wonders | Lisa Thompson | Greenland | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Tiger Child | Joanna Troughton | India | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Wali Dad | Kristina Rodanas | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 4 |
Great minds and finds in South America | Robin Koontz | Peru | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Smiling Rabbit | Lisa Thompson | Mexico | Sri Lanka | 4 |
Say hello wombat | Kerry Kitzelman | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Pied Pipe | Adele Geras | Germany | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Snow Queen | Hans Christian Andersen | Denmark | Sri Lanka | 4 |
Great mind and finds in Europe | Mike Downs | Sweden | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The prince who thinks he is a rooster | Ann Jungman | Israel | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The strongest man in the world | Louis Cyr | Nigeria | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The tales of how the caliph became a stork | Wilhelem Hauff | Iraq | Sri Lanka | 4 |
Pompeii – The lost city | Fiona McDonald | Italy | Sri Lanka | 4 |
The Prince Who Thinks He Is A Rooster | BBC Short Film | Israel | Netherlands Class | 2 |
Kabo’s Diary | Olive Dyer & Val Scurlock | Botswana | Netherlands Bubble | 2 |
Morag the tickling midgie | A K Patterson | Scotland, UK | Seren | 2 |
Simon and Adele in America | Barbara McClintock | USA | New York Bubble | 3 |
The Explorer | Katherine Rundell | Brazil | USA Class | 3 |
The Twelve Brothers, Twelve Black Ravens | Lithuanian Folktale | Lithuania | Emetas | 3 |
The Price Who Thinks He’s A Rooster | – | Israel | Nancy Cole | 2 |
The Story of Wali Dad | – | Pakistan | Nancy Cole | 2 |
Little Red Riding Hood | – | European | Nancy Cole | 2 |
Diary of a Weekly Kids | Jeff Kinney | USA | Nancy Cole | 2 |
The Tiger Child | Joanne Troughton | Sri Lanka | Nancy Cole | 2 |
Madeline and the Bad Hat | Ludwig Bemelmans | Author born in Austria
Story set in Paris, France |
Henry | 1 |
A pocket for Corduroy | Don Freeman | USA | Chloe | 2 |
Gigantosaurus Dino Spot | Jonny Duddle | Wales, UK | Harry | 3 |
Where the night came from | BC Short story film | Brazil | Annabelle | 4 |
Diary of a wimpy kid: Double Down | Jeff Kinney | USA | Annabelle | 4 |
Demon Dentist | David Walliams | England, UK | Annabelle | 4 |
Little people, Big dreams : Frida Kahlo | Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara | Mexico | Annabelle | 4 |
Little people, Big dreams : Mahatma Gandhi | Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara | India | Annabelle | 4 |
Little people, Big dreams : Anne Frank | Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara | Germany | Annabelle | 4 |
The Butterfly Lion | Michael Morpurgo | South Africa | Annabelle | 4 |
Where the night came from | BBC Short story film | Brazil | Holly | 2 |
The cow who fell in the canal | Phyllis Krasilovsky | Netherlands | Holly | 2 |
The Tobermory Cat | Debi Gliori | Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK | Holly | 2 |
The koala who could | Rachel Bright | Australia | Holly | 2 |
The lion who wanted to love | Giles Andreae | Africa | Holly | 2 |
Where the night came from | BBC Short story film | Brazil | Lily | 1 |
Super Sloth | Robert Starling | South America | Lily | 1 |
The Magic Melon | Rosie Dickins | China | Lily | 1 |
Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans | Paris, France | Lily | 1 |
Peppa Pig Trip to London | Neville Astley | London, England, UK | Lily | 1 |
The lion that wanted to love | Giles Andreae | Africa | Jake | 1 |
Harry and the dinosaurs go on holiday | Ian Whybrow | Sydney Australia | Jake | 1 |
How to find Egyptian treasure | Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves | Egypt | Jake | 1 |
Rudey’s Windy Christmas | Helen Baugh & Ben Mantle | Santa flies over Australia, China, South Africa, UK, USA and North Pole | Archie | 3 |
The lion that wanted to love | Giles Andreae | Africa | Archie | 3 |
How to find Egyptian treasure | Caryl Hart | Egypt | Archie | 3 |
Juliane’s Story | Andy Glynne | Zimbabwe | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan | Zambia | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The amazing travels of Ibn Battuta | Fatimah Sharaf Al-Din | Yemen | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The fisherman and the goblet | A folktale | Vietnam | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The magical mango tree | Agronomist Avilak | Venezuela | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The turtle and the reef heron | A folktale | Vanatu | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Mauricio of Uruguay | Sean Hepburn Ferrer | Uruguay | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Zayoodi’s Adventure | Sarah Sillis | United Arab Emirates | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
