Theme: Germany

The Project

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

It begins with a book, the most boring book in the world, a book so boring no one could ever read it—the perfect place to hide a dangerous secret.
When best friends Luke and Tommy volunteer to help move books from their library’s basement to higher ground during a quick rising flood, they discover the only [...]

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War Games

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Newbery Honor winner Audrey Couloumbis (“Getting Near to Baby”) and her husband, Akila, deliver this gripping novel based on Akila’s boyhood experiences during World War II, after the Germans invaded Greece. What were once just boys’ games soon become matters of life and death for 12-year-old Petros and his older brother, Zola.

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

Aesop’s Fables

By Book Importer | Published: May 28, 2010

A very special retelling of the fables of Aesop includes some of his less familiar, but no less shrewd and insightful, tales, and features sensitive and warm line drawings.

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

Iron Hans

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

The classic Brothers Grimm folktale of a king, his son, Iron Hans, and a spell is enriched by impressive illustrations of exotic creatures in exquisite settings.

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

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

The classic tale of a fairy’s curse a sleeping princess and a daring rescuer is retold and illustrated by Carol Heyer.

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

Hansel and Gretel

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch’s cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel and Gretel’s plight feels all the more threatening as they’re plunged into the thick, dark jungle of Isadora’s rich collages.

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

Rapunzel

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora’s gorgeous collages breathe new life into this classic tale, capturing Rapunzel’s striking beauty and the lush African setting—a new home for this story—with wonderful details such as Rapunzel’s long dreadlocks and the prince’s noble steed—a zebra. Readers will delight in the vibrant illustrations, thrill at the appearances of the frightening [...]

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Someone Named Eva

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

On the night Nazi soldiers come to her home in Czechoslovakia, Milada’s grandmother says, “Remember, Milada. Remember who you are. Always.” Milada promises, but she doesn’t understand her grandmother’s words. After all, she is Milada, who lives with her mama and papa, her brother and sister, and her beloved Babichka. Milada, eleven years old, the [...]

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The Fisherman and His Wife

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Caldecott Honor–winning artist Rachel Isadora brings another fabulous fairy tale to brilliant life with her stunning collages. The Brothers Grimm story of the kind fisherman who catches an enchanted fish, and his greedy wife who always wants more, is perfect for these “give-me” times.

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

Good-Bye Marianne: A Story Of Growing Up In Nazi Germany

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A heartbreaking story of loss and love.As autumn turns toward winter in 1938 Berlin, life for Marianne Kohn, a young Jewish girl, begins to crumble. First there was the burning of the neighbourhood shops. Then her father, a mild-mannered bookseller, must leave the family and go into hiding. No longer allowed to go to school [...]

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