Theme: Money

Beneath My Mother’s Feet

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

“Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not.” Nazia doesn’t mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, [...]

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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Gingerbread

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

One day, a kindly neighbor gave Snipp, Snapp and Snurr some money to spend. They went straight to the bakery to buy some gingerbread–and fell right into the batter!

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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

One day, Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr decided to buy their mother the perfect birthday present–a pair of red shoes. So they set out to earn some money. Things did not go exactly as planned, but in the end, Mother was very surprised!

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I Am A Taxi

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

For twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is the San Sebastian Women’s Prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of the government’s war on drugs. Diego’s adjusted to his new life. His parents are locked up, but he can come and go: [...]

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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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My Rows and Piles of Coins

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How happy he will be when he can help his mother carry heavy loads to market on his very own bicycle–and how disappointed he is to discover that he hasn’t saved nearly enough!
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So Loud A Silence

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Accustomed to his impoverished life in Bogota, Colombia, Juan Guillermo resents his family and is delighted when a visit to his wealthy grandmother introduces him to the comforts of money, but he learns a savage truth that puts his family in danger.

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The Whole Sky Full Of Stars

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Barry can punch anyone hard enough to make them see a whole sky full of stars, though that’s not really his style. Barry and Alby have been friends since the first grade. They’ve always protected one another.When Barry’s pop dies, times are tough and the only thing Barry has of value is his dad’s 1964 [...]

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Pascual’s Magic Pictures

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Having saved enough money to buy a disposable camera, Pascual goes into the Guatemalan jungle to take pictures of monkeys, but the results are not what he expected.

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Max & Maddy And The Chocolate Money Mystery (Max & Maddy)

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Max and Maddy Twist have a flair for solving crimes. Their parents once ran a thriving detective agency—until the notorious Professor Claude Sardine shut them down. But now Max and Maddy are ready to pick up where their parents left off. When a Swiss businessman asks for their help in catching a bank robber, Max and [...]

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