The Fox and the Cat | A folktale | Ukraine | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Sing to the moon | Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl | Uganda | Amelia and Jamie | 4 & 3 |
Love has wrinkles | Lisa McLean | Jamaica | Nemaiya | 3 |
How Tiger got his Stripes | Rob Cleveland | Vietnam | Nemaiya | 3 |
Northern Lights | Philip Pullman | Svalbard, Norway | Mr Cookson | – |
Roger Federer | Clayton Geoffreys | Switzerland | Charlie | 4 |
Great Minds And Finds In Europe | Mike Downs | Europe | Alex | 3 |
The Miser | Russian Fairy Tales | Russia | Alex | 3 |
Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Man | Junior BIography | Italy | Alex | 3 |
Sloths: A celebration of the world’s most misunderstood mammal | William Hartson | Costa Rica & Chile | Seth | 3 |
History of the World | Sally Kindberg & Tracey Turner | Mongolia & Ancient Egypt | Seth | 3 |
A Visit To Cambodia | Heinemann First Library | Cambodia | Netherlands Bubble | 2 |
The Strongest Man In The World | BBC Short Film | Nigeria | Netherlands Class | 2 |
The Chimpanzees of Happy Town | Giles Andreae | USA | Archie | 3 |
The world of nature Galapagos | Claudia Caruana | Galapagos, part of Ecuador | Archie | 3 |
The Hackney Martian | Paul Brown | Hackney, London, UK | Jake | 1 |
Toby Alone | Timothee de Fombelle | France | Toby | 6 |
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale | Jan Brett | Ukraine | Jessie | 3 |
No Dinner! | Jessica Souhami | India | Holly | 5 |
Biscuit Bear | Mini Grey | United Kingdom | Adam | 1 |
Dog man | Dave Pilkey | Ohio, USA | Fearne | 5 |
The little mermaid | Hans Christian Anderson | Denmark | Daisie | 3 |
Australia’s Greatest Race of All | Chance Wilkie | Australia | Sebastian | 1 |
The Kuia and the Spider | Patricia Grace | New Zealand | Dylan | 1 |
Ashok’s Kite | Margaret Kidd | India | Dylan | 1 |
The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling | India | Dylan | 1 |
The Story of Wali Dad | BBC Short Film | Pakistan | Netherlands Class | Year 2 |
The Wonderful Fish-Hook | A Maori traditional tale | New Zealand | New York Bubble | 3 |
Pocahontas An American Princess | Joyce Milton/Traditional Tale | USA | New York Bubble | 3 |
Sylvia the spruce | Terry Carter / Graham Simmonds | Norway | Archie & Jake | 3 & 1 |
Hop on Pop | Dr Seuss | USA | Genevieve | 2 |
Oi Dog by Constable |
Kes Gray | England, UK | Oscar | R |
Tintin and the Black Island | Hergé | Belgium (author) and Scotland (setting) | Mr Cookson | – |
Marina | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | Spain | Mr Cookson | – |
The magic bean tree | Nancy Van Laan | Argentina | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Netty’s Junkanoo Christmas | Lynette Hepburn- Sinclair | Bahamas | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Alligator Pie | Dennis Lee | Canada | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
How Tia Lola came to (visit) stay | Julia Alvarez | Dominican Republic | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Theres a Pharaoh in our bath | Jeremy Strong | Egypt | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The good garden | Kate Smith Milway | Honduras | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Ludmila: A story of Liechtenstein | Paul Gallico | Liechtenstein | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Elena’s Serenade | Campbell Geeslin | Mexico | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Sela Blue and the first day of school | Alisia Dale | Qatar | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Songs in the shade of the Cashew and Coconut trees | Nathalie Soussana | Trinidad and Tobago | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Juliane’s Story | Andy Glynne | Zimbabwe | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan | Zambia | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The amazing travels of Ibn Battuta | Fatimah Sharaf Al-Din | Yemen | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The fisherman and the goblet | A folktale | Vietnam | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The magical mango tree | Agronomist Avilak | Venezuela | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
The turtle and the reef heron | A folktale | Vanatu | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Mauricio of Uruguay | Sean Hepburn Ferrer | Uruguay | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Zayoodi’s Adventures | Sarah Sillis | United Arab Emirates | Jamie and Amelia | 3 & 4 |
Meerkat Mail | – | Madagascar | Denmark | 2 |
The chameleon and the pig, | Audiobook | Madagascar | New York Bubble | 3 |
Trickery at the crocodile pool | John Kapau Kamasua | Papua New Guinea | New York Bubble | 3 |