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The Last Musketeer

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as “The Three Musketeers.”

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

Get Happy

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

Simple, rhyming text urges the reader to be happy by making such choices as teasing less and tickling more, or groaning less and giggling more.

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

Hansel and Gretel

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

It’s a tale as timeless as storytelling itself: two children, lost in the woods, stumble upon a candy house that isn’t all that it seems. From Hansel’s trail of bread crumbs to Gretel’s ingenious triumph over the witch, the details of this familiar fairy tale enchant children year after year. Now, in an update on [...]

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

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.

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

Strega Nona’s Gift

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

In Strega Nona’s village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations-and nothing says celebration like a feast! All the kitchens are bustling from the Feast of San Nicola, when the children choose the food, to the Feast of Epiphany, when someone gets to be king or queen for the day. Even the animals share [...]

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, Italy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Under the Hood

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

A mechanic welcomes the reader to his garage where he will try to fix his car, but first needs help in finding his friends, Mouse, Crocodile, and Bird under lift-up flaps and fold-out pages.

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

Same, Same but Different

By Book Importer | Published: October 27, 2011

Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries–America and India–they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.

Other Descriptors: India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afganistan

By Book Importer | Published: October 26, 2011

Award-winning photographer Rafal Gerszak spent a year embedded with the American military in Afghanistan, where he used his camera to document everyday life in the war-torn country. While there, he developed a deep affection for the land and its people, and he later returned on his own. Despite the dangers around him, he continued taking [...]

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

A Stork in a Baobab Tree: An African Twelve Days of Christmas

By Book Importer | Published: October 26, 2011

Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration – the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in [...]

Other Descriptors: Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Rhymes/songs » Themes: , » Leave a comment

How the Leopard Got His Claws

By Book Importer | Published: October 26, 2011

In the beginning, all the animals lived as friends.  The leopard, their king was strong but gentle and wise.  Only the dog had sharp teeth, and only the dog scoffed at the animals plan to build a common shelter for gathering out of the rain.  but when the dog was flooded out of his own [...]

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