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Listening to Whales by Alexandra MortonThe Lost Whale by Michael ParfitThe Golden Spruce by John VaillantWaiting for the Whales by Sheryl McFarlaneI Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
British Columbia
443 books — 116 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
East Africa
253 books — 104 voters

Anne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryThe Birth House by Ami McKayCome from Away by Genevieve GrahamIsland by Alistair MacLeodThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Nova Scotia
346 books — 91 voters
Chasing the Devil by Tim ButcherThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
West Africa
204 books — 89 voters

Rainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Japan
274 books — 83 voters
Ahab by Brad HuestisEmil and the Detectives by Erich KästnerThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Devil's Missal by Cathy Dobson
Germany
230 books — 80 voters

The Dirty Version by Medina FarisThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Incredible Journey by Sheila BurnfordAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
Ontario
339 books — 76 voters
Alphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezGrandma's Treasure by Maritza Martinez MejiaCousins Forever - Cousines pour toujours by Elisavet ArkolakiHappiness Street - Rue du Bonheur by Elisavet ArkolakiUn’estate con il nonno by Elisavet Arkolaki
Dual Language Children's Books
123 books — 75 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Southern Africa
266 books — 73 voters
Still Life by Louise PennyLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillA Fatal Grace by Louise PennyThe Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierThe Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Québec
335 books — 72 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
City of London
143 books — 51 voters
Catori's Worlds by Murielle CyrTurtle Wish by Murielle CyrThe Amida Tree by Bonnie FerranteOnce Upon a Northern Night by Jean E. PendziwolA Ribbon of Shining Steel by Julie Lawson
Across Canada
70 books — 49 voters

The Travelers Within by Daniel ModeWithout Borders by Amanda HegerThe Mosquito Coast by Paul TherouxSo I Bought an Air Force by Will MartinPersonal by Lee Child
Central America
133 books — 48 voters
The Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne JohnstonThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeWinter of Peril by Jan AndrewsP is for Puffin by Janet Skirving
Newfoundland & Labrador
311 books — 44 voters

Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingKim by Rudyard KiplingRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Jerry PinkneyA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
India India
344 books — 43 voters
Owls in the Family by Farley MowatThe Haunting of Room 909 by Michael JamesWho Has Seen The Wind by W.O. MitchellA Prairie as Wide as the Sea by Sarah EllisThe Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat
Canadian Prairies
100 books — 40 voters

The Plague by Albert CamusKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
North Africa
148 books — 34 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes DodgeGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomBoxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
Netherlands
157 books — 29 voters

The Wall by Peter SísSomeone Named Eva by Joan M. WolfGolem by David WisniewskiWenceslas by Geraldine McCaughreanThe Last Bohemians by Kit Kimberly
Czech Republic
98 books — 27 voters
Xtabentum by Rosy HugenerThe World in a Wheat Field by Gabriela Soto LaveagaEl Llano en llamas by Juan RulfoInto a Desert Place by Graham MackintoshStones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
Mexico
192 books — 26 voters

Into Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceBaboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth RobbinsThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigThe Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander PushkinThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
Tour of Russia
92 books — 23 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenPippi Goes on Board by Astrid LindgrenThe Tomten by Astrid LindgrenThe Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren
Sweden
84 books — 21 voters

My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukForgotten Fire by Adam BagdasarianThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakIstanbul Noir by Mustafa ZiyalanHet luizenpaleis by Elif Shafak
Turkey
50 books — 10 voters
Heidi by Johanna SpyriHomo Faber by Max FrischStiller by Max FrischDie Leute von Seldwyla, Erster Band by Gottfried KellerDie Leute von Seldwyla, Zweiter Band by Gottfried Keller
Switzerland
134 books — 10 voters

I Am Peace by Susan VerdeCome On, Calm! by Kelsey BrownYogi Superhero by Anna SmithersThe Girl from The Sky by Jenny RichterCody's Whisper by Malia Grace
Best Books for Children to Find their Calm
25 books — 10 voters
The Good Master by Kate SeredyThe Singing Tree by Kate SeredyZsófi és az ősboszorkány by Gyula BöszörményiThe Paul Street Boys by Ferenc MolnárToward Morning by Alta Halverson Seymour
Children's literature that takes place in Hungary
20 books — 7 voters

Scarf Jack by P.J. KavanaghThe Adventurous Summer by Mabel Esther AllanThe Wool-Pack by Cynthia HarnettMist Over Athelney by Geoffrey TreaseMonsters Get Whatever They Want by Jeremy Robertson
The Cotswolds and Associated Counties in Juvenile Fiction
18 books — 4 voters
Tell the Time with Thomas Clock Book by W. AwdryTickety-Tock, What Time Is It? by Julie DurrellWhat Time Is It? by P.D. EastmanI Can Tell the Time by Gill DaviesIt's About Time! by Stuart J. Murphy
Learning to Tell Time / Read a Clock
102 books — 2 voters

The Boy and the North Wind by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Shipwrecked Sailor by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Brothers and the Star Fruit Tree by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Wounded Lion by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Princess and the Giant by Suzanne I. Barchers
Tales of Honor
12 books — 1 voter

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