Theme: Animals

Who’s Hiding?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

A concept book about emotion and action.

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The Letters

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Japan, the death of her former landlady triggers a young woman’s memories about her father’s death when she was six years old, and the special way the old lady helped her to cope with the loss.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Tagged » Comments closed

Private Peaceful

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Thomas Peaceful’s older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

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Kanu of Kathmandu: A Journey in Nepal

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

An eight-year-old boy who lives in the city of Kathmandu takes a tour of several small towns and villages of Nepal, observing many traditional customs and activities.

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The Broken Bridge

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Over the course of a summer in Wales, sixteen-year-old Ginny, the artist daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father’s earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive.

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A Promise Is A Promise

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Bruno the marmot makes friends with a dandelion outside his burrow, they play together all spring long, but when summer comes, the dandelion asks Bruno to trust her that everything will be okay and asks him to blow her seeds into the wind.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Germany, Primary (ages 6-9) » Tagged » Comments closed

Journey Of A Thousand Miles

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Lee has always yearned for adventure, but when his own family dicide to escape from Vietnam with 40 people crammed tightly in a rickety fishing boat, he’s not so sure.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Viet Nam » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Canadian Childhoods

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A Tundra anthology in words and art showing children of many backgrounds growing up in many parts of Canada.

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Mythspring

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

It is an anthology of original short fiction, each story inspired by a different Canadian myth or work of music. Also edited by Genevieve Kierans.

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Roimata And The Forest Of Tane

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Roimata’s grandmother tells her all about the tawa tree in their yard, the last of the forest of Tane.

Descriptors: Fiction, New Zealand, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9) » Tagged » Comments closed