Stories provide an excellent springboard for children to relate to people and places beyond their direct experience, to generate discussion on geographical issues, and to broaden their view of the world to counter stereotypes.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
PUB. DATE |
 A Balloon for Grandad
Location: UK to Sudan |
Nigel Gray
Level: KS1 |
Orchard Books |
1988 |
A Country Far Away |
Nigel Gray & Philippe Dupasquier
Level: KS1 |
Anderson Press |
1988 |
A Pig Called Shrimp |
Lisa Taylor |
Harper Collins |
1992 |
A Promise to the Sun
Location: Africa |
T Mollel
Level: KS1/2 |
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A Thief in the Village
Location: Caribbean |
J Berry
Level: KS2/3 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1987 |
Adam and Paradise Island
Location: urban |
C Keeping
Level: KS2 |
OUP |
1989 |
Against the Storm
Location: Turkey rural/urban |
G Hyclimaz
Level: KS2/3 |
Puffin |
1991 |
 All in a Day
Location: 8 locations around the world |
M Anno
Level: KS1/2 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1986 |
Antarctica
Location: Antarctic |
H Cowcher
Level: KS1/2 |
A Deutsch |
1990 |
Amoko and the party
Location: South America |
S Appiah
Level: KS1/2 |
A Deutsch |
1991 |
Anancy & Mr Dry-Bone
Location: Caribbean |
F French
Level: KS1/2 |
Frances Lincoln |
1991 |
Are We Nearly There?
Location: Rain journey through different environments |
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Arctic Spring |
Tim & Sue Vyner |
Victor Gollancz |
1992 |
At the Crossroads
Location: S Africa |
R Isadora
Level: KS2 |
J Macrae |
1991 |
Bear in the Air
Location: UK urban & rural |
B Blathwayt
Level: KS1 |
J Macrae |
1991 |
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Location: Africa |
Verna Aardema
Level: KS1 |
Macmillan |
1981 |
Bye Bye Baby
Location: rural |
J & A Ahlberg |
Little Mammoth |
1991 |
Caribbean Canvas
Location: Caribbean Islands |
F Lessac
Level: KS1/2 |
Macmillan |
1987 |
Chain of Fire
Location: S Africa |
B Naidoo
Level: KS2/3 |
Collins |
1989 |
Coconut Kind of Day
Location: Caribbean |
L Joseph
Level: KS1/2 |
Lothrop, Lee & Shephard |
1990 |
Dear Daddy |
Philippe Dupasquier
Level: KS1 |
Picture Puffins |
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Dear Mr Henshaw
Location: USA |
B Cleary
Level: KS2 |
Puffin |
1985 |
Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish |
Michael Foreman |
Picture Puffin |
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Down and Out
Location: Greenwich, London |
B Ashley
Level: KS2 |
Orchard |
1988 |
Dust on the Mountains
Location: Northern India |
P Bond
Level: KS2 |
Julia Macrae |
1990 |
Edmond Went Far Away
Location: rural |
M Bax & M Foreman
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker |
1988 |
Earthquake
Location: Northern India |
P Bond
Level: KS2 |
Walker |
1989 |
Fantastic Mr Fox
Location: UK rural |
R Dahl
Level: KS1/2 |
Puffin |
1974 |
Finders Losers
Location: UK |
J Mark
Level: KS2 |
Orchard |
1990 |
Finn's Island
Location: Scottish Island |
E Dunlop
Level: KS2/3 |
Blackie |
1991 |
Gerry's Seaside Journey
Location: UK journey through many environments |
Michelle Cartlidge
Level KS1/2 |
Little Mammoth |
1988 |
Go Noah, Go!
