Theme: Journey

Lucia and the Light

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed

The Pack

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

Bradley, Victor, and Floris live with wild dogs on the dark, forgotten edge of a devastated city. Haunted by memories and abandoned by society, they have learned to survive on their own. But when Floris is kidnapped the others must venture into the unknown to save their friend. It is a dangerous journey–violent gangs walk [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Science Fiction, Scotland (UK), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Are We There Yet?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

Eight-year-old Grace, her parents, and her two brothers embark on a six-month-long journey to tour their country, Australia. Driving around the perimeter of the continent except when they plunge into the Outback to visit places such as Alice Springs and Uluru they drive, swim, hike, enjoy zoos, museums, and tourist sites.

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Oceania » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Half Of An Elephant

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

One night, all of a sudden, the world split in two. An elephant woke up to find that half of him was missing. So he set off to look for it.

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

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta

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

Relates the adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five-thousand-mile journey of discovery through many lands, including Tanzania, China, Russia, and Morocco.

Descriptors: Biography, Morocco, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Comments closed

Lost and Found

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

While trying his best to help a penguin that has shown up at his door, a boy journeys all the way to the South Pole, only to realize that the penguin was never lost.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fiction, Northern Ireland (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Comments closed

Heart of Mine: A Story of Adoption

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

This book offers young readers a gentle story about adoption as two parents explain how their darling daughter, Tu Thi, came into their lives from a country so very far away.

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

Croco’nile

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

Set sail for adventure with Hamut and his sister Nekatu as they stow away on a sailboat, paint a pyramid, win the favor of a pharaoh, and escape their kidnappers on the back of a crocodile.

Descriptors: Africa, Egypt, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed

Temple Cat

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

A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent fashion and travels to the seaside, where she finds genuine affection with a fisherman and his children.

Descriptors: Africa, Egypt, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Comments closed

Free As the Desert Wind

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

A Sudanese boy befriends a young camel while helping his father drive a camel herd to Egypt.

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