Theme: daughter

Zoo-Looking

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Flora loves looking at all the animals in the zoo, but what a surprise–she isn’t the only one doing the looking! Flora looks at the giraffe, and the giraffe looks back.  She looks at the ostrich, and the ostrich looks back, too.  But when Flora looks at her dad, she gets the best surprise of [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Oceania, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Moles and the Mireuk: A Korean Folktale

By Book Importer | Published: February 17, 2011

A mole goes to the sky, sun, clouds, and wind in search of the most powerful husband for his daughter, only to find him among his own kind.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Beneath My Mother’s Feet

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

“Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not.” Nazia doesn’t mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, [...]

Descriptors: Database, Fiction, Pakistan, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Mama’s Saris

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When a young girl eyes her mother’s suitcase full of gorgeous silk, cotton and embroidered saris, she decides that she, too, should wear one, even though she is too young for such clothing. When the mother finally realizes how important it is for her little girl to feel like a big girl on her seventh [...]

Descriptors: India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment