Children's Picture Books in German

I've always been fascinated by books written in another language. When studying Latin, how can you forgo owning Cat in the Hat written in Latin? Years ago when the children were little and studying French for a year, I found children's stories on audio at Barnes & Noble and knew that would be a really fun way to implement our lessons.

This all leads me to tell you about a new discovery this week. Alecia Rolling is currently writing a series of blog posts reviewing German children's books. Alecia teaches Latin and German for Homeschool Connections. Also, German is the primary language spoken in her home. Another fascinating thing to me -- her children are growing up in a bilingual home.

So, if you're learning German in your homeschool, or are planning it in the future, you absolutely must click over to Alecia's blog.

You may be able to find some of the books she reviews through inter-library loan at your public library but it would be nice to own a few for your home library too. Alecia has set up a German bookstore for your convenience. She's even put in a Euro-Dollar converter at the bottom of the blog page.

So, go check it out and see what German literary treasures you may discover.

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Reading List - Africa

I hope that everyone has lots of suggestions to add to this reading list for Africa!

General Resources
2000 Years of Christianity in Africa: An African Church History by John Baur [Paulines Africa] – A history of the Church in Africa, from the first century to recent times.

Saints of Africa by Vincent O’Malley, C.M. [Our Sunday Visitor] – A compilation of biographies for nearly ninety African saints.

Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth As History by Mary Lefkowitz – Examines the Afrocentric view of history.

Africa (DK Eyewitness) – Photo essay of Africa, an overview.

Morocco
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry – A boy and his horse begin in 1700’s Morocco, traveling to France and England.

Ethiopia
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard – Taking place in the 1880’s, a thrilling story about an elephant hunter’s safari deep into Africa.

Uganda
African Holocaust: The Story of the Uganda Martyrs by J.F. Faupel, MHM [Paulines Africa]


Belgium and Congo
King Leopold’s Ghost by Joseph Conrad – Chronicles King Leopold II’s rule of terror over the Congo.
Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad – Historical fiction set in 1890’s Congo.

Congo and Zaire
Bakanja by Aldo Falconi, SSP [Pauline] – Blessed Bakanja Isidore was martyred for teaching the Catholic faith.

Sudan
Bakhita: From Slavery to Sanctity [Pauline] – St. Josephine is a favorite saint. She is a beautiful example to all of us.

South Africa
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton – Story of a Zulu pastor and his son, set in the 1940’s.

Sahara Desert
The Little Prince by Saint-Exupery

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Mogo's Flute by Hilda Van Stockum

Kenya
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivoli
Thunder Cave by Roland Smith

Reading List - Asia

This is another brand new list - we need suggestions to get things moving. :)

General Resources

The Silk Route: 7000 Years of History by John Major

China

The Empty Pot by Demi
The Five Chinese Brothers
The Great Wall by Elizabeth Mann
Growing Up in Ancient China by Ken Teague
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Tikki-Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
What's in a Chinese Character? by Tan Huay Peng

India

Saint Francis of the Seven Seas

Japan

Count Your Way Through Japan by James Haskins
Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain by Deborah Kogan Ray
Japanese Fairy Tales (Japan)
Movies: Ikiru and others by Akira Kurosawa

Korea

Malaysia

Mongolia

Nepal

Taiwan

Thailand

Anna and the King (movie - high school/adult)

Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet (movie - high school)

Reading Lists

I've put together a set of links to each book list in the sidebar (right below the welcome message) in order to make collaboration (not to mention navigation!) a little easier.

If anyone is prepared to make recommendations for Africa and Oceania, I'd be very happy to start lists for those too. It would be most helpful to have the locations in individual countries so they can be well-organized.

Reading List - Central and South America

This is a brand-new list (don't even have all the countries listed yet), so I'm depending on all of you to help fill in the blanks. I appreciate all the enthusiasm for contributing to these lists - it does seem like a good time of year to do some clean-up and planning.

Central America/Caribbean:

Bahamas

Costa Rica

The Umbrella by Jan Brett

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Panama

South America:

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Jaguar by Roland Smith

Chile

Colombia

Paraguay

Peru

Saint Francis Solano: Wonder-Worker of the New World and Apostle of Argentina and Peru by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Saint John Masias: Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
The Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca (NOVA-DVD)

Uruguay

Venezuela

Reading List of Mexico

Picture Books:

Count Your Way Through Mexico by Jim Haskins
The Lady of Guadalupe by Tomie de Paola
The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paola
The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie de Paola

Grade School:

Jose Finds the King: A Blessed Miguel Pro Story by Ann Ball
Miracle in Mexico: The Story of Juan Diego by Lon Tinkle
Nacar, The White Deer by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

High School or Adult:

Blessed Miguel Pro by Ann Ball
My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (best for older teens and adults)

Please share your own suggestions in the comment box.

Children's Reading List of Europe by Country

This is a very incomplete list I compiled a few years ago. Please add suggestions in the comment box - I'll be adding some more of my own over time as well. It's rather shocking to ME that I don't have any titles for Greece (now corrected) or Portugal yet. LOL I also know that I don't have all of the countries listed yet. I'll add more countries as I add more books.

Austria

The Story of the Trapp Family Sings by Maria Augusta Trapp
The Two Trumpeters of Vienna by Hertha Pauli
The World of the Trapp Family by William T. Anderson

Denmark

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

France

Cathedral by David Macaulay
The Clown of God by Tomie de Paola
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
Marguerite Makes a Book
The Red Keep by Allen French
Saint Joan: Girl Soldier by Louis de Wohl
Saint Therese and the Roses by Helen Walker Homan
The Song at the Scaffold by Gertrud von Le Fort (high school)
That Girl of Pierre's
Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop
Vincent de Paul: Saint of Charity by Margaret Ann Hubbard (Vision Series)

Germany

The Shadow of His Wings by Fr. Gereon Goldmann (high school)
The Story of Pope Benedict XVI for Young People
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

Greece

Black Ships Before Troy and the Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Stories from Herodotus by Glanville Downey
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber
String Straightedge and Shadow: The Story of Geometry by Julia Diggins
The Tale of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green
Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (high school)

Hungary

The Good Master and The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Philomena by Kate Seredy
Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns by Blanche Jennings Thompson

Ireland

Celtic Heritage Saints by Marian Keaney
The Cottage at Bantry Bay Series by Hilda Van Stockum
Fingal's Quest by Madeleine Polland
The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie de Paola
Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal by Robert T. Reilly

Italy

Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi by Helen Walker Homan
Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi by Tomie de Paola
He Went with Marco Polo by Louise Andrews Kent
Helena by Evelyn Waugh (High School)
The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica by Kathleen Norris
North to Freedom by Ann Holm
Saint Benedict: Hero of the Hills by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (Vision Series)
Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio by Catherine Beebe
Saint Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope by Walter Diethelm
Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Preaching Beggars by by Brendan Larnen, O.P. and Milton Lomask (Vision Series - Out of Print - also Germany and France)
The Small War of Sergeant Donkey by Maureen Daly
The Way of the Cross: A Story of Padre Pio by Claire Jordan Mohan

Luxembourg

The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith by Josephine Nobisso

The Netherlands

A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic by Hilda Van Stockum
Andries by Hilda Van Stockum
The Borrowed House by Hilda Van Stockum (high school)
The Diary of Anne Frank (high school)
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands by Louise Borden
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

Norway

Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

Poland

The Cats of Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse
Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serralier
Helen's Special Picture: A Children's Story of Sister Faustina by David Prevatelli
Saint Hyacinth of Poland by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
St. Maximillian Kolbe: The Story of Two Crowns by Claire Jordan Mohan
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly
The Young Life of Pope John Paul II by Claire Jordan Mohan
The Young Life of Sister Faustina by Claire Jordan Mohan

Portugal

Our Lady Came to Fatima
Saint Anthony and the Christ Child

Spain

The Flying Ensign, Green Coats Against Napoleon by Showell Styles
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton De Trevino
Isabella of Spain by William Thomas Walsh (high school)
Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus by August Derleth

United Kingdom

England

Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard
The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton (high school)
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Edmund Campion, Hero of God's Underground by Harold P. Gardiner
Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery
Father Brown Mysteries by G.K. Chesterton
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Jewett
If All the Swords in England by Barbara Willard
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Midshipman Quinn Collection by Showell Styles (also France and various parts of the Mediterranean)
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
Pride and Prejudice and others by Jane Austen (high school)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Saint Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh (high school)
Saint Thomas More of London by Elizabeth Ince

Scotland

"The Martha Years" Little House Books by Melissa Wiley
The Outlaws of Ravenhurst by Sister M. Imelda Wallace

Reading List for Canada

See previous post for details on how we're compiling these lists. Please add your own suggestions in the comments box.

