Theme: Imagination

Isabel’s House of Butterflies

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Outside her home in Michoacan, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel’s greatest treasure: an oyamel tree. Every autumn, a miracle happens-for Isabel’s tree is the wintering place for thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate from the north. When they flutter down to roost, they transform Isabel’s tree into La casa de las mariposas-The House of [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Mexico, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Bunny Lune

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

A big-city rabbit named Bunny Lune wants more than anything to go to the moon. His friend Pyonko has told him about the Japanese tradition that rabbits live there. How can Bunny Lune manage this incredible trip? Weightlessness makes him feel queasy, and he can’t go for very long without breathing, no matter how hard [...]

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

Into The Woods

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Storm, Aurora, and Anything Eden live in a decaying mansion on the edge of the wilds with their erstwhile father and indolent mother. When an accident leaves them orphaned and at the mercy of the sinister Dr. DeWilde, these three courageous and eccentric sisters are forced to flee into the woods, where they encounter kidnappers, [...]

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

Flamboyan

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

One sunny afternoon while everyone is resting, Flamboyan, a young girl named after the tree whose red blossoms are the same color as her hair, dreamily flies over her Caribbean island home.

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

Markus + Diana

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

A moment of false bravado and some imaginative letters allow shy, anxiety-ridden, thirteen-year-old Markus to connect with a Hollywood star, but when she returns home to Norway she wants to meet the thirty-six-year-old millionaire she believes him to be.  

Descriptors: Europe, Norway, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Comments closed

Glint

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

Ellie and her little brother Danny spend their lonely days making up stories about a young girl in a world of dragons and shape-shifters, a girl as brave and cunning as they would like to be. Five years later Danny disappears. At the same time,  in the world Danny and Ellie imagined, a young girl [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Dexter Bexley And The Big Blue Beastie

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

After running into a big blue beastie with his scooter, Dexster tries to come up with increasingly inventive ideas to keep the beastie from eating him.

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Can You Hear the Sea?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

Sarah loves the magic shell her grandpa gave her. All Sarah can hear are everyday noises. It’s only when Sarah closes her eyes and really lisens that the magic inside is unlocked.  

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Shadow In The North

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

In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Mystery, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

A Is For The Americas

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

An alphabet book that celebrates all of the Americas, from the icy tundra of the Arctic Circle, to the tropical islands of the Caribbean, to the rugged southern plains of Argentina. Also written by Terri de la Pe

Descriptors: Americas, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed