Theme: Family

The Mummer’s Song

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

Don’t seem like Christmas if the mummers are not here, Granny would say as she knit in her chair.  Things have done modern, I’s pose that’s the cause.  Christmas is not like it was. But on a cold, clear Newfoundland night shortly after Christmas, several outlandishly costumed mummers do appear and Granny’s house suddenly erupts [...]

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

The Umbrella Queen

By Book Importer | Published: March 7, 2012

When Noot is finally allowed to paint umbrellas like the other women and girls in her villatge, she secrely hopes that she might be chosen as this year’s Umbrella Queen.  Carefully, she creates serene flowers and butterflies- exactly as she has seen her mother and grandmother do for years. But soon her imagination takes over, [...]

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Zoo-Looking

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Flora loves looking at all the animals in the zoo, but what a surprise–she isn’t the only one doing the looking! Flora looks at the giraffe, and the giraffe looks back.  She looks at the ostrich, and the ostrich looks back, too.  But when Flora looks at her dad, she gets the best surprise of [...]

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

Sophie

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Sophie loves her Grandpa. And her Grandpa loves Sophie. They are best friends. And then one day there is no Grandpa. . . . Family love and the natural cycle of birth, life, and death are tenderly portrayed in this moving story. Foxs spare text distills complex life passages into emotions so clear even a [...]

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

The Goblin and the Empty Chair

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss.But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal.From internationally acclaimed picture book masters Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, here is a rich and moving original fairy tale about [...]

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

All The Better To See You With!

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Because Kate is the quiet one compared to her four noisy brothers and sisters, her parents are slow to notice that she is near-sighted and needs glasses.

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

Little Devils

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

Robert J. Blake shines a light on a little-known animal.Burnie, Winnie and Big Stanley are three Tasmanian devil pups growing up in the wild. Along with their mother, they make one happy family. Since the pups are still so small, Mum does all the hunting. But one night, Mum doesnt come home and the pups [...]

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

The Orphan

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature’s blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and even a [...]

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

It’s A Wonderful Life

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

What a pity excue for a holiday! While her friends party in Europe, Anna- a Dutch seventeen year old- is sent to her uncle who lives ina tiny town in Pennsylvania.  Bakerton: two streets, a church, a diner, two undertakers and a steamtrain that spills out a bunch of tourists on a daily basis. How [...]

Descriptors: Denmark, Europe, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Crouching Tiger

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year.Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hoping it will be like kung fu, [...]

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