Age: Primary (ages 6-9)

Material appropriate for primary age groups

Jazz Age Josephine

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made her famous. She even had a pet leopard in Paris! From bestselling children’s biographer Jonah Winter and two-time Caldecott [...]

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Memories Of Survival

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

A story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland, illustrated in a collection of embroidered panels, and told in the survivor’s own words. The author, a survivor of the Holocaust, illustrates her experiences through fabric panels that capture her and her sister’s childhood as they, disguised as Catholic farmhands, are separated from their family and escape [...]

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I Am Different! Can You Find Me?

By Book Importer | Published: February 15, 2012

This clever picture book presents sixteen visual puzzles. On every page, readers must pick out the one item that is different from the rest–a different color, a different shape, reversed from left to right, or just asleep when others are awake. The phrase “Can you find me?” is shown in a different language on every [...]

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Hans My Hedgehog

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2012

A classic tale of love and acceptance from the Brothers Grimm is beautifully rendered in this magical retelling.Hans is an unusual boy. Born a hedgehog from the waist up, he knows what it’s like to truly be an outcast. Even his amazing fiddle playing can’t help him fit in. So Hans flees to the forest [...]

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Wrong Way

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2012

Sometimes a day out doesn’t turn out according to plan. But when one little duck wants to make a big splash all by himself, the wrong way to do things turns out to be just right!

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Wailana the Waterbug

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

Wailana the waterbug woke up each day, to be with her friends, to go out and play. What a joy to be seen, all the cheers and the smiles, waterbugs followed the parade on for miles. All through the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Wailana’s parades would bring laughter to all!

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Hawaii, Picture Book, Rhymes/songs » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Tales of Tutu Nene and Nele

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

The lives of endangered species always hang in delicate balance and this tale will help young children appreciate their ongoing struggle to survive.

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Vacation in the Village

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

A boy discovers and takes pride in the customs of his people when he visits his family’s village.

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Herbert

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

A boy never gives up hope when his little dog vanishes at sea in this suspenseful and heartwarming true-life adventure. Herbert was a small dog who lived by the sea. Everybody loved him, but the person who loved him best of all was Tim. One fine day, Herbert sets off on a boat with Tim’s [...]

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The Orphan

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature’s blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and even a [...]

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