Issue: March 2007

Vendela In Venice

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

On a visit to Venice with her father, Vendela experiences the richness and beauty of the city and its palaces, gondolas, and statues.

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Priya’s Day

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

This is a bilingual book which tells the story of a little girl Priya and her busy day. It not only tells a story in two languages, it engages readers and listeners in a very special way to create their own very special books.

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Evergreen Tales Of Panchatantra

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

This collection of humorous fables originated almost 2000 years ago in a Sanskrit collection of animal stories called the Panchatantra. These stories have found their way in one form or another into the folklore of every major culture and tradition.

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Hanuman To The Rescue (Vol. 513)

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

The timeless story of the monkey-god Hanuman, a valiant superhero who has the mystic ability to shrink, expand, and leap great distances, who is compelled to rescue Sita, the kidnapped wife of Rama, from the clutches of Ravana.

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Rabindranath Tagore (Vol. 548)

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

This comic book shows the early life and achievements of Rabindranath Tagore (1861 to 1941), a Bengali poet, novelist, songwriter, playwright and educator who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, including his influence on Mahatma Gandhi.

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Birbal To The Rescue (Vol. 618)

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

This is one of the many tales of 14th-century Great Mughal Emperor Akbar and his witty courtier Birbal, which have been passed on from generation to generation, enthralling young and old listeners alike.

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Masai and I

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

A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would be if she had been born a Masai. Comparing her life and theirs, she learns that she has a spiritual and even physical kinship with them.

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Asterix The Gaul

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

When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix’s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe, so Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.

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The Phantom Mudder

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

All dogs like mud. All dogs like biscuits. This is a fact. But when mud and biscuits happen at the same time, Jack knows there is skulldoggery in the air. Who is mudding the show dogs of Doggeroo?

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Dog Den Mystery

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

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?

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