Theme: Sisters and brothers

I’ll Sing You One-O

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

Reunited with her long-lost twin brother, twelve-year-old Gemma constantly tests the boundaries of acceptable behavior while relying on angels to help her connect with her new family.

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Tajikistan

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

As part of the series Cultures of the World, this title covers the geography, history, government, economy, environment, peoples, arts, cultures and languages of the country of Tajikistan.

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I Am Not Sleepy And I Will Not Go To Bed

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

Charlie helps Lola get ready for bed, despite the tigers, whales, and other animals that serve as obstacles.

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Untamed: Animals Around The World

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

Presents the diversity and beauty of wild animals around the world, their habitats, their behavior, and the ways in which they care for their young, as well as the dangers that they face from both man and nature. Drawings by Emmanuelle Zicot.

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City At Night

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

Celebrates the night worker in the big city, focusing mainly on Toronto, and the active night life that occurs there.

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Adeline’s Dream Adeline’s Dream

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

When Linna, 12, moves from Germany with her mother and brother to Canada where her father has been working, she fears that she will be forced to give up her dream of becoming an opera singer.

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China Under Communism

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

This history of modern China covers the origins, founding, and development of the country’s Communist regime and examines the forces that are pushing the country–nuclear power and the home of a fifth of the world’s population–toward change.

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