Issue: June 2007

The Color of Home

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Hassan is newly arrived in America and he misses his home in Somalia. Hassan has learned just a few words of English, and his first day at school is very different from back home and lonely. Hassan discovers a way to communicate through art. Hassan tells his story. His teacher invites an interpreter to the [...]

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Can You Hear the Sea?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Sarah loves the magic shell her grandpa gave her. All Sarah can hear are everyday noises. It’s only when Sarah closes her eyes and really lisens that the magic inside is unlocked.  

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Happy Birthday Jamela!

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

Jamela and her family go to shoe store for her birthday gift. Jamela loves what the store clerk shows, but Jamela’s mama picks the practical & comfortable shoes for her. Although Jamela gets disappointed, she decorates her new shoes with beads and sparkly bits. When Jamela shows her special shoes, her mother doesn’t show support [...]

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Ryan And Jimmy: And The Well In Africa That Brought Them Together

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

  In Agweo, Uganda, villagers were used to walking a long way every day in search of water. It costs a lot of money to build a well in Africa.  The six year old, Ryan Hreljac, kept doing chores around his parents’ house, even after he learned it could take him years to earn enough money [...]

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Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

True story of two great friends: a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-year-old giant tortoise named Mzee.  In December 2004, a young hippo separated from his family by the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, adopted an ancient Aldabra tortoise as his ” mother”. And the old tortoise, for years a loner, accepted the baby [...]

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Drumbeat In Our Feet

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

The beauty of African dances is explained by introducing the history and the energy of African dances.The poetic rhythms of African dance are the instrument of the poem flow. Illustrative medium ; watercolor & colored pencil

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Little Elephant’s Trunk

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

Little Elephant is taking his first wobbly steps when his trunk trips him up. What is this strange thing for? He watches other African animals as they eat, drink, keep cool, and wallow in mud. But he wonders, how do elephants do these things?

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Home Now

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

A child dealing with loss while trying to find her place in a new home. An author’s note provides context for the plight of the many hildren orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Watercolor paper

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Three Songs For Courage

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 5, 2007

Summer, 1956 While the veterans of the two great wars struggle to shelve their memories and pick up whre they left off, women with new-found independence work to rekindle their marriages, and teenagers with too much freedom live the secret lives of youth.

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