Diana Cohn
1) Namaste!
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Whenever Nima meets someone on her long walk to the market village in Nepal, she brings her hands together with her fingers almost touching her chin, bows her head slightly, and says "Namaste, " which means "the light in me meets the light in you." Includes information on the geography, culture, and people of Nepal.
2) The bee tree
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In the rain forests of Malaysia, Nazam waits anxiously to climb the bee tree, proving that he is capable of succeeding his grandfather as leader of the traditional honey-hunting clan, followed by a text containing facts about Malaysia.