Theme: Book

A Boy Called Dickens

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child’s dreams don’t come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

In medieval Ireland, Theophane’s boredom with his duties as a scribe distracts the other monks, but when he is sent to the kitchens he discovers that he can make inks of many colors from plants, allowing the others to illustrate their work.

Descriptors: Fiction, Ireland, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Lola Loves Stories

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Lola loves to hear Daddy read a new library book each night, an activity that spurs her imagination and results in inventive play the next day.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Europe, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Running the Road To ABC

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Six island children are running at daybreak — over the hills, through the fields, across the city square — to school! Never before has the love of learning (and learning together) been such a joyous time. Denise Lauture’s buoyant, poetic text captures the happiness and youth of energetic children on the way to school; Reynold [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Haiti, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Amadi’s Snowman

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2010

As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of learning about the world through books.

Descriptors: Africa, Nigeria, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Polo: The Runaway Book

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

When the resourceful dog sets aside his brand-new book and drifts off to sleep, a curious little creature makes off with it. Polo follows in hot pursuit, setting the stage for a new series of adventures—into the sky, to a mysterious cloud made of cotton candy, through fun-house mirrors, on hot air balloons, across a [...]

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

The Incredible Book Eating Boy

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Like many children, Henry loves books. But Henry doesn’t like to read books, he likes to eat them. Big books, picture books, reference books . . . if it has pages, Henry chews them up and swallows (but red ones are his favorite). And the more he eats, the smarter he gets—he’s on his way [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Northern Ireland (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Leave a comment

Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Moying Li is twelve-years-old when Cultural Revolution sweeps China. In 1966 Moying, a student at a prestigious language school in Beijing, seems destined for a promising future. Everything changes when student Red Guards begin to orchestrate brutal assaults, violent public humiliations, and forced confessions. After watching her teachers and headmasters beaten in public, Moying flees school [...]

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

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America Keeps the Memory Alive

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in Washington D.C., in April 1993. This book walks the reader through the museum, floor by floor. It interweaves the story of the Holocaust with a description of the museum. The book describes the Nazis’ rise to power, the “final solution”, and the aftermath of the Holocaust (1945 [...]

Descriptors: All Ages, Nonfiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Little Blue House

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In a very small town in rural Argentina there is a magical house. The house is vacant and has been for as long as anyone can remember, but once a year, at midnight, the house turns blue, and 24 hours later it turns back to white again. Twelve-year-old Cintia lives with her father, an angry [...]

Descriptors: Argentina, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment