Theme: relationships

My Abuelita

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2010

Abuelita’s hair is the color of salt. Her face is as crinkled as a dried chile. She booms out words as wild as blossoms blooming. She stuffs her carcacha–her jalopy–with all the things she needs: a plumed snake, a castle, a skeleton, and more. Her grandson knows he has the most amazing grandmother ever–with a [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Early Years (ages 2-6), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Chenxi and the Foreigner

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Love in the time of the Tiananmen Square. Anna never imagined living in such a foreign place. Fresh out of high school, she has joined her father, who works in Shanghai. She’s eager to see China beyond the bicycle-crowded streets between their apartment, her father’s expatriate community and the art school she’s attending. That’s why [...]

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My Family

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

In a lively celebration of families in all their diversity and connections, this full-color photo-essay shows loving families across the world having fun together, eating, working, praying, teaching, learning, playing, and more.

Descriptors: Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), International, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

I Remember Abuelito / Yo recuerdo a Abuelito: A Day of The Dead Story / Un Cuento del Dia de los Muertos (Spanish Edition)

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2010

It’s the Day of the Dead! It’s time to celebrate! In this bilingual book, a young girl is busy helping her family prepare to honor those who have died. First she goes with her mama to the market to buy pan de muerto. Then she lays a path of marigold petals with her papa. But [...]

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Mom and Me

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A picture book collaboration with World Vision that celebrates life the world over!Mom and Me is an affectionate look at the many ways mothers and children relate to and rely upon each other. When nourishment, assistance, instruction, comfort, and special hugs are needed, Mom can offer them in special ways that only their children will [...]

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Changes in Latitudes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Sixteen-year-old Travis is looking for a good time. A vacation in Mexico with his mother, sister, and little brother might cramp his style, but he’s willing to take that risk for a chance to cruise the beaches.Travis soon discovers that even with his headphones and shades, he can’t completely cut himself off from his family’s [...]

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Journey to the River Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil, introduces Maia, an orphan, sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation. As Maia and her kind governess arrive in their new home, they each have secret hopes of adventure–which are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land are obsessed with [...]

Descriptors: Brazil, England (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Life with the Wave

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A classic Diana Wynne Jones gem is available again. “All three [fantasies] overflow with the kind of slapstick humor children love, involving ordinary household objects brought to life by magic.”–”School Library Journal.”

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

You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids Around The World

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

From a festival in India to a bus in Germany, from a park in China to a campfire in Australia, loving moms, dads, and kids share their lives.

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