Region: Romania

The Princess Curse

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Thirteen-year-old Reveka, an herbalist’s apprentice in the Middle Ages, attempts to break the mysterious curse on the princesses of Sylvania and instead discovers a door to the Underworld.

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Under A Red Sky: Memoir Of A Childhood In Communist Romania

By Book Importer | Published: June 28, 2011

Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish. Such is the life of an only child living in postwar Bucharest, a city that is changing in ever more frightening ways. Eva’s family, full of eccentric and opinionated adults, will do absolutely anything to keep her safe—even if it means [...]

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The Impudent Rooster

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Using his amazing swallowing ability, a rooster foils the evil plans of a greedy nobleman and brings back riches to his poor master.

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Noah and the Devil: A Legend of Noah’s Ark from Romania

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

In this Romanian folk version of the Noah story, getting the animals to march, two by two, onto the ark is the easy part–it was persuading his wife to come aboard that gave Noah a headache. And when he snapped, “Oh, you devil, come in!,” that gave the Devil himself just the invitation he needed. [...]

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

The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

In a place called Happy Valley, there live ten sheep. Every night, the ten sheep are counted into their beds by one Super Sheep Dog named Doug. But one day, the sheep are missing. Who could have stolen them? Might it be Wolf, who lives in the Dark Forest? And for what nefarious purpose? Does [...]

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Picture Book » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

A New Frontier: The Peace Corps in Eastern Europe

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A collection of black-and-white photographs offers a dramatic portrait of the Peace Corps teachers, business specialists, and other volunteers in the ex-Communist countries of Eastern Europe.

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My Swordhand is Singing

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

WHEN TOMAS AND HIS SON, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn’t understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents he is forbidden to know.But [...]

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Holocaust

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Explaining the complex political and social backdrop that allowed the Holocaust to occur, as well as its progression and aftermath, this comprehensive volume contains first-hand testimony from survivors and enables readers to appreciate the impact of the Holocaust on real people and the lives they and their families have rebuilt today.

Other Descriptors: All Ages, Czech Republic, Europe, Germany, Hungary, Nonfiction, Russia » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment