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Peru is my home

Beth Karpfinger, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

A look at the life of a twelve-year-old girl and her family living in Lima. Includes a section with information on Peru

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Zambia is my home

Beth Karpfinger, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Presents the life of a thirteen-year-old girl and her family in Zambia, describing her home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, people, government, economy, and culture of her

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KAR

Guatemala is my home

Ronnie Cummins, Patricia Lantier-Sampon

A look at the life of a twelve-year-old Mayan Indian girl and her family living in the lakeside village of Santiago Atitln. Includes a section with information on Guatemala

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LAN

Papacito and his family.

Betsy Warren

Describes a day in the life of a Mexican family as they make their meals, shop, wash their clothes, and relax before going to bed.

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Ramona and her father

Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen

Ramona's father loses his job

PB

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Ireland is my home

Gini Holland

Presents the life of an eleven-year-old boy and his family in Ireland, describing his home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, people, government, economy, and culture of his

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HOL

Zeke Pippin

William Steig

When Zeke Pippin finds a harmonica in the street, he is soon regaling his family with the prelude to La Traviata, only to have them all fall asleep under his spell

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Big wind coming!

Karen English, Cedric Lucas

An extended family and their neighbors prepare for, and then wait out a fierce storm, wondering what will remain of their farms when the wind and rain stop

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Lionel at large

Stephen Krensky, Susanna Natti

Lionel faces such ordeals as having to eat green beans, going to the doctor, and looking for the snake his sister lost in her room

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Why couldn't I be an only kid like you, Wigger

Leigh Grant, Barbara Shook Hazen

Two young boys, one from a large family and the other an only child, wish they could exchange places

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