AROUND THE WORLD
Picture books that travel the world.
Real places seen through a child’s eyes: a famous roof, an old castle, a city full of sounds and a misty bamboo forest.
4 stories
With membership · 10 pagesTilly and the Orange-Peel Sails
Tilly thinks the white sails across the harbour are boats. They are the roof of the Sydney Opera House, and nobody knew how to build it until someone saw that every curve came from one round ball. With an orange, a cheeky cockatoo and a picnic blanket, Tilly works it out too.
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With membership · 10 pagesHana and the White Heron Castle
Himeji Castle is so white, with roofs spread like wings, that people call it the White Heron Castle. When a white feather drifts down, Hana is sure the castle has lost one, and she sets off to take it all the way to the top: through twisty gates, past an old woman's millstone and up stairs as steep as a ladder.
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With membership · 10 pagesTuantuan and the Bamboo-Leaf Boat
A puddle is a river to a tiny ant. With a bamboo leaf and a gentler breath, Tuantuan discovers how to help a smaller friend.
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With membership · 10 pagesLina's Little Paris Song
Lina promises a song for the neighborhood picnic. Join her and Grandpa in Paris, listen to a bell, the river and a bird, and help her find a little tune to share.
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Tilly works out how the Sydney Opera House got its curved roofs. Hana climbs Himeji Castle in Japan and hears the legend hidden in its walls. Lina listens to the streets of Paris to find her song, and Tuantuan the panda cub helps a tiny friend in a Sichuan bamboo forest.
Every story can be read in English, French, Spanish, Japanese or Chinese, so a trip around the world can also be a trip into another language.