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Books Set in Another Country

Ruth Jansen Beanstack Reading Recommendations

Explore the world without leaving home by reading a book set in another country. Here are some suggestions:

Children’s Books –

  • Bea’s Balikbayan Box of treasures by Christine Alemshah- EASY ALE
  • A Pigeon in Paris: Petite takes flight by Paige Howard – EASY HOW
  • Mariana and Her Familia by Monica Mancillas – EASY MCM
  • Sakina and the Uninvited Guests by Zahra Marwan- EASY MAR
  • Faruq and the Wiri Wiri : A Celebration of Family and Food by Sophia Payne – EASY PAY
  • Peng’s Vase: a Chinese Folktale by Angus Yuen-Killick – EASY YUE
  • Dora and Diego: Giant Tortoise Adventure adapted by Tina Gallo – READER1 E D
  • How the Elephant Got It’s Trunk retold by Robert James – Reader1 E T
  • Dodsworth series by Tim Egan – READER2 E E
  • Rabia’s Eid by Rukhsana Khan – READER2 E K
  • I Wish I Was an Elephant by Jennifer Bove – READER 3 E R
  • Too Small Tola by Atinuke – READER4 E A
  • Bodyguard: Ambush by Chris Bradford – SERIES BODYGUARD
  • Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer – SERIES ENOLA
  • Greetings from Somewhere: The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge by Harper Paris – SERIES GREETINGS
  • A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus – J ALB
  • The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander – J ALE
  • Thirst by Varsha Bajaj – J BAJ
  • Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar – J BEH
  • Grenade by Alan Gratz – J GRA
  • Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani – J HIR
  • Seabird by Michelle Kadarusman – J KAD
  • The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling – J KIP
  • The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry – J LOW
  • The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh – J MAR
  • Uprising by Jennifer Nielsen – J NIE/J BOCD NIE
  • The Cricket War by Tho Pham – J PHA
  • Children’s Favorite Arabic Stories by Jehanne Moharram – J 398.2 MOH
  • Food Around the World by Gill Budgell – J 641.3 BUD
  • Henri Matisse: He Saw the World in Bold Color by Heather Alexander – J 759.4 ALE

Teen Books –

  • Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake – YA BROWSING B
  • The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar – YA JAI
  • Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram – YA KHO
  • The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – YA LEE
  • Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri – YA NAY
  • The Rebel Girls of Rome by Jordyn Taylor – YA TAY
  • Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield – YA BROWSING S
  • Stateless by Elizabeth Wein – YA WEI
  • Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada – YA GRAPHIC BAN
  • Lost in Taiwan by Mark Crilley – YA GRAPHIC LOS
  • Song of a Blackbird by Maria Van Lieshout – YA GRAPHIC SON
  • When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed – YA GRAPHIC WHE/J GN WHE
  • The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer – YA GRAPHIC WOR
  • Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto – YA MANGA KAI
  • You and I are Polar Opposites by Kocha Agasawa  – YA MANGA YOU