Theme: Aunts

Bindi Babes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Meet Amber, Jazz, and Geena Dhillon—a.k.a. the Bindi Babes. They’re three fabulous sisters with a reputation for being the coolest, best-dressed girls at their school. But their classmates don’t know that the Dhillon sisters work extra hard to look perfect and together to all of their friends . . . while privately trying not to [...]

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The Long Road

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Although life is difficult in José’s Central American village, he enjoys playing football with his friends, sharing the large meals cooked by his aunts, and even going to school. But a civil war breaks out in his country. Outspoken people like his mother are in danger, so José and his mother must flee.The road north [...]

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The Five Lost Aunts Of Harriet Bean

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Harriet Bean’s father mentions that he has five sisters—whom Harriet has never met—she is immediately intrigued. Harriet is determined to uncover the whereabouts of her five lost aunts, but with nothing more than an unfinished family portrait and a few outdated clues, will she be able to locate them? Join Harriet in her search [...]

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Harriet Bean And The League Of Cheats

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

Harriet helps her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate cheating at the racetrack by disguising herself as a jockey.

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Taniwha

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

A little boy has made friends with the taniwha in his river, but no one believes him. The taniwha takes the boy on a journey through time and myth where he meets some amazing characters, gathering the earth’s treasures as he goes.

Descriptors: Folklore, New Zealand, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed