Region: France

Materials from France

Sardine in Outer Space 2

By Book Importer | Published: April 17, 2012

The red-headed space heroine is back! This time, the evil Supermuscleman has developed a device for controlling children-a brainwashing machine! It’s up to Sardine, Little Louie, and Captain Yellow Shoulder to keep him from using it. This installment of twelve more stories is filled with even more strange creatures-including a space Santa Claus, pesky flies [...]

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Dear Cinderella

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Cinderella and Snow White share their fairy-tale lives through magical and funny letters!Cinderella and Snow White share their fairy-tale lives through a magical and funny series of letters. With wicked stepmothers, poisoned apples, handsome princes, and sparkly glass slippers, DEAR CINDERELLA will show princesses of all ages what happens to these beloved fairy-tale characters.After their [...]

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

Beauty and the Beast

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

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The Conductor

By Book Importer | Published: February 17, 2012

Pairing two seemingly disparate elements an orchestra conductor and a grove of trees award-winning artist Laetitia Devernay herself orchestrates a visual magnum opus. Her spare, yet intricate, illustrations truly appear to take flight before our eyes and her wordless narrative nearly roars with sound as the conductor prompts the leaves to rustle, then whirl, then [...]

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Press Here

By Book Importer | Published: February 17, 2012

Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next! Children and adults alike will giggle with delight as [...]

Other Descriptors: Concept Book, Europe, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , » 6 Comments

The Traitor’s Smile

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

In 1793, Eugenie de Boncoeur arrives at the home of her English uncle and cousin, but the French Revolution has pursued her in the form of Guy Deschamps, who is determined to bring her back to Paris to marry the Pale Assassin.

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City of Wind

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

In the third installment of the Century Quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario continues the mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve. PARIS, JUNE 20 When new information turns up about the Star of Stone, the object they found in New York, Mistral, Elettra, Harvey, and Sheng meet again in [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Scar

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.

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The Cooking of France

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

This book introduces the different culinary regions of France and presents many kids of recipes for traditional French dishes.

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The Family Under the Bridge

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself.

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