 | Sacred Places by Philemon Sturges
Buy used from: $6.67 Easy text, stunning collages representing the variety of places where people worship. A good introduction to similarities and differences in the ways we worship.
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 | Rama and Sita: A Tale from Ancient Java by David Weitzman
Buy used from: $125.26 A retelling of an epic Hindu saga that conveys the drama, intensity, and richness of the Hindu faith for children.
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 | Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India by Aaron Shepard
Buy used from: $91.31 Savitri is a beautiful Indian princess but it is her loyalty and wisdom that impresses the god.
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 | Lighting a Lamp: A Diwali Story (Festival Time) by Jonny Zucker
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.72 Describes the Hindu holiday of Diwali.
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 | Lights For Gita by Rachna Gilmore
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.77 A Hindu girl living in the U.S. wonders what Diwali will be like. She finds a new perspective and new way of celebrating instead of being disappointed.
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 | Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence H. Parry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.86 He has learned to write his name in Arabic, a good moment in many young children's lives and one that English children will relate to. Introducing the Arabic alphabet.
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 | The Hundredth Name by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Buy new: $20.80 Buy this used! A little boy hopes that his camel will learn the hundredth name of Allah and feel proud.
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 | Fasting and Dates: A Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr Story (Festival Time) by Jonny Zucker
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $3.09 A description of an Islamic holiday with simple text.
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 | Sitti's Secrets (Aladdin Picture Books) by Naomi Shihab Nye
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.94 An American girl misses her "sitti," or Palestinian grandmother who lives across the ocean.
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 | The Brave Little Parrot by Rafe Martin
Buy used from: $13.61 A Buddhist Jataka tale of hope and courage.
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 | Buddha in the Garden by David Bouchard
Buy used from: $4.84 How a young boy finds enlightenment close by while the rest of the monks are out in the world searching for enlightenment.
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 | The Mountains of Tibet by Mordicai Gerstein
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.89 Based on the Tibetian Book of the Dead, a look at reincarnation simple enough for young children that can be expanded to cover all kinds of choices as part of being human.
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 | Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $2.76 A panda moves to a neighborhood and shares stories with the children. These are simplified Zen koans told in a very appealing way.
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 | Tenzin's Deer: A Tibetan Tale by Barbara Soros
Buy used from: $5.87 Day by day, Tenzin nurses an injured deer, but soon has to understand how to love enough to let her go. A story about the power of compassion, the guidance of dreams among other Buddhist beliefs.
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 | For Every Child
Buy used from: $0.85 "Allow us to say our own prayers in our own words, whether in churches, temples, synagogues or mosques..." The rights of the child by UNICEF
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