Theme: Holocaust

A Little Fear

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

A strong minded older woman, Mrs. Tucker moves to a small, isolated cottage in Australia where she discovers a Njimbin–a gnomelike spirit–and she must use all her cleverness to win the battle with it for her new home.

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Evergreen Tales Of Panchatantra

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

This collection of humorous fables originated almost 2000 years ago in a Sanskrit collection of animal stories called the Panchatantra. These stories have found their way in one form or another into the folklore of every major culture and tradition.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Along the Tracks

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

When the train that he is on is bombed, Yankele, a young Polish refugee from the Nazi invasion, is separated from his mother and wanders along the tracks, braving hardship and danger, as he searches for his family.

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Poland, Russia, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Comments closed

Malka

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

In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Hungary, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Comments closed