Theme: bully

Four Hens and a Rooster

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Four hens live on a chicken farm. A little rooster lives there, too. “What a nice little rooster you have here,” everyone says when they come to visit. Indeed, it seems so for a while. But then the rooster begins to take more food for himself, and the hens get less. When the hens try [...]

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

Medusa Jones

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In ancient Greece lived a little girl called Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon, but apart from that, pretty normal. So she has snakes for hair instead of gorgeous blond ringlets like Cassandra. So her best friend is half horse. Is that any reason for the popular kids to be SO mean? Medusa’s sure the [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myth, Primary (ages 6-9), Scotland (UK) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Face at the Window

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Dora learns to overcome her fears of a mentally ill woman who lives in her community in this gentle and compassionate story set in contemporary Jamaica, West Indies.

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

Mama and Little Joe

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When two well-loved, hand-me-down toys named Mama Ruby and Little Joe arrive at their new home, they’re given an unfriendly welcome by the fine, expensive toys already there. But Mama Ruby and Little Joe have something much more valuable than fancy stuffing inside — they’re filled with the warmth and compassion that come from having [...]

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

First Apple

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

The author describes 1940s China and her quest, as a nine-year-old girl, to buy a precious apple for her grandmother’s birthday. By the author of A Day on a Shrimp Boat.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Comments closed