Theme: promise

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.

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Clementine

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

Once there was a little snail who loved everything round-hoops and wheels and balls and balloons and, most of all, the moon. Oh, how she longed to glide gently over the moonrs”s surface, around and around and around. And so she made a daring decision-shers”d find a way to fly to the moon! This is [...]

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Rumpelstiltskin

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

When the king charges the miller’s beautififul daughter with spinning straw into gold she makes an ill-advised deal with the cunning Rumpelstiltskin.

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Hamelin town has a plague of rats, and if something isn’t done soon, everyone will starve. The people vow to give up everything to rid the town of the rats. And so the help of the Pied Piper is enlisted to dispose of the nasty pests. He plays a sweet tune and the rats, dancing, [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Folklore, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2010

Greg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. Told in the voice of Korphe’s children, this story illuminates [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Nonfiction, Pakistan, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » 3 Comments

A Promise Is a Promise

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Bruno the marmot hibernates all winter, and upon waking in the spring, he discovers the most beautiful dandelion outside his burrow. The two quickly become friends, playing together every day. But when summer comes, the dandelion asks Bruno to trust her, so he obliges her request to blow her seeds away into the wind. Devastated [...]

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Iguana Beach

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Little Reina persuades her mother to let her go to the beach with her uncle and cousins, but she has to promise to not go near the waves. It becomes intolerable for her to keep that promise as her cousins frolic in the water–and then she finds a solution to her problem.

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Divali Rose

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. He’s also waiting for two special rosebuds to bloom. The buds are on the bush that his grandfather had planted in the front yard. His grandfather promises that the roses will be the color of Divali.
One morning, on his way to school, Ricki bends [...]

Descriptors: Database, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Trinidad and Tobago » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Tadpole’s Promise

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

When a caterpillar meets her perfect love, a tadpole, she begs him never to change, but their relationship is doomed.

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