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While we hope that the Students Helping Students website has provided a good introduction to the culture and lifestyle of people in Nepal, we know that there is much more exploring that you can do. So, we've prepared some recommended reading and viewing lists for students of all ages. We've highlighted a few below, but for complete lists of books and descriptions, please download the PDF files.
Elementary School (5-10 years old)
Fiction
I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket
By Ed Young
A Nepalese basket tells the story of its use through three generations of a family. This is
a beautiful picture book for young children.
Non-Fiction
Demi Buddha
By Henry Holt and Company
This is a beautifully illustrated book addressing Buddhism and their God's.
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recommended reading for elementary school students.
Junior High / Middle School Students (10-13 years old)
Fiction
Close Encounters Of A Third World Kind
By Jennifer J. Stewart
This is a fiction book about an American girl traveling through Nepal.
We Need To Go To School: Voices of Rugmark Children
By Tanya Roberts-Davis
Nepalese children in their own words talk about their early years in poverty stricken villages. They discuss how it felt to work in carpet factories and how they felt when they were given the chance to go to school.
Non-Fiction
Nepal
By Jon Burbank
Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, religion, language and culture of Nepal. It includes several recipes. This is a very good summary of Nepal.
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recommended reading for junior high and middle school students.
High School Students (14 and older)
Fiction
Arresting God in Kathmandu
By Samrat Upadhyay
The first Nepali author writing in English to be published in the West, Upadhyay brings to readers the flavor of Nepal and its culture in this impressive collection of nine short stories. Many of the pieces contain themes centered around the cultural taboos relating to the roles of men and women, love, and fidelity and discuss other issues pertinent to Nepali life such as arranged marriages, the caste system, and the Hindu faith.
The Guru of Love: A Novel
By Samrat Upadhyay
A math teacher and tutor earning a low wage and living in a small apartment with this wife and children, Ramchandra becomes involved in an illicit affair with one of his students, Malati, a beautiful, impoverished young new mother. Discusses many Nepalese social norms and taboos.
The Kali Connection
By Claudia McKay
This is a mystery book. Covering a seemingly simple drug overdose death, reporter Lynn Evans investigates the Kalimaya Society and travels to Nepal where complications arise.
Non-Fiction
We Need To Go To School: Voices of Rugmark Children
By Tanya Roberts-Davis
Nepalese children in their own words talk about their early years in poverty stricken villages. They discuss how it felt to work in carpet factories and how they felt when they were given the chance to go to school.
The Snow Leopard
By Peter Matthiessen
This a good book for high school. Discusses the natural history of the Himalay an Mountains through the eyes of a traveler.
A History of Nepal
By John Whelpton
This book is the most comprehensive and accessible English-language one-volume history of Nepal. John Whelpton, who works as a teacher in Hong Kong, is an historian and linguist.
Journey Through Nepal
By Mohamed Amin, Duncan Willets and Brian Tetley
A beautiful book about Nepal's culture decorate with colorful photographs.
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reading for high school students.
Movies
In the Shadow of the Himalayas: How People live in Nepal
By Tamara Plush, Smudge Productions LLC
It is a great overview of Nepal's culture, geography and people. It focuses on the need for schools in Nepal. Proceeds from video sales will benefit Room to Read.
Into Thin Air of Everest: Mountain of Dreams, Mountain of Doom
Produced by Bruce David Klein
An incredible true story of the world's tallest mountain and the adventurers that tempt fate to reach the summit.
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