Theme: hunting

Little Devils

By Book Importer | Published: February 7, 2012

Robert J. Blake shines a light on a little-known animal.Burnie, Winnie and Big Stanley are three Tasmanian devil pups growing up in the wild. Along with their mother, they make one happy family. Since the pups are still so small, Mum does all the hunting. But one night, Mum doesnt come home and the pups [...]

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Kojuro and the Bears

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011

A bear hunter finds his destiny in the hills of Mt. Nametoko.

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Night of the White Stag

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

On Christmas Eve, a young boy enters an ice-webbed forest, where he encounters an old blind man who is hunting the wonderous and elusive white stag.

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The Butterfly Hunt

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

A boy pursues and captures elusive butterflies but decides that it is more fun to carry home his memories than a trophy.

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Dorje’s Stripes

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Dorje is a beautiful Royal Bengal tiger but he has no stripes. In a small Buddhist monastery in Tibet, Master Wu explains the reasons behind Dorjes missing stripes, and offers hope for the future.

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

The Inferior

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

STOPMOUTH AND HIS family know of no other life than the daily battle to survive. To live, they must hunt rival species, or negotiate flesh-trade with those who crave meat of the freshest human kind. It is a savage, desperate existence. And for Stopmouth, considered slowwitted hunt-fodder by his tribe, the future looks especially bleak. [...]

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The Outfoxed Fox

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

A proud old fox scorns a youngster’s simple plan for stopping the hunter who has grown skillful at killing foxes, but when he sets out to handle the problem himself, he runs into trouble.

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Jojofu

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

A young man is saved from death three times by the keen senses of his faithful hunting dog. Based on an old Japanese tale.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

The Hunter

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

After being separated from her grandfather in the forest, a young African girl sees elephant poaching firsthand when she rescues a baby elephant whose mother has been killed by hunters.

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