Theme: Pets

My Cat Isis

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Isis was one of 1500 gods and goddesses worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians. My Isis is the one and only cat in our family. Isis wore a beautiful horned headdress to show that cattle were important in Egyptian life. We make my Isis wear a harness and leash because squirrels are important in nature. [...]

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If I Had a Dog

By Book Importer | Published: April 30, 2011

Six-year-old Maxine is dog crazy. She draws dogs, she has dogs on her T-shirts, she even drags home neighbors’ dogs in the hopes that her parents will let them stay. On a walk to the park with her big brother, Hugh, Maxine stops every time she sees a dog, hoping for a kiss or a [...]

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Mia’s Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes & Dreams

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

From award-winning picture book artist Michael Foreman comes the uplifting tale of a girl whose search for a lost puppy leads to some wondrous wildflowers — and a magical way to transform her barren village. In a bleak little village in Chile, Papa comes home from his day of selling metal scraps with a wonderful [...]

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Sawdust Carpets

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The Lau family travels to Antigua, Guatemala to visit their cousins. Although the Laus are Chinese and Buddhist, they adore the pageantry of Easter, and Easter in Antigua is exciting, with long, elaborate processions of penitents wreathed in incense and carrying colonial Spanish statues down the cobblestone streets of the city. The best part is [...]

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Moi & Marie Antoinette

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

Sebastien relates the life of Marie Antoinette as she goes from being a teenager devoted to him, her pug dog, to becoming the Queen of France and mother to two children.

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Cal And The Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

With his talking dog, Frankie, as a constant companion, ten-year-old Cal Barraclough investigates his wacky neighbor’s unusual experiments.

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Samir And Yonatan

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

Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy, Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars.
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The Bone Collector’s Son

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

In 1907 Vancouver, Canada, after helping unearth a skeleton to be returned for burial in China, fourteen-year-old Bing experiences strange events that cause him to confront his fear of both ghosts and of his father.

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