Theme: balance

Go To Sleep, Gecko!: A Balinese Folktale

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

The author of The Girl Who Wore Too Much retells the folktale of the gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected.

Descriptors: Asia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore, Indonesia, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dorje’s Stripes

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Dorje is a beautiful Royal Bengal tiger but he has no stripes. In a small Buddhist monastery in Tibet, Master Wu explains the reasons behind Dorjes missing stripes, and offers hope for the future.

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

The Brothers Story

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Teenage twins Kit and Christy have grown up amid grinding poverty in their Essex village. As Christy has been “simple” from birth, Kit is literally his brother’s keeper. But the latest hardships visited upon their country home by the Great Frost of 1683–84 bring Kit to frustration and despair, and he abandons Christy to make [...]

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

Sir Lofty and Sir Tubb

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

When two neighboring kingdoms argue over a beautiful flower it turns into war. The couples learn to share and bring peace to their lands.

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