Theme: bird

Second Fiddle: Or How To Tell A Blackbird From A Sausage

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father. Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground, Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian, whom she enchantingly finds playing the violin high up in the trees near her house. But the two get [...]

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Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Forest (An Exquisite Start to An Exciting Series)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Dorothy Patent explores the many facets of this shimmering bird, from its illustrious past to its life cycle and daily existence in the wild. Accompanied by Neil Waldman’s luminous illustrations, this unique survey book examines an endangered animal that has a powerful symbolic meaning to a culture.

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Tuko and the Birds: A Tale from the Philippines

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Life was peaceful on the small Philippine island of Luzon. The men fished, the women cooked, the children played games, and the birds sang. Everyone knew it was time for bed when they heard the birds’ good-night song. Then Tuko arrived. Tuko, the gecko, bellowed his name five times every time he ate—day or night. [...]

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

Tara’s Flight

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tara is a dove. Before the flood, she brought messages back and forth between Noah and his family. Now she is confined to the small loft that Noah s grandson has built under the roof of the ark. For forty days and nights, Tara sits patiently in her loft, while outside thunder booms and rain [...]

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The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The First Tortilla is a moving, bilingual story of courage and discovery. A small Mexican village is near starvation. There is no rain, and the bean and squash plants are dying. Jade, a young village girl, is told by a blue hummingbird to take a gift to the Mountain Spirit. Then it will send the [...]

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The Rich Man and the Parrot

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In this retelling of a tale by Rumi, a parrot tricks a wealthy merchant into setting him free.

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My Dad’s a Birdman

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Contest barker Mr. Poop is parading the streets shouting louder and louder, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is not quite [...]

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Aria

By Yoo Kyung Sung | 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 [...]

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Let’s Play!

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

It gets toddlers excited while, at the same time, shows them how three friends can play nicely together.

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The Nightingale

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

The hero of this story is a little bird with a very sweet song-so sweet it brings tears to the eyes of the Chinese Emperor and charms Death right back into the graveyard.

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