Theme: Travel

Town Mouse Country Mouse

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A town mouse and a country mouse exchange visits and discover each is suited to his own home. Peep-holes in some of the pages allow the reader to guess at what happens next.

Descriptors: Australia, Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

How the Ant Family Came to Hawaii

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A family of ants goes on the adventure of a lifetime as they float across the Pacific Ocean and discover a new home.

Descriptors: Fiction, Hawaii, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Jazz Age Josephine

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made her famous. She even had a pet leopard in Paris! From bestselling children’s biographer Jonah Winter and two-time Caldecott [...]

Descriptors: Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Rhymes/songs » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Kokeshi: Aoki

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2012

Meet Aoki! She may be the smallest Kokeshi, but Aoki’s infectious enthusiasm can make anyone laugh. On her whirlwind trip to Tokyo, she will ride a high-speed train, dance under cherry blossom trees, and visit a zen garden. With sneak-peek flaps, fun die-cuts, and lavish gatefolds, this interactive exploration will enchant Kokeshi fans of all [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Japan, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Kokeshi: Yumi

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2012

Meet Yumi! Clever and ready for adventure, Yumi can’t wait to play with her friends at Kimi’s costume party, and you can help her get ready! Complete with peekaboo flaps, charming die-cuts, and extravagant gatefolds, discovering a whole new world has never been so much fun.

Descriptors: Asia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Japan, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

It’s A Wonderful Life

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

What a pity excue for a holiday! While her friends party in Europe, Anna- a Dutch seventeen year old- is sent to her uncle who lives ina tiny town in Pennsylvania.  Bakerton: two streets, a church, a diner, two undertakers and a steamtrain that spills out a bunch of tourists on a daily basis. How [...]

Descriptors: Denmark, Europe, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Photojournalist Dan Eldon left behind much more than the astonishing illustrated journals that would form The Journey is the Destination when he lost his life at age twenty-two while on assignment in Somalia. He also bequeathed a life story that has inspired students, teachers, artists, and creative activists—as well as a forthcoming film, an apparel [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Kenya, Somalia » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Around The World

By Book Importer | Published: November 3, 2011

As the nineteenth century wound down, a public inspired by Jules Verne’s novel Around the world in Eighty Days clamored for intrepid adventure.  The challenge of circumnavigating the globe as no one ever had before attracted toe fearless in droves.  Three hardy spirits stayed the course.  In 1884, former miner Thomas Stevens made the journey [...]

Descriptors: Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment

Chronicles of the Red King: The Secret Kingdom

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Timoken is a prince born in a secret kingdom. At his birth, a forest jinni bestows magical gifts upon him: a cloak made by the last moon spider and a potion called Alixir. When the peaceful land is attacked, Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, must find a new kingdom to call home. Together, with only [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Orani: My Father’s Village

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town’s cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America while she took in all the simple joys and pleasures of [...]

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