British Columbia

Mary of Mile 18 by Ann Blades

I Heard the Owl Call my Name by Margaret Craven

Alberta

Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman

Saskatchewan

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

Manitoba


Ontario

Paddle to the Sea by Holling Clancy Holling

Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker

Olden Day Coat, Lawrence

One Hundred Shining Candles by Janet Lunn

Quebec

Blessed Marie of New France: The Story of the First Missionary Sisters in Canada by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Canadian Summer by Hilda Van Stockum

Friendly Gables by Hilda Van Stockum

The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier

The King's Daughter by Suzanne Martel

Madeline Takes Command

Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon

Kateri Tekakwitha (Vision) (also New York State)

With Pipe, Paddle and Song by Elizabeth Yates

Newfoundland


New Brunswick

Charlotte by Janet Lunn

Nova Scotia


Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery

Evangeline

Yukon Territory


Northwest Territory

Dangerous River by R. Patterson


Nunavut

State-by-State Reading List

This list covers a wide variety of ages and genres. All were recommended by Catholic homeschoolers, but parents should be aware that there are different opinions regarding the choosing of books within the Catholic homeschool world. Please help us fill in the gaps by sharing additional suggestions in the comment box.

Alabama

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (high school)

Alaska

Balto, the Bravest Dog Ever

The Call of the Wild by Jack London (also Canada)

This Old House by Joanne Wild

Water Sky by Jean Craighead George


Arizona

Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry

We Live in the Southwest by Lois Lenski


Arkansas

Cotton in My Sack by Lois Lenski


California

By the Great Horn Spoon by Paul Fleischman

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes

Vallejo and the Four Flags by Esther J. Comstock

Blue Willow by Doris Gates

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (picture book) also covers Japan

The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp by Barry Denenberg

The Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi

Wait for Me, Life of Father Junipero Serra Sister Mary Helen Wallace, FSP

Westward the Bells (biography of Junipero Serra) Marion F. Sullivan

California Missions edited by Ralph B. Wright

The Decoration of the California Missions Norman Neuerburg

Saints of the California Missions by Norman Neuerburg

San Francisco Boy by Lois Lenski

Patty Reed's Doll by Rachel Laurgaard

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Story of The Pony Express by R. Conrad Stein

The Miner Was a Bishop The Pioneer Years of Patrick Manogue William Breault S.J.

Winter of Entrapment A New Look at the Donner Party Joseph A. King

Colorado

Beany Malone series by Lenora Mattingly Weber

Little Britches by Ralph Moody

The Home Ranch by Ralph Moody

Connecticut

26 Fairmount Avenue Series by Tomie de Paola

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Flight into Spring by Bianca Bradbury

Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Delaware


Florida

The Cross in the Sand by Michael Gannon

Secret Agents Four by Donald Sobol

Strawberry by Lois Lenski

The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings


Georgia

The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis

Hawaii

Father Damien and the Bells by Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan

The Quiet Light: Mother Marianne of Molokai by Eva K. Betz (Catholic Treasury Series)


Idaho

Year Walk Ann Nolan Clark

Bonanza Girl Patricia Beatty

Louly Carol Ryrie Brink

Illinois

From Slave to Priest: A Biography of Reverend Augustine Tolton, First Black American Priest of the United States by Sister Caroline Hemesath (high school)
Molly American Girl Stories

Indiana

Turn Homeward, Hannalee Patricia Beatty (also Georgia )

Floating House Scott Sanders (also Ohio ) – picture book

Laddie, Freckles, Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Porter Stratton

Iowa


Kansas

Climbing Kansas Mountains by George Shannon (picture book)

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Kentucky

The Happy Little Family and the rest of the Fairchild Family Series by Rebecca Caudill

Louisiana

Bayou Suzette by Lois Lenski

The Louisiana Purchase (Landmark)

Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Maine

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Calico Bush by Rachel Field

One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey

The Secret of Pooduck Island by Alfred Noyes

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey

The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo

L is for Lobster by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds

Keep the Lights Burning Abbie by Peter Roop and Connie Roop

Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney

A Penny for a Hundred Ethel Pochocki

Maryland

Charles Carroll and the American Revolution by Milton Lomask

Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity (Vision)

The Story of the Star Spangled Banner, (Cornerstones of Freedom) by
Natalie Miller

Kate Finds A Friend, a Mother Seton Story by Joan Stromberg

Captain Kate by Carolyn Reeder

Massachusetts

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (also New Hampshire)

And then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Puritan Adventure by Lois Lenski

