Theme: Fishing

How to Catch a Fish

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Thirteen linked verses and handsome, mood-drenched paintings show how we catch fish–from New England to the Arctic, to Japan and Namibia and beyond.  This lovely picture book–about fishing, geography, people and customs, and the bond between parent and child fishing together–will appeal to everyone who’s cast a line in the water.

Descriptors: Canada, Hawaii, International, Ireland, Japan, Namibia, New Calendonia (France), Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9), Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

A Prairie Year

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The year begins with hockey, icefishing, and a snowmobile race. Spring brings renewal: the arrival of piglets, baby chicks in the farm kitchen; and outside, the fields are seeded. In summer, there’s a dinosaur park to be visited; a calf is groomed for the fair and wheat tested between grandfather’s fingers. In fall, a farm [...]

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Adelina’s Whales

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Adelina is a ten-year-old girl who lives in a quiet fishing village in Baja California, Mexico. Adelina has some very special friends-the gray whales-that come every year to spend the winter months and give birth to their calves in the protected lagoon near her home. This beautifully photographed photo-essay introduces young readers to a [...]

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Remember World War Ii: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories (Remember)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Mother, they’re here.The Nazis are here!”It was march 15, 1939. The place was Plzen, Czechoslovakia. The life of 15-year-old Jirina Zizkovska, like the lives of millions of people across Europe and around the world, war was about to change — never to be the same. In Remember World War II you will experience the war [...]

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The Three Snow Bears

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That’s because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. [...]

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All The Way To Lhasa: A Tale From Tibet

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

A boy and his yak persevere along the difficult way to the holy city of Lhasa and succeed where others fail. Based on a story told to the author by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9), Tibet (China) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Wishing Of Biddy Malone

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

In Ireland, a young girl who cannot sing, dance, or control her temper stumbles across a faerie village, where a beautiful boy asks her to name her three wishes–but does not promise to grant them for her.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Ireland, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Armien’s Fishing Trip

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

While visiting his aunt and uncle in the little South African village of Kalk Bay, Armien stows away in his uncle’s fishing boat and becomes an unexpected hero.

Descriptors: Africa, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), South Africa » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Going Fishing

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

A young boy lives in a tiny fishing village in Iceland where he learns the tradition of fishing from his two grandfathers who each have a different method for catching a different kind of fish.

Descriptors: Europe, Iceland, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Going for Oysters

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

An Australian aborigine family spends the weekend fishing and looking for oysters and they almost forget their grandfather’s warning about the dangers of the eastern swamp.

Descriptors: Australia, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , » Comments closed