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Posted on September 12, 2022

Welcome to Words Without Borders Campus, where we publish free, full-text versions of the best international poetry, short stories, and graphic fiction, alongside multimedia learning resources and standards-aligned teaching ideas.

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A Joyous Love Poem to Celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

Posted on September 08, 2022

As you watch the Full Harvest Moon emerge tonight and tomorrow, remember that people around the world will be looking at the moon as they celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. During the holiday, people gather together with their families, eat mooncakes, look at the full moon, and think about the family members not with them on that day. This year, the holiday falls on Saturday, September 10th.

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3 Portals to International Children's Literature

Posted on August 22, 2022

Looking for children's literature from around the world? So were the New York City educators who took part in WWB's recent summer seminar, "Instructional Leadership with Authentic Global Stories." Here are three gateways to exploring this literature we shared with them:

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Cool Down with "A Dream in Polar Fog"

Posted on July 13, 2022

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Stuck in a hot place this summer? Escape to snowy Siberia in Yuri Rytkheu's "A Dream in Polar Fog," translated by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse. This novel excerpt tells the story of John MacLennan, a Canadian sailor who had a terrible accident in the Bering Strait, and is now being treated by a Chukchi shaman.

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