Theme: Childhood

The Rim Of The Morning: Six Stories

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

This collection of six stories by the renowned Australian author Colin Thiele is about life on the wild South Australian coast.

Descriptors: Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

The Flying Canoe

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

Working with the lumberjacks in Ottawa, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his life backin the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Root Cellar

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

Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt’s root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

A Gift For Mama

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

Sick and tired of making presents for various holidays and occasions, Sara decides that for this Mother’s Day she will do something different.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland » Other Themes: » Comments closed