Theme: Rescue

I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

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

The author, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz as a teenager, describes her terrible experiences as one of the camp’s few adolescent inmates and the miraculous twists of fates that enabled her to survive.

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Hungary, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Night Of Las Posadas

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

At the annual celebration of Las Posadas in old Santa Fe, the husband and wife slated to play Mary and Joseph are delayed by car trouble, but a mysterious couple seems perfect for the part.

Descriptors: Americas, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Chingis Khan

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

A biography of the Mongol leader and military strategist who, at the height of his power, was supreme master of the largest empire ever created in the lifetime of one man.

Descriptors: Asia, Biography, Mongolia, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Seven Chinese Sisters

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

When a dragon snatches the youngest of seven talented Chinese sisters, the other six come to her rescue, in a delightfully illustrated update of a classic Chinese folktale.

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Jojofu

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

A young man is saved from death three times by the keen senses of his faithful hunting dog. Based on an old Japanese tale.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika

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

A mouse who runs away with gypsies to learn to play the balalaika returns home just in time to save his family.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed

The Wolfhound

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

Pavel saves the life of the enormous dog he finds half-frozen in the snow, but since only nobles and dukes and the tsar himself keep wolfhounds, Pavel fears he will be punished for stealing.

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The Boy Who Held Back the Sea

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

By blocking a leaking hole in the dike, a young boy saves his town from destruction.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Netherlands, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed

Father, May I Come?

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

In 1687 young Sietze Hemmes sets in motion the rescue of a floundering ship off the coast of a Dutch island in the North Sea, and three hundred years later similar rescues are still taking place.

Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Netherlands, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Armien’s Fishing Trip

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

While visiting his aunt and uncle in the little South African village of Kalk Bay, Armien stows away in his uncle’s fishing boat and becomes an unexpected hero.

Descriptors: Africa, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), South Africa » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed