Reading is a great way to explore places near and far right from wherever you happen to be!

Discover titles from these curated lists:

• Global Read Aloud Choices, 2024
• Global Poetry Collection - Grades 1-5
• Global Poetry Collection - Grades 6-12
• Global Reading: Selected Literature for Children and Teens Set in Other Countries
  

Explore the seven continents of the world with books and selected resources:

AFRICA

• Video book reading of Anansi and the Golden Pot by Tinuke Fagborun and Taiye Selasi
• Meet-the-Author Recording for Too Small Tola by Atinuke and Onyinye Iwu
• Audiobook excerpt of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

ANTARCTICA

• Video book trailer for The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice -- Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady
• Meet-the-Author Recording for My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More by G. Neri
• Complete video book reading of Where are you Penguin? by DK Publishing

AUSTRALIA

• Meet-the-Author Recording for Birrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia by Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly, and Lisa Kennedy
• Video book reading in Kunwinjku and English (Bilingual) of A Kunwinjku Counting Book by Gabriel Maralngurra and Felicity Wright
• Video book reading of Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman

ASIA

• Video book trailer for My First Day by Phùng Nguyên Quang and Huy'nh Kim Liên
• Video book trailer for A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
• Audiobook excerpt for Marikit and the Ocean of Stars by Caris Avendaño Cruz

EUROPE

• Audio excerpt of Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr
• Video book reading of The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle and Jo Rioux
• Video book trailer for City Cat by Kate Banks and Lauren Castillo

NORTH AMERICA

• Meet-the-Author Recording for Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey and Kass Reich
• Video book trailer for We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
• Video book trailer of New Kid by Jerry Craft

SOUTH AMERICA

• Meet-the-Author Recording of You Can’t Be Too Careful by Roger Mello
• Video book trailer of Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal
• Video book trailer for Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez