Theme: Customs and practices

Charlie Farquharson’s Histry Of Canada

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

A humorous and satirical look at Canadian history.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Tagged » Comments closed

She Dared: True Stories Of Heroines, Scoundrels, And Renegades

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

Delves into the lives of twelve women who took up challenges that society felt could be met only by men, from a Civil War spy and World War II fighter pilot to a Wild West desperado and Yukon adventurer.

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

Pirate Curse

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

In a place similar to the 1706 Caribbean, two fourteen-year-old ‘polliwogs’–humans who can walk on water–rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil that is chasing them.

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

Bilby Moon

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

After watching the moon get smaller and smaller, Little Bilby goes on a quest searching for the missing pieces of the moon, asking everyone she meets for their help.

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