Theme: daily life

R Is for Russia

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

From Dacha to Winter Palace, from Easter Eggs to Kremlin, here is a photographic alphabet of everything we love best about Russia. The Russian Federation is a vast land of forests and steppes, deserts, rivers, lakes and big cities. Over centuries of splendour, revolution and change, our country has produced some of the greatest scientists, [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Russia » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Navigators: Ancient Greece

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics. Ancient Greece was one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known, and this book is an [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

People Around the World

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

With more than 70 chunky flaps to explore and engaging scenes of busy people from all over the world, this book is a wonderful first introduction to different cultures and places. From a bustling modern Asian city, to a rural African village, the color and glamour of India’s Bollywood and the green calm of a [...]

Descriptors: Concept Book, International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Chewa

By Book Importer | Published: August 24, 2011

This book presents the history, culture, art, and economics of the Chewa people of Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Malawi, Mozambique, Nonfiction, Zimbabwe » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Kampung Boy

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Kampung Boy is a favorite of millions of readers in Southeast Asia. Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family’s rubber plantation. Meanwhile, the traditional way of life in his village (or kampung) is steadily disappearing, [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Graphic Novel, Malaysia, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Brazil: The People

By Book Importer | Published: August 13, 2011

This book explores how the history, climate, geography, and religion of Brazil have shaped the customs and practices of modern daily life for some of the poorest and some of the wealthiest people in South America.

Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Kindergarten Day USA and China

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Readers spend a school day with two kindergarten classes in this flip-me-over book. One side tells the story of a class from Schenectady, New York, and the other side tells of a class from Beijing, China. As the day progresses, clocks show the time in the USA and in China, noting that its daytime on [...]

Descriptors: Asia, China, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Text and photographs describe the life of a nine-year-old girl and her family in the small Russian city of Suzdal.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Nonfiction, Russia » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Passing By

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Yael peeks out from her balcony and sees everything that’s happening in the street below, from the cat in the garden next door to a big red tractor chugging down the road; finally, she sees the best thing–her dad on his way home!

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

Anno’s Journey

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

A colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way

Descriptors: Asia, Europe, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment