Age: Europe

Materials from Europe

Winter in Wartime

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier. With the conflict coming to an end, Michiel comes of age and learns the start difference between adventure fantasy and the ugly realities of war.

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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 [...]

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An Elephant in the Garden

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Lizzie and Karl’s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don’t run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their [...]

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Technology of the Ancients: The Romans

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

This book provides readers with an up-close look at the ingenuity of forward-thinking inventors and engineers from the early civilizatrions

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The Food of Greece

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

This book offers students an introduction to the rich and diverse foods found around the world.

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The Food of Italy

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

This book explores the culture, traditions, and festivals of Italy through its food.

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The Helpful Elves

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

When the lazy people of Cologne go to sleep, the helpful elves do all their work. They measure and saw for the carpenter, knead and mix for the baker, carve and chop for the butcher, taste and pour for the winemaker, and snip and sew for the tailor. But no one ever sees them. Until [...]

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Magic Wool

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Activities with unspun sheep’s wool, also known as magic wool, offer a wide range of creative possibilities for both children and adults. In this book Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke combine their talents and experience, and show how to create beautiful pictures, as well as table-top scenes featuring figures and animals. They explain the process [...]

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Magic Wool Fairies

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Unspun sheep’s wool, also known as magic wool, is a warm vibrant material, perfect for making these beautiful soft figures. Christine Schafer includes detailed instructions on making fairies and angels for every occasion: flower fairies for a seasonal nature table, fairies for birthday celebrations, guardian angels to watch over a crib and, of course, a [...]

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Little Fairy Can’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Faith, the little fairy, can’t get to sleep. It’s a lovely summer’s night and magic is in the air, so she flies off to see who else is still awake. Faith meets a mother fox and her young cubs, who can’t get to sleep, an elf father whose children can’t get to sleep, and the [...]

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