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 lTITLE: Animals in Art
AUTHOR: Richmond, Robin
GENRE: Art
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Nashville: Ideals Children's Books, 1993
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Ariadne, Awake!
AUTHOR: Orgel, Doris
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 5-8
PUBLISHER: New York: The Penguin Group, 1994
COUNTRY: Ancient Greece
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lTITLE: Art and Civilization: The Renaissance
AUTHOR: Matthews, Rupert
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 2000
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
AUTHOR: Stanley, Diane and Peter Vennema
GENRE: Biography
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1992
COUNTRY: England
NOTES: This storybook biography tells the tragic life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.


lTITLE: Beowulf and Related Readings
AUTHOR: Raffel, Burton
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: Evanston: McDougal Littell, 1998
COUNTRY: Denmark
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lTITLE: Beowulf: A New Telling
AUTHOR: Nye, Robert
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1982
COUNTRY: Denmark
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lTITLE: Britain in Brief (interactive CD-ROM)
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1996
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Britain in Brief (map)
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1995
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Britain in Brief (poster)
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1995
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Britain Meets the Bay
AUTHOR: Britain Meets the Bay Academic Subcommittee & British Consulate General San Francisco
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: Washington, 1997
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Britain: The Island People
AUTHOR: Britain Meets the Bay Academic Subcommittee & British Consulate General San Francisco
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: Washington, 1997
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Britain's System of Government
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1995
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Children in Art
AUTHOR: Richmond, Robin
GENRE: Art
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Nashville: Ideals Children's Books, 1992
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Cinder Edna
AUTHOR: Jackson, Ellen
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Books, 1994
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live with cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, have different approaches to life; and, although each ends up with the prince of her dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other.


lTITLE: Cinderella
AUTHOR: Craft, K.Y., Illustrator
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Sea Star Books, 2000
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is Craft's version of Cinderella, accompanied by beautifully detailed illustrations.


lTITLE: Coping With Catastrophe: The Black Death of the 14th Century
AUTHOR: Chapman, Anne
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 7-12
PUBLISHER: Los Angeles: Nat'l Center for History in the Schools- UCLA, 1998
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Discovering Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
AUTHOR: Olster, Fredi and Hamilton, Rick
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Lyme: A Smith and Kraus Book, 1996
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: European and U.S. Immigration: Exploring a 20th Century Crisis
AUTHOR: Center for Western European Studies - IAS, UC Berkeley
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 6-8
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Regents, 1994
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Excalibur
AUTHOR: Heyer, Carol
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Nashiville: Ideals Children's Books, 1991
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Focus on Britain
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office,1996
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Growing up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History
AUTHOR: Hanawalt, Barbara A.
GENRE: History
GRADE LEVEL: Adult
PUBLISHER: New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
COUNTRY: London, England
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lTITLE: Harold and the Herald
AUTHOR: Fradon, Dana
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: January 2000
AUTHOR: Zeitschrift fur Kultur Austausch
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, 2000
COUNTRY: Germany
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lTITLE: King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone
AUTHOR: Talbot, Hudson
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Books of Wonder, 1991
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: King Midas
AUTHOR: Philip, Neil
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: Boston: Little, Brown and Company
COUNTRY: Ancient Greece
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lTITLE: Leonardo da Vinci
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2002
COUNTRY: Italy
NOTES: Vol.12, Number 7, March 2002


lTITLE: Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier
AUTHOR: Bowman, Alan K.
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: British Museum Press, 1994
COUNTRY: Ancient Rome
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lTITLE: Louis XIV, The Sun King
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2002
COUNTRY: France
NOTES: Vol.12, Number 8, April 2002


lTITLE: Maria Theresa
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2001
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Vol.11, Number 9, May 2001


lTITLE: Master Maid: A Tale of Norway
AUTHOR: Shepard, Aaron
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Dial Books, 1997
COUNTRY: Norway
NOTES: Lief ventures into the kitchen of a troll and falls in love with the Master Maid, who helps him fulfill the troll's commands. But Lief discovers that the troll wants to make stew out of him! Who will help him now?


lTITLE: People in Britain
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1996
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Peoples of the Past: Ancient Greece
AUTHOR: National Geographic Maps
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Washington: The National Geograghic Society, 1999
COUNTRY: Ancient Greece
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lTITLE: Policy Responses to Global Climate Change
AUTHOR: Center for Western European Studies - IAS, UC Berkeley
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 6-8
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Regents, 1993
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Pompeii: Exploring a Roman Ghost Town
AUTHOR: Goor, Ron and Nancy
GENRE: Non-fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 8-12
PUBLISHER: New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1986
COUNTRY: Ancient Rome
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lTITLE: Reynard the Fox
AUTHOR: Hastings, Selina
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Tambourine Books, 1990
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Sir Gawain and the Green Night
AUTHOR: Hastings, Selina
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Mulberry Books, 1981
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
AUTHOR: Hastings, Selina
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Mulberry Books, 1985
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Teaching the French Revolution
AUTHOR: Center for Western European Studies - IAS, UC Berkeley (2 copies)
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of European History
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Regents, 1989
COUNTRY: France
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lTITLE: The Aeneid, Story of Aeneas by Virgil
AUTHOR: Bartel, Nick
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
PUBLISHER: 1995
COUNTRY: Ancient Rome
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lTITLE: The Black Death
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2001
COUNTRY:
NOTES: Vol.11, Number 7, March 2001


lTITLE: The European Union
AUTHOR: Center for Western European Studies - IAS, UC Berkeley
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 9-12
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Regents, 1997
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: The Irish Cinderlad
AUTHOR: Climo, Shirley
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996
COUNTRY: Ireland
NOTES: Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmopther and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.


lTITLE: The King's Fountain
AUTHOR: Alexander, Lloyd
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: The Manorial System in Europe in the Middle Ages
AUTHOR: Powell, Laura and The Clio Project - Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of European History
PUBLISHER: Berkeley: UC Regents
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: The Medici
AUTHOR: Calliope
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: Petersborough: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 2001
COUNTRY: Italy
NOTES: Vol.12, Number 1, September 2001


lTITLE: The Outlandish Adventures of Orpheus in the Underworld
AUTHOR: Newham, Paul and Cox, Elaine
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-8
PUBLISHER: Boston: Barefoot Books, 1993
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is the tale of the musician Orpheus who must descend to the Underworld to retrieve his love Eurydice. Here, he will fave the greatest challenge of his life, for his music must soften the stone-cold heart of Hades, lord of the Underworld, if his love


lTITLE: The Painter's Cat
AUTHOR: Wooding, Sharon
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994
COUNTRY: Italy
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lTITLE: The Prince and the Golden Axe: A Minoan Tale
AUTHOR: Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Harper & Row, 1988
COUNTRY: Ancient Greece
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lTITLE: The Princess and the Painter
AUTHOR: Johnson, Jane
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994
COUNTRY: Spain
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lTITLE: The Renaissance
AUTHOR: Matthews, Rupert
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: 5-8
PUBLISHER: New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 2000
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: The Saga of Erik the Viking
AUTHOR: Jones, Terry
GENRE: Folklore/Mythology
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Puffin, 1983
COUNTRY:
NOTES: This is the tale of Erik the Viking warrior who lived hundreds of years ago. On his ship the Golden Dragon, he embarks on spell-binding adventures that test his strength, wit, and intelligence.


lTITLE: The United Kingdom: Ten Centuries in the Making
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1994
COUNTRY: Britain
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lTITLE: Trouble with Trolls
AUTHOR: Brett, Jan
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Scholastic Inc., 1992
COUNTRY: Norway
NOTES: Inspired by the author's visit to Norway, this is the story ofTreva, her dog Tuffi, and their encounter with mischevious trolls.


lTITLE: Unity in Diversity- The European Union: An Evolving Community
AUTHOR: SPICE
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers of 9-12
PUBLISHER: Stanford: Institute for International Studies, 1995
COUNTRY:
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lTITLE: Walter Dragun's Town
AUTHOR: Sancha, Sheila
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: 3-5
PUBLISHER: New York: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd., 1989
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Young Guinevere
AUTHOR: San Souci, Robert D.
GENRE: Fiction
GRADE LEVEL: K-5
PUBLISHER: New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1993
COUNTRY: England
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lTITLE: Young People in Britain
AUTHOR: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London
GENRE: Resource
GRADE LEVEL: All ages
PUBLISHER: London: Foreign & Commonwealth Office,1995
COUNTRY: Britain
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