Issue: March 2007

Grandmother’s Song

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

A Mexican Indian grandmother can feel the fear in her grandaughter’s bones, so she strokes and hugs her to give her courage, dignity, trust, and skill which the grandaughter eventually passes on to her own grandchildren.

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Awake And Dreaming

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

While living a miserable, poverty-stricken life with her young, irresponsible mother, nine-year-old Theo dreams of belonging to a real family but finds a shadowy figure haunting her thoughts.

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Up, Up And Away: A Round-The-World Puzzle Adventure

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

Six children who have won a geography competition travel around the world in a hot-air balloon and it is up to the reader to find all six children in each of their twelve destinations, including a Bollywood film set and Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.

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Super Grandpa

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

A sixty-six-year-old grandfather, barred from entering the 1000-mile Tour of Sweden because of his age, unofficially joins the bicycle race and, to the delight of his countrymen, emerges victorious.

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The Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats

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

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.

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Bare Hands

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

A boy confronts his mother’s suitor on New Year’s Eve when the boy kills the man’s duck and, in a fit of anger, the man kills the boy’s dog.

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The Butter Thief

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

While enduring his punishment for playing with the butter, little Krishna performs a miraculous feat.

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A World Of Holidays!

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

Describes family festivities all over the world, including Japan, Pakistan, Namibia, Canada and Mexico.

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Elizabeti’s Doll

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

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

Posted in Africa, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Tanzania | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Sardine In Outer Space

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

In the goofy space adventures of a little girl called Sardine, encounters aren’t always friendly: weird creatures, cosmic squids, masters of the universe, talking clouds, and evil beings abound.

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