Age: Thailand

Materials from Thailand

Breath Of The Dragon

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

A five-year-old Thai girl, Malili waits in vain for her mother–who has gone to America to make a new life–to send for her and finds solace in her passion for drawing and love for her grandmother.

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The Gold-Threaded Dress

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

When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.

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An Elephant in the Backyard

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

This book describes how special elephants are in the village of Tha Kleng in Thailand and looks at the life of one particular young elephant named Wan Pen.

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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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Search For The Golden Moon Bear: Science And Adventure In The Asian Tropic

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

Introduces the research involved in tracking and studying a previously unknown species of bear in Southeast Asia as a scientist and her assistant go into the jungle and visit remote villages to learn about this newly discovered animal.

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Rice Without Rain

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

After social rebels convince the headman of a small village in northern Thailand to resist the land rent, his seventeen-year-old daughter Jinda finds herself caught up in the student uprising in Bangkok.

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The Happiness Of Kati

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

With the impending death of her mother, Kati, a young Thai girl, completes the puzzle of her past and discovers the reason that her mother gave her up as a baby. Also translated from Thai by the author.

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Babar’s World Tour

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

Babar and his family take a trip around the world.

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