If your family wants to continue exploring world cultures, Susan Milord's HANDS AROUND THE WORLD: THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE CREATIVE WAYS TO BUILD CULTURAL AWARENESS AND GLOBAL RESPECT (Williamson Publishing Company, $12.95) has enough learning projects to keep you busy for a full year.

In calendar format, HANDS AROUND THE WORLD offers festivals, customs, crafts, recipes and games from dozens of countries. Your kids might be surprised to learn, for example, that French children regularly shake hands with one another, whereas in Malaysia, children bow slightly when greeting a friend (ask your kids what customs they have for saying hello).

Also from Williamson Publishing, THE KIDS' MULTICULTURAL ART BOOK: ART AND CRAFT EXPERIENCES FROM AROUND THE WORLD by Alexandra M. Terzian ($12.95) focuses on crafts projects from around the world, including a Chinese opera mask and an African mirror pouch.

To order either book from the publisher, call 800-234-8791.

Emily B. Todd is a regular contributor to FAMILYFUN.