Theme: Earth

The Wonder Thing

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

In a lyrical poem (which is also a riddle) and stunning linoleum block prints, Libby Hathorn and Peter Gouldthrope guide readers on a journey around the world–and to a deeper appreciation of “the wonder thing” that is all around us.

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

Light Up The Night

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a young boy takes a nighttime ride from the distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy to his cozy bed, as his blanket becomes a rocket, a plane, and a skateboard.

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Gaia Warriors

By Book Importer | Published: April 28, 2011

A book on global warming like no other, merging key concepts with firsthand accounts from people of all ages who have found ways to help. Inspired by the work of outstanding scientist and thinker James Lovelock and written by acclaimed author Nicola Davies, here is a book that takes a clear look at how and [...]

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

While You Are Sleeping

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

As one child goes to bed, another is waking up on the other side of the world. Readers can lift the flap to see the same moment of time in different countries: the United States, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, India, Thailand, Haiti, England, and Brazil.

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

Earth, Fire, Water, Air

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Dramatizes the original elements known to the ancient world–earth, fire, water, and air–recounting tales of how these life-giving elements gave rise to legends, gods, heroes, and mythical beasts.

Descriptors: Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Myth, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Seen from space, our planet looks blue. This is because almost 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered with water. Earth is the only planet with liquid water — and therefore the only planet that can support life. All water is connected. Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global [...]

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Little Fur: The Legend Begins

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Little Fur is a half elf, half troll, as tall as a three-year-old human child, with slanted green eyes, wild red hair that brambles about her pointed ears, and bare, broad, four-toed feet. Little Fur loves and tends to the Old Ones, the seven ancient trees that protect her home, a small, magical wilderness nestled magically [...]

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I Want To Live: The Diary Of A Young Girl In Stalin’s Russia

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Recently unearthed in the archives of Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD, Nina Lugovskaya’s diary offers rare insight into the life of a teenage girl in Stalin’s Russia—when fear of arrest was a fact of daily life. Like Anne Frank, thirteen-year-old Nina is conscious of the extraordinary dangers around her and her family, yet she is [...]

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Epic

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Generations ago, violence was banned on New Earth. Society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. Everyone plays. If you win, you have the chance to go to university, get more supplies for your community, and fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and [...]

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Little Fur: A Fox Called Sorrow

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In a Fox Called Sorrow, the adventures continue for Little Fur, the half elf, half troll girl who heals animals in a magical grove in the heart of a big city. When Little Fur discovers that the Troll King is plotting against the earth spirit that binds all living things, she sets off on a [...]

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