Theme: overcome fears

Two Little Chicks

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

When two little chicks visit the playground for the first time everything looks scary! Take these rough and tumble tiny books wherever you go! Tuff Books are tear-resistant, easy to clean, and completely safety tested and approved for tiny tuff readers!

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

El cumpleaños del San Pedrito

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

Description in Spanish: Es el cumpleaños del San Pedrito y todos en el bosque se ponen de acuerdo para organizarle una fiesta. La alegría se siente en todas las ramas de los árboles; hay música y comida. Pero llega el guaraguao y trata de arruinarlo todo. Sin embargo, la fiesta sigue porque el valiente pitirre [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9), Puerto Rico » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

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.

Descriptors: Guatemala, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Face at the Window

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Dora learns to overcome her fears of a mentally ill woman who lives in her community in this gentle and compassionate story set in contemporary Jamaica, West Indies.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Jamaica, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment