Age: Austria

Materials from Austria

Someday When My Cat Can Talk

In a little girl’s fantasy, her cat sneaks away, hops a ship, and sails off to Europe! And someday, when he can talk, he’ll tell her all about the amazing things he discovered there like whether or not British cats drink tea and how he strutted down the runway in a Paris fashion show.

Other Descriptors: England (UK), France, Greece, International, Italy, Netherlands, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

One for All – All for One

When clumsy Max Mouse isn’t tripping over himself, he’s falling flat on his whiskers. But as he venturs out on his own for the first time, he takes his mother’s advice:” Follow your dreams, Max, and never forget that you are something special.” So Max makes the best of what he’s got just like the [...]

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Bye-Bye Binky

Nora is a big girl now, but she still clings to her pacifier when she gets sleepy. One day it falls out of her pocket while she’s playing outside. Ella Elephant doesn’t know what it is, but she thinks it’ll make a beautiful ring for her trunk. When she too loses it, Lotti Lamb finds [...]

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Austria

Informational book about Austria

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The Star Of Kazan

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

Other Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Themes: , , » Comments closed

The Devil In Vienna

Inge, a Jewish girl, and Lieselotte, the daughter of a Nazi, have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.

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