Theme: Difference

One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

This is Two-Eyes. She has two wicked sisters. They make fun of her for having only two eyes and wonder why she can’t look normal like they do. But Two-Eyes will show them. She’s got a fairy godmother, a magic goat, and a handsome knight to help her outsmart her terrible sisters and escape far, far away.

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

Bradley Mcgogg, the Very Fine Frog

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Bradley McGogg makes his home in the bog where there are plenty of yummy bugs for a frog to feed on. Upon finding his pantry bare one day, Bradley decides to meet his neighbors, in the hopes that they will share some of their favorite meals with him. But this “bog frog” soon finds that [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Story of the Seagull and the Cat who Taught Her to Fly

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It’s migration time and as a mother gull dives into the water to catch a herring she’s caught in an oil slick! Thinking of the egg she is about to lay she manages to extract herself and fly to the nearest port. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba the cat is sunning himself. [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Spain » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Paul and Sebastian

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Paul, who lives in a trailer, and Sebastian, who lives in an apartment, are discouraged from playing with each other, until they get lost together during a class outing.

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

Nina Bonita

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This story deals with a sensitive subject in a sensitive way. “Black is beautiful” to a little white rabbit and while trying to discover the secret that will make him black, readers get a funny, yet educational introduction to genetics.

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

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way.

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

Hue Boy

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Everybody talks about little Hue Boy’s size. He gets teased by his friends at school, his mother worries day and night, and his grandma sews up clothes for him to grow into. Buy he does not change at all, even though just about everyone in the village offers advice. Yet in time Hue Boy grows [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

We Share One World

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Children are never too young to begin exploring the many different cultures that make up our beautiful world. Whether we awaken to the wind blowing from the desert, the spray from an ocean wave, or snowflakes dusting the trees, we all share this truly magnificent planet. Through a young boy’s eyes, we visit children from [...]

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

Penguin

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When Ben rips open his present, he finds a penguin inside. “Hello, Penguin!” he says. “What shall we play?” But Penguin says nothing. Even when Ben tickles its belly, sings a funny song, does a dizzy dance, stands on his head, sticks out his tongue, and resorts to increasingly rude and drastic measures, Penguin makes [...]

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

Different like Coco

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

Simple text and color illustrations present the life of Coco Chanel.

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed