Theme: dignity

The Great Bear

Once there was a dancing circus bear who spent her days in a cold, hard cage. Each night she was led to the town square, where acrobats, trapeze artists, and clowns performed for a boisterous crowd. The bear performed, too, year in and year out, lifting her feet and swaying to the music of trumpets, [...]

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Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story

When their baby sister becomes dangerously ill, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers from their village to Johannesburg, where their mother works as a maid for a white family.

Descriptors: Africa, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), South Africa » Other Themes: » 1 Comment