#CURRICULUMBOOKS�A
Useful picture book and non-fiction lists to support the teaching of the curriculum
Curated by @KarlDuke8
With many additional ideas from book lovers on Twitter – thank you.
Africa (Slides 2-4)
Architecture (5-7)
Around the World (8-11)
Art & Artists (12-16)
Asia (17-19)
Australia (20)
Aztecs (21)
AFRICA
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrede & Guy Parker-Rees
Africa Amazing Africa by Atinuke & Mouni Feddag
The Ghanaian Goldilocks by Dr Tamara Pizzoli
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia by Miranda Paul & Elizabeth Zunon
The Water Princess by Susan Verde & Peter H Reynolds
Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya by Mary and Rich Chamberlain & Julia Cairns
Wangari’s Trees Of Peace by Jeanette Winter
African Tales: A Barefoot Collection by Geina Mhlophe & Rachel Griffin
The Red Bicycle by Jude Isabella & Simone Shin
Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead & Shane W Evans
Africa Day by Chi Mary Kala & Jelena Jordanovic-Lewis
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by Chris Van Wyk & Paddy Bouma
Grandad Mandela by Zaz, Ziwelene and Zindzi Mandela & Sean Qualls
Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Arch. Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams & A G Ford
Catch That Chicken! By Atinuke & Angela Brooksbank
Diamonds by Armin Greder
Sense Pass King by Katrin Tchana & Trina Shart Hyman
When the Rain Comes by Tom Pow & Malika Favre
Quill Soup by Alan Durant & Dale Blankenaar
The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The Amazing Animal Atlas by Dr Nick Crumpton & Gaia Bordicchia
Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerson Johnson & Sonia Lynn Sadler
Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor & Mehrdokht Amini
Wild Animals of the South by Dieter Braun
One Day on our Blue Planet…In the Savannah by Ella Bailey
Lazy Lion by Mwenye Haithi & Adrienne Kennaway
Greedy Zebra by Mwenye Haithi & Adrienne Kennaway
Hungry Hyena by Mwenye Haithi & Adrienne Kennaway
Mandela by Floyd Cooper
The Amazing African Animal Alphabet by Kristina Jones
Laughing Giraffe by Mwenye Haithi & Adrienne Kennaway
Animal Atlas by Anne Rooney & Lucy Rose
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi & Loveis Wise
AFRICA
Wildlife of Southern Africa by Vincent Carruthers
Roar! 100 Fun Facts About African Animals by Stephanie Warren Drimmer
The Village That Vanished by Ann Grifalconi & Kadir Nelson
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
Africana by Mayowa Alabi & Kim Chakanetsa
The Season of Giraffes by Nicola Davies & Emily Sutton
AFRICA
ARCHITECTURE
How Bridges Are Built by Roman Belyaev
How Does A Lighthouse Work by Roman Belyaev
A Trip To The Future by Moira Butterfield & Fagostudio
Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts
If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen
Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi by Rachel Rodriguez & Julie Paschkis
The Shape of the World: A Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by K L Going & Lauren Stringer
The Story of Buildings by Patrick Dillon & Stephen Biesty
See Inside London by Rob Lloyd Jones & Barry Ablett
Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections: Castle
Cool Architecture by Simon Armstrong
Young Frank Architect by Frank Viva
Home by Carson Ellis
The Building Boy by Ross Montgomery & David Litchfield
A Street Through Time by Steve Noon
The Buildings That Made London by David Long & Josie Shenoy
Colossus by Colin Hynson & Giulia Lombardo
Built to Last by David Macauley
Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World by Lucy Letherland & Ben Handicott
If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche
From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers by Christine Paxmann & Anne Ibelings
Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes
Window by Jeannie Baker
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Building A Home by Polly Faber & Klas Fahlin
Architecture According to Pigeons by Speck Lee Tailfeather
Atlas of Amazing Architecture by Peter Allen
Brick Who Found Herself in Architecture by Joshua David Stein & Julia Rothman
How To Build A City by Isabel Otter & Harry Woodgate
Cities in Layers by Philip Steel & Andres Lozano
How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons
Someone Builds The Dream by Lisa Wheeler & Loren Long
The Three Little Pigs by Nick Sharratt & Stephen Tucker
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl
Bug Homes by Anna Milbourne & Simona Dimitri
Let’s Build a House by Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
Discovering Architecture by Eduard Altarriba & Berta Bardi I Mila
The Future Architects Handbook by Barbara Beck
A Place Called Home by Kate Baker & Rebecca Green
A Home Again by Colleen Rowan Kosinski & Valerie Docampo
ARCHITECTURE
Pyramids, Pillars and Palaces by Neil Lockley & Daniel Long
How Was That Built by Roma Agrawal & Katie Hickey
How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were Built by Ludmila Henkova & Tomas Svoboda
The Power of Architecture by Annette Roeder & Pamela Baron
Amazing Landmarks by Rekha s Rajan & Alex Asfour
Who Built That? Bridges by Didier Cornille
Build! by Red Nose Studio
Gaudi Achiitect of Imagination by Susan B Katz & Linda Schwalbe
ARCHITECTURE
AROUND THE WORLD
When Spring Come to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee (Korea)
Small in the City by Sydney Smith (USA)
Kai and the Monkey King by Joe Todd-Stanton (China)
Learn to Ski with Mr Magee by Chris Van Dusen (USA)
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (USA?)
A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker (Silk Road)
Akissi: More Tales of Mischief by Abouet & Sapin (West Africa)
The Honey Hunter by Karthika Nair & Joelle Jolivet (India)
Wild Animals of the North/South by Dieter Braun
Dear Mrs La Rue by Mark Teague (USA)
The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (USA)
If the World Were a Village by David J Smith & Shelagh Armstrong
Home by Carson Ellis
Rain (poetry) by Anders Holmer (whole world)
Tales Told in Tents by Sally Pomme Clayton & Sophie Herxheimer (Central Asia)
Good as Gold: Stories of Values from Around the World by Barbara Baumgartner
The Children and the Whale by Daniel Frost (Arctic Circle)
Island Born by Junot Diaz & Leo Espinosa (Dominican Republic/USA)
Cinderella of the Nile by Beverley Naidoo & Marjan Vafaeian (Egypt)
Muhammad’s Desert Night by Christine Kessler & Ian Schoenherr (Sahara)
The Maya: History in Infographics by Jon Richards & Jonathan Vipond (Mayan Civilisation)
Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams & A G Ford (Sth Africa)
Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes by Ying Chang Compestine & David Roberts (China)
Tigress by Nick Dowson & Jane Chapman (Asia)
The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin by Betsy Bang & Rachel Merriman (India)
You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman & Robin Preiss Glasser (USA)
Guitar Genius: Les Paul by Kim Tomsic & Brett Helquist (USA)
Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett (Africa)
Hair Love by Matthew A Cherry & Vashti Harrison (USA)
Come On, Rain by Karen Hesse & Jon J Muth (Sth Africa)
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’O & Vashti Harrison (USA)
The Ghanaian Goldilocks by Dr Tamara Pizzoli (Ghana)
At the Same Moment Around the World by Clotilde Perrin
The World in a Second by Isabel Minhos Martins & Bernado P Carvalho (all around the world)
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush retold by Tomie dePaola (USA)
Maggie’s Chopsticks by Alan Woo & Isabelle Malenfont (China)
Born to Ride: A Story about Bicycle Face by Larissa Theule & Kelsey Garrity-Riley (USA)
AROUND THE WORLD
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael Lopez (USA)
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (Korea to USA)
Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald & Sarah Fox-Davies (Canada/USA)
Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea by Sheridan Cain & Norma Burgin (unknown)
The Phoenix of Persia by Sally Pomme Clayton & Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif (Iran)
Chinese Fables by Shoho S Nunes & Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard (China)
The Lost Child of Chernobyl by Helen Bate
Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)
The Journey by Francesca Sanna (Italy)
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr
Cities in Layers by Philip Steel & Andres Lozano
Traditional Stories from The Caribbean by Petronella Breinburg (The Caribbean)
Flying Colours by Robert G Fresson (worldwide)
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe (Africa)
Fairy Tales: Traditional Russian by A N Morozov (Russia)
The Apartment: A Century of Russia History by Alexandra Litvina & Anna Desnitskaya (Russia)
Mandela by Floyd Cooper (Sth Africa)
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby & Suana Verelst (Afghanistan)
The Star Bearer by Dianne Hofmeyr & Jude Daly (Egypt)
Traditional Stories from West Africa by Robert Hull (West Africa)
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya & L.C. Wheatley (Pakistan)
AROUND THE WORLD
Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit by Chris Van Dusen (USA)
Wilma Unlimited by Katherine Krull & David Diaz (USA)
Sonam and the Silence by Eddie Ayres & Ronak Taher (Afghanistan)
The Magic Carpet’s Guided to Earth’s Forbidden Places by Patrick Makin & Whooli Chen (worldwide)
Wild City by Ben Hoare & Lucy Rose (worldwide)
Make Yourself at Home by Signe Torp
There Are Mammals Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
AROUND THE WORLD
ART AND ARTISTS
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay A Haring & Robert Neubecker
A Life Made by Hand: Ruth Asawa by Andrea D’Aquino
Radiant Child: Jean Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Cloth Lullaby: Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky & Isabelle Arsenault
Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt
The Egg by Britta Teckentrup
Two Brothers, Four Hands: Alberto and Diego Giacometti by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan & Hadley Hooper
Silent Day, Silent Dreams by Allen Say
Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown & John Parra
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins by Fiona Robinson
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong byJulie Leung & Chris Sasaki
Dorothea Lange by Carole Boston Weatherford & Sarah Green
Dancing Through the Fields: Helen Frankenthaler by Elizabeth Brown & Aimee Sicuro
Matisse’s Garden by Samantha Friedman & Cristina Amodeo
Polka Dot Parade by Deborah Blumenthal & Masha D’Yans
Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World by Laurence Anholt
The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow & Steven Salerno
Ish by Peter H Reynolds
Little People, Big Dreams: Frida by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Gee Fan Eng
The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock & Mary Grandre
Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky
Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt
Katie and the Waterlily Pond by James Mayhew
Katie and the Impressionists by James Mayhew (see many art-related Katie books)
Katie’s Picture Show by James Mayhew
Luna Loves Art by Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers
Draw by Raul Colon
Imagine by Raul Colon
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity by Sarah Suzuki & Ellen Weinstein
Magritte’s Apple by Klaas Verplancke
The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein
Mix It Up by Herve Tullet
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill & Bryan Collier
Luke’s Way of Looking by Nadia Wheatley & Matt Ottley
You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weltzman & Robin Preuss Glasser
A Stroll with Mr Gaudi by Pau Estrada
The Big Adventure of a Little Line by Serge Bloch
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney & Feronia Parker Thomas
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin & Mary Azarian
Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg
ART AND ARTISTS
Art & Max by David Wiesner
Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter
The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci by Guido Visconti & Bimba Landmann
David Hockney: A History of Pictures by David Hockney, Martin Gayford and Rose Blake
Mixed by Arree Chung
Penny and the Plain Piece of Paper by Miri Leshem-Pelly
Arnold’s Extraordinary Art Museum by Catherine Ingram & Jim Stoten
A Splash of Red: Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont & David Catrow
Chalk by Bill Thomson
Kenya’s Art by Linda Trice & Hazel Mitchell
Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
The Day the Crayon’s Quit by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers
The Day the Crayon’s Came Home by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
The Origami Master by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Willy’s Pictures by Anthony Browne
The Dreaming Giant: Wassily Kandinsky by Veronique Massenot & Peggy Nile
The Colours of History by Clive Gifford & Marc-Ettiene Pointre
Uncle Andy’s by James Warhola
Just Being Dali by Amy Guglielmo & Brett Helquist
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee
ART AND ARTISTS
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson & Evan Turk
And I Paint It: Henriette Wyeth’s World by Beth Kephart & Amy June Bates
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Shaped by her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Harber Freeman, Barbara Gonzales & Aphelandra
Edward Hopper Paints His World by Robert Burleigh & Wendell Minor
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel & Amanda Hall
Banksy Grafftied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
Red/Blue/Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Line & Scribble by Debora Vogrig & Pia Valentis
Pippin Paints a Portrait by Charlotte Mei
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess & Kara Kramer
Imogen: The Mother of Modernism & Three Boys by Amy Novesky & Lisa Congdon
We Can Portraits of Power by Tyler Gordon
Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn’t Sorry. By Fausto Gilberti
Modern Art Explorer by Alice Harman & Serge Bloch
The Bigger Picture Women Who Changed the Art World by Sophia Bennett & Manjit Thapp
Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande & Ruchi Mhasane
Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Daniel Minter
Aaron Slater Illustrator by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts
I Am an Artist by Kertu Sillaste
ART AND ARTISTS
Art is Everywhere by Eleanor Chan & Olivia Bargman
Portrait of an Artist – Georgia O’Keefe by Alice Wietzel & Lucy Brownridge
Beautiful Useful Things: What William Morris Made by Beth Kephart & Melodie Stacey
Little Frida by Anthony Browne
Growing an Artist by John Parra
ART AND ARTISTS
ASIA
Chinese Fables by Shoho S Nunes & Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard (China
Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Lucy Letherland & Emily Hawkins
Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World by Lucy Letherland and Ben Handicott
Atlas of Adventures by Lucy Letherland
T is for the Taj Mahal: An Indian Alphabet by Varsha Bajaj & Robert Crawford
Ramayana Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel
The Ammuchi Pucki by Sharanya Manivannan & Nerina Canzi
Monsoon Afternoon by Kashmira Sheth & Yoshiko Jaeggi
The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Tree by Uma Krishnaswami & Ruth Jeyaveeran
The Boy Who Grew A Forest by Sophia Gholz & Kayla Harren
Maggie’s Chopsticks by Alan Woo & Isabelle Malenfant
Manjhi Moves a Mountain by Nancy Churnin & Danny Popovici
The Magic Brush by Kat Yeh & Huy Voun Lee
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus & Evan Turk
Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
China Through Time by Du Fei
Little People Big Dreams: Mahatma Gandhi by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Albert Arraya
The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker & Grace Lin
The Moose of Ewenki by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane & Jiu Er
Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright & Ying Hwa Hu
Avoid Working on the Great Wall of China by Jacqueline Morley & David Antram
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho & Dung Ho
Wabi Sabi by Mark Rebstein & Ed Young
The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley & Lin Wang
Sora and the Cloud by Felicia Hoshino
The Phone Booth in Mr Hirota’s Garden by Heather Smith & Rachel Wada
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang & Huynh Kim Lien
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Hayao Miyazaki
My Neighbour Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki
Gamayun Tales 1 by Alexander Utkin (Russian Tales)
Fairy Tales Traditional Russian by Palekh, Fedoskino & Kholui
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Demi
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel & Blair Lent
A Bowl Full of Peace by Caren Stelson & Akira Xusaka
Stories of South Asian Super Girls by Raj Kaur Khaira
People of Peace: 40 Inspiring Icons by Sandrine Mirza & Le Duo
The Monkey and the Panda by Antonio Barber & Meilo So
Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan & Lillian Hsu-Flanders
Little Sid: The Tiny Prince Who Became a Buddha by Ion Lendler & Xanthe Bouma
Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin (set in
US and China)
A Sari for Ammi by Mamta Nainy & Sandhya Prabhat
Lengtonghoih: The Girl Who Wanted The Brightest Star by Merct Vungthianmuang Guite & Tanya Gupta
ASIA
When Spring Come to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee (Korea)
Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes by Ying Chang Compestine & David Roberts (China)
Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande & Ruchi Mhasane
My Mother’s Sari by Sandhya Rao & Nina Sabnani
Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki & Stephane Jorisch
Pokemon Encyclopedia
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadano & Joe Todd-Stanton
Zhang Heng and the Incredible Earthquake Detector by Randel McGee
The Great Wall Through Time by Du Fei
I Am the Subway by Kim Hyo-eun
The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Kim Jihyun
The Jungle Book by Susy Zanella
Amma’s Sari by Sandhya Parappukkaran & Michelle Pereira
India Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilan & Nina Chakrabarti
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Mad Magpie by Gregg Dreise
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright & Jim Field
Window by Jeannie Baker
Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Birrarung Wilam by Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly & Lisa Kennedy
This is Australia by M Sasek
My Place by Nadia Wheatley & Donna Rawlins
Rainbow Bird: An Aboriginal Folk Tale by Eric Madden & Adrienne Kennaway
Koalas Eat Gum Leaves by Laura Bunting
Wombat Goes Walkabout by Michael Morpurgo & Christian Birmingham
Waltzing Matilda by AB Paterson & Desmond Digby
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators by Karen Wild & Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Common Wealth by Gregg Driese
The Little Refugee by Anh Do, Suzanne Do & Bruce Wheatley
Travel Journal by unknown
Maps by Aleksandra & Daniel Mizielinski
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement
Wombat Underground by Sarah L Thompson & Charles Santoso
Dingo by Claire Saxby & Tannya Harricks
Kookaburra by Claire Saxby & Tannya Harricks
Big Red Kangaroo by Claire Saxby & Graham Byrne
Koala by Claire Saxby & Julie Vivas
One Day On Our Blue Planet…In the Outback by Ella Bailey
AZTECS
Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott
The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice by Fiona Macdonald & David Antram
The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss by Sally Schofer Mathews
Step into the Aztec & Maya by Fiona Macdonald
The Ancient Aztecs by Isabel & Imogen Greenberg
DK Aztec, Inca & Maya by Elizabeth Baquedano
The Aztec Empire by Sunita Apte
The Story of Chocolate by Katie Daynes & Adam Larkum
Horrible Histories: The Angry Aztecs by Terry Deary & Martin Brown
Blue Frog The Legend of Chocolate by Dianne de Las Casas & Holly Stone—Barker
Munching on Churros in Mexico by Baby Professor
The Daily Life of an Aztec Family by Baby Professor
DK find out! Maya, Incas and Aztecs
The Aztec News by Penny Bateman
The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
Avery Everywhere: A Day with the Aztecs by Jacopo Olivieri & Clarrisa Corradiin