Theme: Family

In The Small, Small Night

By Book Importer | Published: May 18, 2012

Kofi can’t sleep in his new home in the United States, so his older sister Abena soothes his fears about life in a different country by telling him two folktales from their native Ghana about the nature of wisdom and perseverance.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Ghana, Picture Book, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Meet Me At The Moon

By Book Importer | Published: May 11, 2012

A heartwarming love story between mother and child When Mama Elephant must leave Little One to ask the skies for rain, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama’s special songs? When will she return? Mama is very reassuring – Little One will hear her song on the [...]

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

Beswitched

By Book Importer | Published: May 2, 2012

Twelve-year-old Flora Fox would do anything not to go to Penrice Hall, the boarding school her parents are shipper her off to because of a family emergency.  Penrice has horses and an Olympic-size swimming pool, but flashy facilities won’t change how Flora feels about being sent away and having to make new friends. On the [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Wild Book

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Fefa struggles with words. She has word blindness, or dyslexia, and the doctor says she will never read or write. Every time she tries, the letters jumble and spill off the page, leaping and hopping away like bullfrogs. How will she ever understand them? But her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank [...]

Descriptors: Cuba, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year. See the review at WOW Review, Volume [...]

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

Beneath A Meth Moon

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she’s still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel’s new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captain of [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » 2 Comments

My Family for the War

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Russia: The People

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

After years of unemployment and crushing inflation, Russians are looking to the future with hope of a new prosperity. This colorful revised edition takes a look at the new middle class and how the culture has been changing since the country

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

The Elijah Door

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

A little help from the rabbi on Passover ends a feud between the Lippas and the Galinskys.

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

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDreonald No Combina

By Book Importer | Published: April 2, 2012

Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.

Descriptors: Awards, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , » 2 Comments