Location: Caribbean |
J Agard
Level: KS1/2 |
Picture Knight |
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Going to Sleep on the Farm |
Wendy Lewison &
Juan Wipngaard |
Red Fox |
1992 |
Greg's Revenge
Location: rural Scotland |
G Hendry
Level: KS2 |
Blackie |
1991 |
Hetty & Harriet
Location: farm, rural and urban environments |
G Oakley
Level: KS1/2 |
Macmillan |
1981 |
Hilda Hen's Search
Location: rural |
Marcy Wormell
Level: KS1 |
Victor Gollancz |
1994 |
Hurricane
Location: West Indies |
Andrew Salkey
Level: KS2 |
Puffin |
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I am David
Location: Europe |
Anne Holm
Level: KS2 |
Mammoth |
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Jaffa the Homecoming
Location: Africa |
H Lewin
Level: KS1/2 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1992 |
Jazeera's Journey
Location: migration from India to UK |
L Bruce
Level: KS1/2 |
Methuen |
1993 |
Journey to Jo'burg
Location: S. Africa |
B Naidoo |
Longman |
1985 |
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail
Location: Scotland |
Mairi Hedderwick
Level: KS1 |
Red Fox |
1984 |
Katie Morag & The Two Grandmothers
Location: Scotland |
Mairi Hedderwick
Level: KS1 |
The Bodley Head |
1985 |
Katie Morag & the New Pier
Location: Scotland |
Mairi Hedderwick
Level: KS1 |
The Bodley Head |
1995 |
Kim and the watermelon |
Miriam Smith |
Picture Puffins |
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King of the Cloud Forests
Location: Himalayas |
M Morpurgo
Level: KS2/3 |
Piper |
1987 |
Kiss the Dust |
E Laird |
Heinemann |
1991 |
Little Polar Bear and the Brave Little Hare
Location: Arctic |
Hans de Beer
Level: KS1 |
North South Books |
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Little Red Riding Hood |
Many versions are available, including making up your own! |
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Location: Arctic |
B Joose
Level: KS1/2 |
Chronicle Books |
1991 |
Masai and I
Location: England/East Africa |
V Kroll
Level: KS2/3 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1993 |
Me and My Million
Location: London |
C King
Level: KS2/3 |
Puffin |
1979 |
Morag and the Lamb
Location: UK hill country |
J Lingard & P Casey
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker |
1990 |
Morning Mollie |
Shirley Hughes |
Picture Lions |
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The Day of Amhed's Secret
Location: Sudan |
Florence Heide &
Judith Gilliland
Level: KS1 |
Victor Gollancz |
1991 |
The Emperor's Dan-Dan
Location: Caribbean |
J Agard
Level: KS1/2 |
Hodder & Stoughton |
1978 |
Mr Grumpy's Outing
Location: English countryside/river |
J Burningham
Level KS1 |
Puffin |
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 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Location: Zimbabwe |
J Steptoe
Level: KS1/2 |
Hodder & Stoughton |
1991 |
Nursery Board Book |
Jan Pienkowski |
William Heinemann |
1988 |
Our House on the Hill |
Philippe Duqasquier
Level: KS1 |
Anderson Press |
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Our Puppy's Holiday
Location: UK rural/coastal |
P Brown
Level: KS1 |
Anderson Press |
1987 |
Over the Green Hills
Location:Transkei, S. Africa |
Rachel Isadara
Level: KS1/2 |
Red Fox |
1992 |
PIG
Location: S. Africa rural/urban |
P Geraghty
Level: KS2/3 |
Hutchinson |
1991 |
Postman Pat's Letters on Ice |
John Cunliffe |
Hippo |
1985 |
Rainforest
Location: tropical Australia |
H Cowcher
Level: KS1 |
A Deutsch |
1988 |
Sammy Street Singer |
C Keeping
Level: KS1/2 |
OUP |
1989 |
Sari Games
Location: urban UK |
N Ghandi
Level: KS2 |
Andrew Deutsch |
1990 |
Shaker Lane
Location: USA |
Alice & Martin Provenson
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker Books |
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Somewhere in Africa
