Theme: Human-animal relationship

Calvin Coconut: Man Trip

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

Fourth-grader Calvin flies from Oahu to the big island of Hawaii to go on a deep-sea fishing trip with Ledward, his mother’s boyfriend, and learns to appreciate other living creatures– especially one enormous marlin.

Descriptors: Hawaii, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Desert Elephants

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Each year the desert elephants of Mali, West Africa, travel a 300-mile path to search for water. They peacefully pass through the lands of the Tuareg, Dogon, and Fulani people while following the longest migration route of any elephant in the world.

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

Secret Heart

By Book Importer | Published: August 24, 2011

Living with his mother in a small village on the edge of the suburbs, shy, often inarticulate, Joe Maloney frequently dreams of a beautiful, elusive tiger whose significance begins to be clear after he befriends a young trapeze artist who comes to town with a shabby traveling circus.

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

The King Who Barked: Real Animals Who Ruled

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2010

Could an animal really hold an important office? It’s happened: Incitatus the horse was made a consul in the Roman Empire. He had a marble stable, eighteen servants, and ate oats mixed with flakes of gold. Then there was Saur, a dog declared king during the days of the Vikings, who signed decrees with his [...]

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

Dolphin Song

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Just as Martine is settling into life at Sawubona, the wildlife game reserve, with her grandmother and Jemmy, her white giraffe, she must leave for two weeks on a school trip off the coast of South Africa. What begins as an exciting sea adventure quickly turns perilous when Martine and five of her classmates are [...]

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

The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Every day, eight-year-old Christine’s walk to school takes her past a talking alley cat. Christine stops and feels its warm head beneath her hand, and the cat’s insights invariably give her something to ponder. One day her teacher asks her why she’s always late for school. Frightened, she reveals her secret. Her punishment: she must [...]

Descriptors: Database, Fantasy, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ten Old Men and a Mouse

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The synagogue was once a busy, bustling place, but now only ten old men come to tend it and pray each day. Then one day, a little scritch-scratch betrays the first new member in years: a tiny mouse who has taken up residence among the holy books. Of course, a trap must be set, but [...]

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

Foxspell

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Todd is living a very troubled life, which causes him to be involved with a gang and do poorly at school, but after he buries a dead fox, a fox-spirit offers him the chance to become a fox himself and Todd must decide what is the best thing for him to do in his situation.

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