Age: Oceania

Materials from Oceania

Hawaii Is a Rainbow

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

This book explores the natural wonders, people, and customs of Hawaii, in photographs grouped by color.

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A Is for Aloha

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Introduces the English alphabet with words representing significant elements of Hawaiian culture.

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Boo to a Goose

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.

Other Descriptors: Australia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Rhymes/songs » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

A Bedtime Story

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Polly and her friend Bed Rabbit have lots of books, but they don’t know how to read, so Polly’s parents interrupt their own reading for a bedtime story.

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

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How the Ant Family Came to Hawaii

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A family of ants goes on the adventure of a lifetime as they float across the Pacific Ocean and discover a new home.

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Sleepy Bears

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

When winter comes, six sleepy bears are rhymed to sleep by Mother Bear.

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Shoes from Grandpa

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Jessie, an active girl of nine or so, is growing out of her clothes, and all of the members of her large and loving family get carried away in their eagerness to provide her with a new wardrobe. . . As each of Jessie’s relatives gets into the act, the rhythmic cumulative tale builds momentum. [...]

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Guess What?

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Through a series of questions to which the reader answers yes or no, the personality and occupation of Daisy O’Grady are revealed-she’s a witch!  

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Hello Baby!

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

After meeting a bevy of baby animals — including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub — the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all…itself, of course!

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