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Thistles and Biscuits

Hi there! We are Tim and Betsy, both artists in our own way. One a quiet, bearded linguist and the other a klutzy cook with a background in cultural anthropology. We live in the gorgeous Middle East and love to travel and world school with two boys. Our goal is to make beautiful printable items for your family. Our goal in these book lists was to elevate real and beautiful make believe stories from around the globe.

Multicultural Music Booklist
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The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book)
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
88 Instruments
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
The Drummer Boy The Boy with the Ball
The Drum
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
Sweet Music in Harlem
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
Multicultural Christmas Booklist
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Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem
What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals
An Ellis Island Christmas
Tree of Cranes: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
A World of Cookies for Santa: Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around the World: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
Miracle on 133rd Street
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border
I Got the Christmas Spirit
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Too Many Tamales
'Twas Nochebuena
Letters from Father Christmas
The Nutcracker in Harlem: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Scotland Country Booklist
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My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose
Collected Poems of Robert Burns (Revised)
The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland's Wild Histories
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
The Princess and the Goblin
This Is Edinburgh: A Children's Classic
A History of Scotland
B Is for Bagpipes: A Scotland Alphabet
Hairy Hettie: The Highland Cow Who Needs a Haircut!
N Is for Nessie: A Scottish Alphabet for Kids
Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Off a Bus: A Favourite Scottish Rhyme with Moving Parts
England Country Booklist
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This Is London
Happy Birthday, Old Bear
London Stories
The Gruffalo
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit, the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Return of the King
Little Women
The Squire's Tale, 1
Alice in Wonderland
The Wind in the Willows
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Anniversary)
Dodsworth in London
B Is for Big Ben: An England Alphabet
The Knight and the Dragon
The Mousehole Cat
France Country Booklist
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Joan of Arc
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
The Story of Diva and Flea
I, Crocodile
Paris-Chien: Adventures of an Expat Dog
Jazz Age Josephine
Madeline
Madeline and the Old House in Paris
Anatole
Antoinette
Afghanistan Country Booklist
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The Silly Chicken: English-Arabic Edition
The Breadwinner (Fifteenth Anniversary)
Mataluna: 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs
The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: English-Pashto Edition
Waiting for the Owl's Call
The Stranger's Farewell: English-Pashto Edition
Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education
I See the Sun in Afghanistan
Ali's Story: A Real-Life Account of His Journey from Afghanistan
Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan
The Wooden Sword
The Sky of Afghanistan
Canada Country Booklist
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Anne of Green Gables
I Am Not a Number
Paddle-To-The-Sea
The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
The Kids Book of Canadian History
Fatty Legs (10th Anniversary Edition)
Very Last First Time
Canada Year by Year
On the Shoulder of a Giant (English)
A Day with Yayah
Mama, Do You Love Me? Board Book: (Children's Storytime Book, Arctic and Wild Animal Picture Book, Native American Books for Toddlers)
Birdsong
When We Were Alone
Sweetest Kulu
C Is for Canada
Mexico Country Booklist
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
Esperanza Rising
Return to Sender
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico
The Night of Las Posadas
The Legend of the Poinsettia
Too Many Tamales
Sing, Don't Cry
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
In My Family / En Mi Familia
My Mexico / Mexico Mio
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
Brazil Country Booklist
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The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
The Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil
We're Roaming in the Rainforest
Do You Really Want to Visit a Rainforest?
Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!
Dario and the Whale
The Rainforest Grew All Around
Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes: Bilingual English-Spanish
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth
Steve Goes to Carnival
The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
Oman Country Booklist
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A History of Modern Oman
The Turtle of Oman
A Historical Atlas of Oman
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