Theme: respect

My Name Is Elizabeth!

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

Elizabeth has an excellent pet duck, a loving granddad and a first name that’s just awesome. After all, she’s got a queen named after her! So she’s really not amused when people insist on using nicknames like “Lizzy” and “Beth.” She bears her frustration in silence until an otherwise ordinary autumn day, when she discovers [...]

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Flix

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Flix, a dog born to cat parents, finds himself able to exist in two cultures, marries a cat, and campaigns for mutual respect between cats and dogs.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Mama and Me

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

A girl and her mother spend a day together gardening, making cookies, and visiting a neighbor. Includes Spanish words interspersed in the text.

Descriptors: Americas, Early Years (ages 2-6), Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Morning Girl

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl’s last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » 9 Comments

The Secret Footprints

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

The Dominican legend of the ciguapas, creatures who lived in underwater caves and whose feet were on backward so that humans couldn’t follow their footprints, is reinvented by renowned author Julia Alvarez. Although the ciguapas fear humans, Guapa, a bold and brave ciguapa, can’t help but be curious–especially about a boy she sees on the [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Ransom for a River Dolphin

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Finding a seriously hurt dolphin in the Amazon near her small Colombian village and suspecting her stepfather of having wounded it, Carmenza nurses it back to health and turns to the wise old Indian Omar to appease its spirit.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Exhausted from his labors, a man chopping down a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest puts down his ax, and, as he sleeps, the animals who live in the tree plead with him not to destroy their world. “This modern fable with its urgent message contains an abundance of information.”–The Horn Book

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The Deliverance of Dancing Bears

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

A poor man spends all his money to free two mistreated dancing bears, and in doing so reminds the onlookers that the dignity of all living creatures must be respected.

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