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham

Downright Dency Caroline Snedeker

"The Charlotte Years" Little House Books by Melissa Wiley

Michigan

Thomas Edison: Young Inventor by Sue Guthridge (CFA)

We Live in the North by Lois Lenski

Minnesota

Betsy-Tacy Series by Maud Hart Lovelace

Kirsten American Girl Stories

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mississippi

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor

Let the Circle be Unbroken Mildred D. Taylor

Missouri

Katie John Series by Mary Calhoun

Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride

Little Farm in the Ozarks by Roger Lea MacBride

In the Land of the Big Red Apple by Roger Lea MacBride

Montana

San Domingo: the Medicine Hat Stallion Marguerite Henry

To Yellowstone : A Journey Home Robert McKinnon

Nebraska

A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich

Nevada

Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West by Marguerite Henry

New Hampshire

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet

George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley

The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne

New Jersey

Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreth

The Edison Mystery by Dan Gutman

Time Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi

The Story of Baseball by Lawrence A. Ritter

Abigail Takes the Wheel by Avi

The First Air Voyage in the United States: the story of Jean Pierre Blauchard by Alexandra Wallner

New Jersey Timeline: a chronology by Marsh

Priest on Horseback by Eva K Betz

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S. by Collen

The Village: Life in Colonial Times by Knight

New Mexico

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (high school)

Josefina American Girl Stories

Tree in the Trail by Holling Clancy Holling

We Live in the Southwest by Lois Lenski

New York

Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz

The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

High-Rise Secret by Lois Lenski

Karen by Marie Killilea

St. Isaac and the Indians

The Moffats by Eleanor Estes

New York City

The Copper Lady by Alice Rosee and Kent Ross

Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest by Guernsey Van Riper

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord

All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegard H. Swift and
Lynd Ward (picture book)

Samantha American Girl Stories

Shadow of the Bear and Black as Night by Regina Doman

The Story of the Statue of Liberty (Cornerstones of Freedom Series)

Lily and Miss Liberty

The Orphans Find a Home: A St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Story by Joan Stromberg

A Cricket in Times' Square

North Carolina

Blue Ridge Billy by Lois Lenski

They Loved to Laugh Kathryn Worth

North Dakota


Ohio

Homer Price and Centerberg Tales by Robert McCloskey

Kit American Girl Stories

Lentil by Robert McCloskey (picture book)

Oklahoma

Boom Town Boy by Lois Lenski

Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls

Oregon

Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary

To Be a Logger by Lois Lenski

Year of the Black Pony

Pennsylvania

Addy American Girl Stories

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin

The Battle of Gettysburg by Bruce Catton

Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (Landmark).

Brady by Jean Fritz

The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz

Gettysburg by MacKinlay Kantor

Katie: The Young Life of St. Katherine Drexel by Claire Mohun Jordan

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (high school)

The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin by Mary Pope Osborne

Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson

A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David A. Adler

The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz

Shoo-fly Girl by Lois Lenski

Silver for General Washington by Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft

The Skippack School by Marguerite de Angeli

The Story of the Declaration of Independence by N. Richards

The Story of William Pennby Aliki

Thee Hannah! by Marguerite de Angeli

Thunder at Gettysburg by Patricia Gauch

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz

The Winter at Valley Forge by VanWyck Mason

Rhode Island

South Carolina

The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart H. Holbrook (Landmark)

South Dakota

Prairie School by Lois Lenski

Little Sioux Girl by Lois Lenski

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Old Sam: Dakota Trotter by Don Alonzo Taylor

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Tennessee

Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla (easy reader)

The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills

White Bird by Clyde Robert Bulla

Texas

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Savage Sam by Fred Gipson

Texas Tomboy by Lois Lenski

Wilderness Pioneer by Carol Hoff

The Wind Blows Free

Utah

The Great Brain by John Fitzgerald

Vermont

Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry

The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Virginia

Felicity American Girl Stories

George Washington by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire

The Story of George Washington

Misty by Marguerite Henry

Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Washington State

Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr

Washington D.C.

The Mitchells: Five for Victory by Hilda Van Stockum

West Virginia

The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills (picture book)

Coal Camp Girl by Lois Lenski

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (picture book)

Wisconsin

First Farm in the Valley: Anna's Story by Anne Pellowski and others in the Polish American Girls Series

Caddie Woodlawn and Magical Melons by Carol Ryrie Brink

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Rascal by Sterling North

Father Marquette and the Great Rivers by August Derleth (also Illinois, Michigan et al.)

Wyoming

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara