The ALA (American Library Association) produce Booklists / Booklinks Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries free e-newsletters. Booklinks' mission is to connect books to the curriculum. I have signed up to these newsletters, and although the focus is on the USA there is often something interesting and relevant.
Here is their website : http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=booklinks
and here is the link to sign up for their monthly newsletter : http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=general_info&id=64
"Booklist's Quick Tips for Schools & Libraries delivers easy, practical ideas and activities that help you integrate children's and young-adult books into the curriculum, and many of the resources may already be on your shelves. With thematic bibliographies, author interviews, and useful ideas for connecting kids and books, each monthly e-newsletter also features a sneak peek at what's coming up in future issues of Book Links and Booklist magazines. You will receive approximately 12 newsletters per year."
In the latest issue there is a great booklist on "Helping others : one child can make a difference" and National Library has many of these titles in it's collection available to borrow...
http://booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3801340
In a related article on helping others and global awareness http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3804960 there is an outline of possible teaching approach using various web 2.0 tools (as identified in the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 25 Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning - I did a post on this in July 2009, with the labels Web 2.0 and ALA) .
The book used as the starting point in this teaching example above is 14 cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy, which tells the true story of a Maasai village in Kenya who responded with sympathy and generosity after 9/11 by donating 14 sacred cows to New York. Go here for an account : http://www.childcareexchange.com/eed/issue.php?id=2313
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