Books

The Green Frogs

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

A folktale about two green frogs who always disobey their mother, explaining why green frogs cry out whenever it rains.

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One Belfast Boy

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

Describes the life of Liam Leatham, a young Catholic boy, and his family as he prepares for a boxing match that he sees as the first step out of violence-plagued Belfast.

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Tano & Binti: Two Chimpanzees Return to the Wild

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

This book describes the experiences of two young chimpanzees that were raised in the London Zoo and then released in Gambia, where an older chimpanzee helped them learn to survive in the wild.

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Chibi: A True Story From Japan

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

When a wild duck decides to make her nesting place in the Mitsui Office Park in downtown Tokyo, a news photographer becomes the duck’s devoted protector.

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Temple Cat

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

A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent fashion and travels to the seaside, where she finds genuine affection with a fisherman and his children.

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Sacred River

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

Four thousand years of traditions and beliefs bring millions of Hindu pilgrims to purify their souls and find salvation in the sacred water of the Ganges, and the experience of the pilgrimage, the river, and the city of Benares is unforgettable.

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The Lost Boys Of Natinga: A School For Sudan’s Young Refugees

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

A photojournalist vividly describes daily life at Natinga, a refugee camp and school established in 1993 in southern Sudan for boys forced from their homes by that country’s Civil War.

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The Little Red Ant And The Great Big Crumb|: A Mexican Fable

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

A small red ant finds a crumb in a Mexican cornfield, but she is afraid that she lacks the strength to move it herself and goes off to find an animal that can.

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Songs Of Papa’s Island

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

A mother tells her daughter a series of stories about life on Guam before the daughter was born and when she was a baby.

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Invitation To The Game

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

Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their ‘Designated Area’ until the government invites them to play The Game.

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