Location: urban Africa |
I Menne & N Daly
Level: KS1/2 |
Red Fox |
1992 |
Tales from the Caribbean |
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World Aware,
1 Cotton St
London WC1R 4AB |
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Telling the Sea
Location: Welsh Coast |
P Fisk
Level: KS2/3 |
Lion |
1992 |
The Bear Who Went |
Susanna Gretz |
A & C Black |
1972 |
The Cay
Location: West Indies |
Theodore Taylor
Level: KS2 |
Puffin |
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The Future Telling Lady
Location: Caribbean |
J Berry
Level: KS2/3 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1991 |
The Great Round the World Balloon Race
Location: Global |
Sue Scullard
Level: KS1/2 |
Macmillan |
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The Grey King
Location: rural |
S Cooper
Level: KS2 |
Puffin |
1997 |
The Journey Home |
Joanne Findall
Level: KS1 |
Walker Books |
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The Little Island
Location: Monserrat |
F Lessac
Level: KS1/2 |
Macmillan |
1984 |
The Inside Outing
Location: indoors imaginatively transformed into the Seaside |
E Laird & O Madden
Level: KS1/2 |
Picture Lions |
1990 |
The Jolly Postman
Location: UK various |
Janet & John
Level: KS1 |
William Heinemann |
1986 |
The Kidkadee Queen
Location: Africa, India
Afro/Caribbean/America |
F Faustin
Level: KS2 |
Blackie |
1991 |
The Lighthouse Keeper' Lunch |
Ronda & David Armitage |
Scholastic |
1977 |
The Lighthouse Keeper' Catastrophe |
Ronda & David Armitage |
Puffin Books |
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The Mousehole Cat
Location: Mousehole, Cornwall |
A Barber
Level: KS2/3 |
Walker |
1990 |
The Orphan Boy
Location: Africa/Masai Legend |
T Mollel
Level: KS2 |
OUP |
1990 |
The Paddock
Location: Australia/prehistoric to present |
L Norman
Level: KS2/3 |
J Macrae |
1992 |
The People Who Hugged the Trees
Location: Rajastan |
D Lee Rose
Level: KS2/3 |
Rinehart |
1990 |
The Shepherd Boy
Location: UK hill country |
K Lewis
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker |
1990 |
The Trek
Location: urban/suburban |
A Jonas
Level: KS1 |
J Macrae |
1985 |
The Tunnel
Location: Channel Tunnel |
Brian Wildsmith
Level: KS1/2 |
Oxford University Press |
1993 |
The Twins in Greece
Location: Greek Village |
S Kilroy
Level: KS1/2 |
Red Fox |
1991 |
 The Village by the Sea
Location: NW coast of India |
A Desai
Level: KS2 |
Heinemann |
1982 |
The Village of Round & Square Houses
Location: Cameroon, W. Africa |
Ann Grifalcono |
Macmillan |
1987 |
The world that Jack Built |
Ruth Brown |
Anderson Press |
1990 |
Tigress |
H Cowcher |
A Deutsch |
1991 |
Under the Mango Tree |
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World Aware |
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Walkabout
Location: Australian Desert |
J Marshall
Level: KS2/3 |
Clio Press |
1989 |
Watch Out For Giant-Killers
Location: our own environment |
A McNaughton
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker |
1992 |
What I Like
Location: UK urban |
C & C Anhott
Level: KS1/2 |
Walker |
1991 |
We're Going On a Bear Hunt
Location: rural |
Michael Rosen &
Helen Oxebury
Level: KS1 |
Walker |
1989 |
When Grandma Came
Location: Worldwide |
J Paton Walsh
Level: KS1/2 |
Viking |
1992 |
When I Dance
Location: Caribbean, various |
J Berry
Level: KS2/3 |
Hamish Hamilton |
1988 |
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Location: Australian rain forest |
J Baker
Level: All (no text) |
J Macrae |
1987 |
Whistle for Willie |
J Ezra Keats |
Picture Puffin |
1992 |
Why the sky is far away
Location: Nigeria |
M J Gerson
Level: KS1/2 |
Little Brown & Co |
1992 |
Window
Location: Australia, urban |
J Baker
Level: All (no text) |
Julia Macrae |
1991 |
