Theme: Compassion and kindness

The Magic Gourd (Aesop Prize (Awards))

By Book Importer | Published: February 2, 2011

Brother Rabbit and Chameleon teach a greedy king the importance of generosity and friendship.

Descriptors: Africa, Awards, Folklore, Mali, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Tagged » 1 Comment

Fly Free!

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

When Mai feeds the caged birds at a Buddhist temple in Vietnam, her simple act of kindness starts a chain of thoughtful acts that ultimately comes back to her. Includes author’s note explaining the Buddhist concepts of karma and samsara, or the wheel of life.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 1

Descriptors: Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Viet Nam » Tagged » Leave a comment

I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

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

The author, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz as a teenager, describes her terrible experiences as one of the camp’s few adolescent inmates and the miraculous twists of fates that enabled her to survive.

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Hungary, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Conch Bearer

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

In India, a healer invites twelve-year-old Anand to join him on a quest to return a magical conch to its safe and rightful home many hundreds of miles away, high in the Himalayan mountains.

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

Canadian Childhoods

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

A Tundra anthology in words and art showing children of many backgrounds growing up in many parts of Canada.

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Freya On The Wall

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

Fourteen-year-old Freya, whose home has always been in East Germany, offers her view of the complex events leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Tagged » Comments closed

Elidor

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

While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: » Comments closed