Theme: Sun

Going Home (Trophy Picture Books)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

On the heels of their Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, Eve Bunting and David Diaz have created a dazzling new picture book that glows with holiday joy and the spirit of Mexico. Carlos and his family are going home for Christmas—across the border from California to Mexico. Mama and Papa are excited, but Carlos and his [...]

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Mokie And Bik

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

From Mokie & Bik:Mokie and Bik lived on a boat called Bullfrog. They lived in it, on it, all around it—monkeying up ladders and down ropes, over the wheelhouse and across the cabin floor. “Twins!” their mother shouted, because the lines of her Art jiggled and jarred when Mokie and Bik played bumpboats. “Get out [...]

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Remember World War Ii: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories (Remember)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Mother, they’re here.The Nazis are here!”It was march 15, 1939. The place was Plzen, Czechoslovakia. The life of 15-year-old Jirina Zizkovska, like the lives of millions of people across Europe and around the world, war was about to change — never to be the same. In Remember World War II you will experience the war [...]

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The Girl Who Saw Lions (Neal Porter Books)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“BE STRONG MY ABELA.”  Orphaned by AIDS in Africa, Abela has a long journey ahead.When Abela’s mother dies of Aids in their African village, she is left to face the lions of the world. Lions like her Uncle Thomas who has plans to sell her in Europe. Lions like his bitter white wife, whom he [...]

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Lucia and the Light

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.

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

Welcome Back Sun

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

During ‘murketiden,’ the dark months between September and March, a Norwegian girl and her family try to hasten the arrival of spring.

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An African In Greenland

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

A native of Africa, the author recounts how a picture book about Greenland inspired him to embark on a life-changing journey that would last for ten years, leading him ultimately to Greenland. Includes photos.

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

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

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

An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.

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