Issue: March 2007

A City by a River

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A pictorial history of the city of Melbourne, from prehistoric times to the present day.

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Boori

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

It traces the early years of an Australian Aboriginal boy as he grows to be both a hero of the People and a skilled magician. Scott’s tale is enhanced by his use of real locations in Northern Australia.

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The New Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of poems by various Canadian poets that deal with kings, laughter, travel, sailors, forests, outlaws, magic, flying, the seasons, clouds, cats, bears, and elephants.

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The Elephant-Headed God And Other Hindu Tales

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of Hindu myths featuring gods and goddesses, kings and queens, heroes and beggars, angelic beings and demons.

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The Tale Of The Unknown Island

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail to find an unknown island.

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Iblis

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

An Islamic version of the story of Adam and Eve and the fall from Paradise. In this Islamic version of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden, the devil is called Iblis.

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Seeker

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Having been rejected by the Nomana–the revered warrior-monk order they long to join–sixteen-year-olds Seeker and Morning Star, along with a curious pirate named Wildman, attempt to prove that they are worthy of joining the community, after all.

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Elidor

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.

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The Owl Service

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.

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Little Pear And His Friends

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Six-year-old Little Pear has many adventures with Big Head and his other friends in his village in China.

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