Theme: island

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

Captives

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Martin and his family are enjoying a sun-filled vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island–until they are stopped at gunpoint, blindfolded, and bundled into a truck that heads for the dense forest of the island’s interior. Pushed to their physical and emotional limits as they are forced deeper into the wild terrain, the hostages come to [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Day the Stones Walked

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Pico’s father isn’t like the other fathers on Easter Island. Instead of building boats or hunting octopus, he sculpts the giant stone figures that he believes, in times of trouble, will rise and walk. Impossible, thinks Pico, until the Great Wave crashes into the island and Pico experiences firsthand the wonder of the stones. In [...]

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

Thumbelina Of Toulaba

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

This retelling of the H. C. Andersen fairy tale is set on an imaginary island in the Carribean.  A tiny girl is stolen from her loving mother and many siblings, has adventures with a wise caiman, an injured bird of paradise, and other exotic creatures, and learns how to say no while fending off suitors. [...]

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

Island Summer

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

Summer transforms a quiet island as visitors arrive for swimming, playing on the beach, card games, soccer, hide-and-seek, and dancing in the evening.

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

The Grandchildren of the Vikings

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

This book shows the daily lives of children in five areas settled by the Vikings.

Descriptors: Denmark, Europe, Finland, Iceland, Nonfiction, Norway, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia, Sweden » Other Themes: , , , , » Comments closed