Age: France

Materials from France

Chlo

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

When attention must be paid to her little sister’s birthday, Giselle, who lives with her family in France, makes inappropriate gift suggestions and almost spoils the big day. Based on the author’s childhood memories.

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Chloe and the Magic Baton

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

A special riding baton her uncle brought her from Mexico helps Chloe get through one tough riding competition after another, but when it disappears before the championship she must place her trust in one very stubborn pony.

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Dogboy

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

In 1346, twelve-year-old Brind, an orphaned kennel boy raised with hunting dogs at an English manor, accompanies his master to France, where he must fend for himself when both his master and their dogs are lost at the decisive battle of Cr

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I, Crocodile

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

While Napoleon goes about robbing priceless treasures from Egypt, he decides to take home a crocodile as a living souvenir of his conquests, yet the poor captured crocodile has a hard time coping with his new Parisian surroundings.

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The Boy Who Ate Stars

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

Upon moving to a new apartment, twelve-year-old Lucy befriends an autistic boy who lives upstairs and, along with her friend Theo and a pampered pooch, takes Matthew on neighborhood adventures hoping to open him up to the world around them.

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Jig, Fig, and Mrs. Pig

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

In this variation on the Perrault fairy tale ‘The Fairies,’ magic chastises a rude young pig and rewards his hard-working female servant.

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Sardine In Outer Space

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

In the goofy space adventures of a little girl called Sardine, encounters aren’t always friendly: weird creatures, cosmic squids, masters of the universe, talking clouds, and evil beings abound.

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That’s Me

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

A baby describes some of the sights and sounds around him, including his mother, who sings ‘La, la, la,’ and Grandpa’s canary saying, ‘Tweet, tweet’!

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Mommy Time!

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

A child who wonders what mother is doing during school hours comes up with a wide variety of likely and unlikely ideas, from doing housework to flying to Mars, and hopes that she will be fine on her own.

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The Costume Party

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

Madame Coco and her family of dogs are bored because the rain just won’t stop, but then they decide to have a costume party and become very busy with the preparations.

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