Theme: Friendship

The Devil In Vienna

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

Inge, a Jewish girl, and Lieselotte, the daughter of a Nazi, have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.

Descriptors: Austria, Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Tagged » Comments closed

Teenage Refugees From Cambodia Speak Out

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

Introduces the history and political situation in Cambodia, and presents a variety of young refugees, who describe the reasons why they had to leave, their travels as refugees, and their experiences adjusting to a new country.

Descriptors: Asia, Nonfiction, Viet Nam, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Little Ching And Hu Tzu Guard The Cornfield

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

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

Three Songs For Courage

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

In 1956, sixteen-year-old Gordon Westley finds his summer vacation shattered by tragedy, forcing him to come face-to-face with the darkest–and the sweetest–side of human nature.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World’s People

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

By narrowing down the world’s population to a village of one hundred people, the author offers up some surprising statistics about religion, language, age, and education that young children can more easily understand.

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

Pancho’s Pi

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

On Christmas Eve Pancho rescues a star from a cactus and receives the gift of happiness.

Descriptors: Americas, Folklore, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Tiger

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

When the villagers hire a famous hunter to kill the tiger rumored to live in the woods, only one young boy wishes to protect the animal; and, in fact, the hunter knows more than one way to shoot a tiger.

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

Talking Drums: A Selection Of Poems From Africa South Of The Sahara

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

A collection of traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa, written in or translated into English, that expresses the spirit and history of this region.

Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Petals In The Ashes

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

In 1666, Hannah and Sarah escape London, leaving behind plague and death as well as their sweets shop, and when it is safe, Hannah and her younger sister Anne return, only to face the city’s Great Fire. Sequel to At the sign of the Sugared Plum.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Elizabeti’s Doll

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

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

Descriptors: Africa, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Tanzania » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Comments closed