Theme: homesickness

Antonio on the Other Side of the World, Getting Smaller

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

Antonio has fun visiting his grandmother but misses his mother so much that he starts to shrink, and as he travels back to the other side of the world by ship, train, and horse, he gets smaller and smaller.

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

A Gift

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Amy receives a gift just in time for Chinese New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese culture. At this time of year, it’s tradition to spend time with friends and family. Since Amy’s aunt and uncles live in China and are unable to make a new year visit, they have sent their niece [...]

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

Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun’s palace in Edo. Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.

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

Wildflower Girl

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Thirteen-year-old Peggy O’Driscoll, left orphaned and homeless by the Great Famine of the 1840s, leaves Ireland to seek her fortune in America.

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Blue Stone: A Journey through Life

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A large, beautiful blue stone is discovered in a forest. It is cut in half, and one half stays in the forest while the other starts on a long and mystical journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations. It begins as a statue of an elephant, admired by museum goers, and then becomes [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Taiwan » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of [...]

Descriptors: Austria, Biography, Graphic Novel, Iran, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Grandfather’s Journey

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather’s journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Angelina’s Island

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: August 2, 2007

Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.

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

The Color of Home

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Hassan is newly arrived in America and he misses his home in Somalia. Hassan has learned just a few words of English, and his first day at school is very different from back home and lonely. Hassan discovers a way to communicate through art. Hassan tells his story. His teacher invites an interpreter to the [...]

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

Fritz’s Fish

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

Fritz, who longs to have a pet, captures a fish after the river floods his neighborhood, but must decide how long he can keep him in the apartment bathtub.

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