Theme: Dreams

Anne Frank: Young Diarist

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

Documents the life of Anne Frank, including her childhood, time in hiding, and the time she spent in a Nazi concentration camp, before her death and the release of her diary which became world famous.

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

The Landing: A Night Of Birds

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

One stormy night at her grandfather’s place on the windswept coast, Annie enters a boathouse occupied by injured sea birds and finds herself able to understand their speech.

Descriptors: Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Wicked One: A Story Of Suspense

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

Incessantly tormented by the Grollican, a creature of the Otherworld, Colin Grant and his family flee to America from their native Highlands of Scotland.

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In Flanders Fields : The Story Of The Poem By John Mccrae

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

Presents the context for the writing of the famous poem by the Canadian medical officer, John McCrae, who attended injured soldiers in Flanders during the First World War.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed