A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.

Gregory experiences a new way of life when he moves to Japan with his American mother and his Japanese father.

A white girl lives for a short time on an Indian reservation and forms a close bond with a Navajo girl.

One day, instead of following Ahmed around in a circle giving children rides, Habibi the camel runs through the bazaar with Ahmed following him and trying to figure out what is wrong.

A young boy in turn-of-the-century rural Russia learns that appearances are often deceiving after he steals and then tries to return a dreidel (a four-sided spinning top) to the traveling peddler Shnook. Suggested level: primary.

Sitting in the kitchen of his grandfather's Chinese restaurant, a young boy enjoys watching the chefs and waiters prepare and serve mouth-watering dishes.

Describes the various landscapes of America, from the Rocky Mountains and Alaska's wildlands to the giant sequoias of California, relating the parent-child relationship to these natural settings.

A sudden gust of wind takes the Queen's favorite hat and blows it all over London, as the Queen's men give chase.

Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree he planted on the day the boy was adopted. Ever since his daughter adopted young Pablo, grandfather decorates a tree on the anniversary of the boy's arrival.

Grandma tells about her mama's journey to America by boat, years ago.