Theme: Brothers

My Family and I / Mi Familia y Yo (English and Spanish Foundations Series) (Book #4) (Bilingual) (Board Book)

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

Teach children the all-important concept of family in these heartwarming pages of colorful and charming illustrations. Come along with Emma as she introduces all the members of her family while teaching the words for different relations, such as mother, father, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc. There’s a helpful pronunciation guide in the back of the book. [...]

Descriptors: Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), Infant/toddler (ages 0-2) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Hermanos (Hablemos) (Spanish Edition)

By Book Importer | Published: June 25, 2010

Brightly colored photographs and simple text depict one aspect of a young child’s world–the experience of being or having a brother. Encourages children to explore and talk about their own experiences.

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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A young boy unites with thousands of other orphaned boys to walk to safety in a refugee camp in another country, after war destroys their villages in southern Sudan. Based on true events.
Awards:
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Sudan » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr, and the Reindeer

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The three little Swedish brothers spend their vacation in Lapland where they ski, visit a village of Laplanders, and almost get lost in the snow.  They meet a family with a reindeer and play with him in the snow.

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Sweden » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Good Liar

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The year is 1940 and France has fallen to the German army. In the village of Mont-Saint-Martin, brothers Pierre, René, and Fat Marcel enjoy an idyllic childhood-stealing berry tarts, playing soldiers, and holding contests to determine who of the three is the biggest and best liar. As the small community, especially its Jewish members, begins [...]

Descriptors: France, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tom’s six older brothers are adventurers who go on dangerous quests in the Land of Stories. Tom stays home with his mother. Tom’s brothers are famous for the exciting endings they discover for the tales the Story Bureau assigns to them. Tom worries he will never have a story of his own. But when his [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Finn’s Going

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Take Finn. He may be the burping champion of the universe. He may be the demon farter of the planet—capable of mind-boggling impressions (a hissing cat, a creaking door in a haunted house, a boiling egg). Or not. Take Danny. He may be the burping champion of the universe. He may be the [...]

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Surrender

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finningan.

Descriptors: Australia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

By The River

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

A fourteen-year-old describes, through prose poems, his life in a small Australian town in 1962, where, since their mother’s death, he and his brother have been mainly on their own to learn about life, death, and love.

Descriptors: Australia, Oceania, Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

Manu, one of five brothers who are the first humans to set foot on Hawaii, is unhappy until he saves the life of a strange creature he calls Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves, and they become fast friends. Includes facts about Hawaii and the unique plants and animals found there.

Descriptors: Fiction, Hawaii, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed