ICCAL » Poetry and rhyme http://wowlit.org/catalog Browse our collection of literature Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Colors! Colores! http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888998637/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888998637/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:01:03 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888998637/ Noted Mexican poet Jorge Luján and South Africa’s illustrious illustrator Piet Grobler have teamed up again to produce this exquisite celebration of color. As day turns into night, young readers see fleeting, evocative glimpses of the qualities inherent in a range of colors. An antelope and a group of children are pictured inhabiting this delicate world. This bilingual book presents a gorgeous vision of a planet in which nature, words, and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888998637/feed/ 0 Bhangra Babes http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733182/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733182/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780385733182/ As their auntie’s wedding day approaches, the Indian-British Dhillon sisters try to rescue her from her fianc

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780385733182/feed/ 0 More Russian Picture Tales http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780486225999/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780486225999/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780486225999/ Retells ten traditional folk tales about the animals and peasants of the Russian countryside.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780486225999/feed/ 0 Do You Know Me http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531054741/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531054741/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780531054741/ Although he is continually getting into trouble, Tapiwa’s uncle becomes her best friend when he comes from Mozambique to live with her family in Harare, Zimbabwe.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531054741/feed/ 0 Beneath The Stone: A Mexican Zapotec Tale http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531068359/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531068359/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780531068359/ The customs and daily life of the small village of Oaxaca, Mexico, are shown through the eyes of a six-year-old Zapotec Indian boy.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780531068359/feed/ 0 Celebrate! In Southeast Asia http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688134884/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688134884/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780688134884/ Describes a variety of holiday celebrations in Southeast Asia, including Thailand’s Elephant Round-Up, Singapore’s Moon Cake Festival, and the Vietnamese New Year.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688134884/feed/ 0 The Night Of The Fireflies http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781563977251/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781563977251/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9781563977251/ Toshio takes his sister, Miko, through the woods to the river, where they join other children in capturing fireflies and placing them in lanterns.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781563977251/feed/ 0 A Handful Of Time http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780140322682/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780140322682/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9780140322682/ After winding an old watch, Patricia is suddenly transported back in time where she meets her mother as a young girl and uncovers a deep-rooted secret.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780140322682/feed/ 0 On The Road http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781929132706/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781929132706/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:08:48 +0000 Kathy G. Short http://wowlit.org/2007/03/14/9781929132706/ A mother and her two children load up the car and travel to the sea passing many other types of vehicles on their journey.

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