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Snowmobile: Bombardier’s Dream Machine

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

The true story of Joseph-Armand Bombardier’s journey to invent the snowmobile.

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

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for wartorn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn’t devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, [...]

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

Tua and the Elephant

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains–can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself?

Other Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Taiwan » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

David

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

An eighteen-year-old stonecutter who is caught in the middle of political conflict in Florence, Italy, in the early 1500s, must flee for his life in disguise because his has become the best-known face and figure in Florence.

Other Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Italy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Deserter

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

To save the members of his tribe from being devoured by the beasts that share their primitive world, Stopmouth must make his way to the mysterious, futuristic world above, even though a virus is destroying the Upstairs and driving millions of refugees to seek shelter below.

Other Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Ireland, Science Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

My Family for the War

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Waiting For The Biblioburro

By Book Importer | Published: April 6, 2012

When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana’s excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the BibliBurro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia’s BiblioBurro and [...]

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

Olympians: Hades: Lord of the Dead

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Volume 4 of the highly acclaimed Olympians series. Hades: Lord of the Deadtells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades’ abduction of Persephone and her mother’s revenge. Be prepared to see a new side of Persephone in this dynamic adaptation of the [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Graphic Novel, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myth » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Leprechaun Under the Bed

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Brian the leprechaun enjoys his solitary life until a human builds a stone cottage above Brian’s underground home.

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

Fox Tails

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Four of Aesop’s fables are combined in this tale about three animal friends who outsmart a tricky fox.

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