Theme: School and teachers

The Cats In Krasinski Square

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

Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall.

Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland » Other Themes: » Comments closed

If You Could Be My Friend: Letters Of Mervet Akram Sha’ban And Galit Fink

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

Contains the correspondence between two girls, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, from 1988 until their meeting in 1991 and includes a brief history of their two peoples. First translated by Ariane Elbaz (Hebr.) and Beatrice Khadige (Arab.).

Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Israel, Nonfiction » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Turning

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

When sixteen-year-old Ben Larsson is forced to move to London with his estranged father after his mother’s death, unexplained events begin to happen and an ancient force begins to lure him into nearby woods.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

I Lost My Dad

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

A small boy loses his Dad while browsing in the toy section of a department store.

Descriptors: Asia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Fiction, Japan, Picture Book » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Taniwha

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

A little boy has made friends with the taniwha in his river, but no one believes him. The taniwha takes the boy on a journey through time and myth where he meets some amazing characters, gathering the earth’s treasures as he goes.

Descriptors: Folklore, New Zealand, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed