Theme: overcome

Atariba and Niguayona: A story from the Taino People of Puerto Rico (Tales Of The Americas.) (Spanish Edition)

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

A Taino Indian legend about a young boy and his search for the healing caimoni tree.

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

Los tres naufragos (Spanish Edition)

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

An old marine turtle that has to return to the beach where she was born to deposit her eggs, perhaps for the last time, a young, immature pelican that falls into an oil slick at sea, and a tricky cat that was thrown into the sea are the three protagonists of this story. They will [...]

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

Doctor Bird: Three Lookin’ Up Tales from Jamaica

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

Doctor Bird is one smart hummingbird! When he sees Mongoose stealing food, he drops a weather goofball on her house and really teaches that thief a lesson. When Mouse’s home is destroyed by a storm, Doctor Bird teaches him to keep his head up. And when Owl plans to crash a party dressed like Doctor [...]

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

La Calle Es Libre

By Book Importer | Published: May 7, 2010

This urban story of caring and self-reliance takes place in a barrio in Caracas where wilderness, open space, and wild animals are threatened by the unstoppable advancement of urban expansion. This is a true story of a community that united to build a park for their children to play.

Descriptors: All Ages, Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Venezuela » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Savage

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novelpairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius ofDave McKean. Blue Baker is writing a story — not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after — a real story, about blood and guts and adventures, because that’s what life’s really like. At least [...]

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

Hansel and Gretel

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch’s cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel and Gretel’s plight feels all the more threatening as they’re plunged into the thick, dark jungle of Isadora’s rich collages.

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

To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Pablo Neruda grew up in the rough and wild frontier town of Temuco, Chile. His father was a railroad man and not inclined to draw out the introspective boy. However, his stepmother, descended from the Mapuche people, was gentle and nurturing and told him stories of Chile’s native people. But in her husband’s presence, she [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Chile, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Tales Of The Monkey King

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The first night I went to work at the shelter, the attendant said, “You know they will not rest.”I stood in the doorway of the dormitory crowded with children. In the dark, the nightmares would come, but rest would not.Empowering Mexico’s vulnerable street children is no easy task when the dangers they face are real [...]

Descriptors: Folklore, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments