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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1906 - Another book written for American children in the early 1900's to help educate them about the customs and lives of their 'cousins' in many parts of the world. Naturally, the cultures described are as they might have been at the end of the 1800's. "Washed by the Mediterranean and kissed by the warm Southern sun, the Iberian peninsula lies at the southwestern corner of Europe. To this sunny land of Spain we owe much for, from its hospitable shores, aided by her generous queen, Columbus sailed to discover that new world which is today our home. We should be very friendly to the country which helped him and American boys and girls should welcome the coming of Our Little Spanish cousin."

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1903 - A book written for children to see what life is like for their 'cousins' in Siam. This is part of the "Our Little Cousin" series and like the others, brings to life the day to day occurrences and celebrations of children around the world that are so different, yet at heart, all the same because children and the parents who love and cherish them are the same too no matter where they live. This book lets us attend some of their Siamese festivals, take a peep into the royal palace, enter the temples, and learn something about the ways and habits of that far-away eastern country.

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam (until 1939), is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1903 - This little volume gives just a glimpse into the mode of life, the habits and customs, and the traditions of the Koreans.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1904 - In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your Jewish cousins. They live here in America.

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