The Pirate Princess: And Other Fairy Tales

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

In a fairy tale collection unlike any other, readers young and old will find themselves entranced by the fascinating adventures, and the deep spiritual meaning folded within each tale.

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Anne Frank’s Tales From The Secret Annex

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

A collection of the young author’s lesser-known writings composed while she was hidden from the Nazis during World War II. Some translation was also done by Michel Mok.

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Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl

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

The autobiographical reminiscences of a young Jewish girl coming of age during World War II describes her life in hiding from the Nazis and offers a poignant study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.

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A Is For The Americas

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

An alphabet book that celebrates all of the Americas, from the icy tundra of the Arctic Circle, to the tropical islands of the Caribbean, to the rugged southern plains of Argentina. Also written by Terri de la Pe

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The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920

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

Presents a history of the struggle for political control in Mexico during the years 1910-1920, including biographical sketches of key personalities.

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If You Could Be My Friend: Letters Of Mervet Akram Sha’ban And Galit Fink

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

Contains the correspondence between two girls, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, from 1988 until their meeting in 1991 and includes a brief history of their two peoples. First translated by Ariane Elbaz (Hebr.) and Beatrice Khadige (Arab.).

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The Silence In The Mountains

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

When his family leaves their war-torn country to come to live in America, a young boy has trouble adjusting, until his grandfather helps him find what he had missed most.

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When Chickens Grow Teeth

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

A cafe keeper in a small French village cannot escape from his wife’s silly plan to have him hatch eggs in the bed to which he is confined.

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Hush!: A Thai Lullaby

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

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.

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A Girl Named Disaster

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

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

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