Theme: India

The Cooking of India

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

This book introduces the different culinary regions of India and presents many kinds of recipes for traditional Indian dishes.

Descriptors: India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Vasco da Gama: Quest for the Spice Trade

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011

Each colorful book in this series describes what an explorer’s life was really like on an expedition, from what they wore to what they ate, and includes colorful maps and images showing the areas explored; a look at the political climates of various countries that made explorers venture out into the unknown; and an examination [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Portugal » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Grand Plan To Fix Everything

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Eleven-year old Dini loves movies—watching them, reading about them, trying to write her own—especially Bollywood movies. But when her mother tells her some big news, it does not at all jive with the script of her life she has in mind. Her family is moving to India…and, not even to Bombay, which is the center [...]

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Hot, Hot Roti For Dada-Ji

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Aneel s grandparents have come to stay, all the way from India. Aneel loves the sweet smell of his grandmother s incense, and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tells the world s best stories. When he was a boy, adventurous, energetic Dada-ji had the power of a tiger. Hunh-ji! Yes, sir! He could shake mangoes off trees [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), India, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Saraswati’s Way

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Leaving his village in rural India to find a better education, mathematically gifted, twelve-year-old Akash ends up at the New Delhi train station, where he relies on Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, to guide him as he negotiates life on the street, resists the temptations of easy money, and learns whom he can trust. [...]

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

Rama and Sita

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

“Rama and Sita” is an exciting children’s retelling of the epic story known throughout India and Southeast Asia. Rama marries beautiful Sita, but Ravana, the 10-headed, 20-armed Demon King, falls in love with her, too. He captures her and takes her in his chariot to the Demon Kingdom, Lanka. Rama has to find a way [...]

Descriptors: Awards, Folklore, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Mountain gorillas are playful, curious, beautiful, and fiercely protective of their families. They are also one of the most endangered species in the world. For many years, mountain gorillas have faced the threat of t death at the hands of poachers. Funds raised by “gorilla tourism”––bringing people into the forest to see these majestic animals––have [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Rwanda, Uganda » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Bindi Babes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Meet Amber, Jazz, and Geena Dhillon—a.k.a. the Bindi Babes. They’re three fabulous sisters with a reputation for being the coolest, best-dressed girls at their school. But their classmates don’t know that the Dhillon sisters work extra hard to look perfect and together to all of their friends . . . while privately trying not to [...]

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To Market! To Market!

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Ravishankar’s pacing is flawless, her rhymes contagious . . . readers and listeners are likely to demand repeated readings, and will discover additional delightful layers of meaning each time.”-Children’s Literature “Ravishankar’s quirky, rhythmic verse becomes a graphic, narrative force in itself, physically wrapping itself around images, becoming characters, taking falls, and generally slithering and dithering [...]

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The Silver Donkey

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

From extraordinary novelist Sonya Hartnett comes a gently told fable of a lost soldier, heroic children, and a steadfast donkey.One morning in the woods of World War I France, two young sisters stumble upon an astonishing find — a soldier, temporarily blinded by war, who has walked away from battle longing to see his gravely [...]

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