http://wowlit.org/catalog Browse our collection of literature Tue, 22 May 2012 20:16:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780689822957/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780689822957/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:33 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780689822957/ 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 life for the poor in England was unrelentingly cruel. It is also a liberating tale as Emma draws on her inner strength to find her true calling.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780689822957/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780208024572/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780208024572/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780208024572/ Twenty-three vignettes present Nong, a ten-year-old girl living in present-day Thailand, and the characters of her village as they slowly make the transition from rural poverty to western modernization.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780208024572/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000010/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000010/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780000000010/ A short tale of a conversation between a fox and a mouse, as the mouse explains why the burrow he has been digging will keep him safe from the fox.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000010/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000001/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000001/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780000000001/ Shikari Shambu is a bumbling animal hunter who relies on sheer luck and coincidence to catch dangerous creatures, yet manages to convince the rest of the world of his great skill and valor.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780000000001/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316236478/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316236478/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780316236478/ During ‘murketiden,’ the dark months between September and March, a Norwegian girl and her family try to hasten the arrival of spring.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316236478/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316281959/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316281959/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780316281959/ Aristan the magic spider befriends a group of unique and resourceful children.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316281959/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316283199/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316283199/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780316283199/ When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316283199/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316328661/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316328661/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780316328661/ Sent by her mother to the edge of the Niger to gather rushes for the Ceremony of Beginnings, Nsia encounters many distractions, until the ancestors’ spirits guide her on her way to becoming a wise little woman.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316328661/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316548205/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316548205/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780316548205/ Mexican folktales tell how flowers were named, how an old man outsmarted a tribe of chocolate-stealing warriors, and how a drink made from the aloe plant led to the marriage of a king and princess.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780316548205/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780340716007/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780340716007/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780340716007/ Unhappy about his baby sister’s illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.

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