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The Gate In The Wall

By shortk | Published: December 1, 2008
Pressed into service as a canal woman, ten-year-old Emma finds ways to utilize her artistic gifts. Although it is a better existence than her strenuous job in the English silk mill, she feels guilty over the sister she left behind. Authentic details make this an engaging story–one that reveals the hardships of the mid-1800s when [...]
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A City By A River

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
A pictorial history of the city of Melbourne, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Posted in Australia, Nonfiction, Oceania, Primary (Gr. K-3) | Tagged | Comments closed

Boori

By shortk | 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 shortk | 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.
Posted in Americas, Canada, Poetry, Primary (Gr. K-3) | Tagged | Comments closed

The Elephant-Headed God And Other Hindu Tales

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
A collection of Hindu myths featuring gods and goddesses, kings and queens, heroes and beggars, angelic beings and demons.
Posted in Asia, Folklore, India, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) | Tagged , | Comments closed

The Tale Of The Unknown Island

By shortk | 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.
Posted in Europe, Nonfiction, Portugal, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) | Tagged , | Comments closed

Iblis

By shortk | 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 shortk | 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 shortk | 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 shortk | 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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