Theme: protection

Children Save the Rain Forest

By importer | Published: October 1, 2009
A profile of the International Children’s Rain Forest describes the lush beauty of the plants and animals that live there and considers the work and contributions by children all over the world to keep the area preserved.
Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Latin America, Nonfiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Operation Siberian Crane: The Story Behind the International Efforts to Save an Amazing Bird

By importer | Published: October 1, 2009
This book describes the cooperative effort by scientists in the Soviet Union and the United States to save the Siberian crane, with the support and aid of conservationists from other nations.
Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Nonfiction, Russia, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Gorgon’s Gaze

By nersum | Published: December 1, 2008
Mallins Wood is home to the last surviving gorgon, and Col’s mother, the gorgon’s supernatural Companion, is determined to save it from encroaching development–even to the point of endangering Col and his best friend Connie, the most powerful Companion alive.
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Greece, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Myth » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Aria

By nersum | Published: December 1, 2008
Aria is different from the other children in her village because she cannot speak. But Aria loves being with the birds around her jungle home — with them, she is free to be herself. When the village men begin to catch the birds to sell in their market-place, Aria moves out of the village to [...]
Descriptors: Fantasy, Latin America, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Greater Than Angels

By nersum | Published: December 1, 2008
In 1940, Anna Hirsch and her family are captured by the Nazis and deported to a refugee camp in the south of France. The children held in the camp are sent to Le Chambon, a tiny village whose citizens have agreed to care for deported children. There, in the face of escalating dominance and threats [...]
Descriptors: France, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

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