Theme: desert

Sahara: Vanishing Cultures

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

This book describes the way of life of the Tuaregs, a nomadic culture that presently exists in the Sahara, the world’s largest desert.

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Ali, Child of the Desert

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

On a trip to the Moroccan market town of Rissani, Ali becomes separated from his father during a sandstorm.

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Azad’s Camel

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

In a big Arabian city, an orphan boy is forced to work as a camel jockey — a dangerous job he doesn’t like. But a new friendship and a magical escape into the desert are about to change his life.
Camel racing is a popular sport in the Gulf states of the Middle East, where child [...]

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Listen to the Desert/Oye al Desierto

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

This bilingual account of animals of the Southwestern desert and the sounds they make feature double-page spreads with text written in both English and Spanish. Ideal for reading aloud. Full-color illustrations.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Picture Book, Poetry » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Song of Be

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Be, a young Bushman woman searching in the desert for the peace she remembers from her childhood, realizes that she and her people must reconcile new personal and political realities with ancient traditions.

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The Shadow Speaker

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Niger, West Africa, 2070: After fifteen-year old Ejii witnesses her father’s beheading, her world shatters. In an era of mind-blowing technology and seductive magic, Ejii embarks on a mystical journey to track down her father’s killer. With a newfound friend by her side, Ejii comes face to face with an earth turned inside out–and with [...]

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Snake and Lizard

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Snake is elegant, calm and a little self-centered, while Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. Through a series of small (and not so small) adventures, the two friends bicker, compete with each other, go into business and finally, end up as lifelong friends.

Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), New Zealand, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Boy who Ran with the Gazelles

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A desert nomad woman has no milk, so brings her pet gazelle for her son to nurse. One day the boy and the gazelle wander off, and the pet gazelle finds a herd of her own kind. She protects the boy and he learns to run and feed himself. Hunters discover and capture him. He [...]

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Desert December

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

A South African boy makes a long journey through the desert to join his parents in a mining village, reaching them on Christmas Day and seeing his new baby sister.

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Free As the Desert Wind

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

A Sudanese boy befriends a young camel while helping his father drive a camel herd to Egypt.

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