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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 [...]

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Tom the Tamer

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Tom’s father is afraid of animals. The father learns through Tom’s creativity and courage that he can conquer his fear.

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

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

When Goldilocks goes to collect flowers in the wood she gets lost and stumbles upon a pretty house in a clearing. She looks inside and sees a table with three chairs: a big chair, a medium chair and a little chair, and in front of each chair is a steaming bowl of porridge. The porridge [...]

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

Treasured Classics

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Acclaimed illustrator Michael Hague brings his hallmark artistry to 15 classic stories that have delighted children for generations. From Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty to The Gingerbread Man and The Three Billy Goats Gruff, each story is lush with detail and loaded with magic. A wealth of fable and fantasy, truly to be treasured.

Other Descriptors: Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Picture Book » Themes: » Leave a comment

Lala Salama

By Book Importer | Published: December 21, 2011

An African lullaby in Swahili and English in which a little boy says good night to all the animals and ends with his mother.

Other Descriptors: Africa, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Kenya, Picture Book, Rhymes/songs, Tanzania » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

A Stranger at Home

By Book Importer | Published: December 21, 2011

The powerful memoir of an Inuvialuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school. Traveling to be reunited with her family in the Arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloakednuns and brothers. Coming [...]

Other Descriptors: Americas, Biography, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Talking Eagle And The Lady Of Roses

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This is the traditional story, told simply and elegantly, of how Juan Diego meets the beautiful Lady on a windswept hilltop in December and carries her message to the disbelieving bishop. The Lady fills Juanzs cloak with full-blooming roses and impresses her image on its fibers as a sign for the bishop to fulfill her [...]

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

The Food of Mexico

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Explore the flavor and culture of this colorful country in The Food of Mexico.  What better way to study a country than through its geography, history, regions, customs, and celebrations as they relate to food.  Dig right in by trying out one of the delicious recipes inside.  Studying world cultures has never been so tasty!

Other Descriptors: Americas, Mexico, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Photojournalist Dan Eldon left behind much more than the astonishing illustrated journals that would form The Journey is the Destination when he lost his life at age twenty-two while on assignment in Somalia. He also bequeathed a life story that has inspired students, teachers, artists, and creative activists—as well as a forthcoming film, an apparel [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Kenya, Somalia » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Aztecs

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

The Aztecs built an advanced and dazzling empire that stretched across a large part of Mesoamerica.  The Chuampa “floating gardens” system of farming is perhaps their most remarkable accomplishment.  Other discoveries and inventions related to transportation, agriculture, architecture, science, and technology, enriched their culture and provide a way for us to experience parallels between ancient [...]

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