Theme: Travel

The Greatest Show off Earth

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.

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

Maddigan’s Fantasia

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When twelve-year-old Garland Maddigan asks Timon and Eden where they have come from, she is overwhelmed by their answer: the future.In a post-apocalyptic time, Garland’s family’s traveling circus troop, Maddigan’s Fantasia, leaves the city of Solis once a year to perform and earn a living. However, this year Solis has given the Fantasia the crucial [...]

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Someday When My Cat Can Talk

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In a little girl’s fantasy, her cat sneaks away, hops a ship, and sails off to Europe! And someday, when he can talk, he’ll tell her all about the amazing things he discovered there like whether or not British cats drink tea and how he strutted down the runway in a Paris fashion show.

Descriptors: Austria, England (UK), France, Greece, International, Italy, Netherlands, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Roots and Wings

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

GRACE’S GRANDMOTHER HAS died, and she and her mother must travel back to the Cambodian community to give her a proper Cambodian funeral. But Grace wants to use the trip to solve a few mysteries, like who her father was, why her mother and grandmother moved from St. Petersburg to Pennsylvania, where they’re the only [...]

Descriptors: Cambodia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Vasco: Leader of the Tribe

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

LIKE ALL THE RATS in his tribe, Vasco loves nothing more than to scurry around the harbor in search of discarded fish. But one day he discovers that the members of his tribe have died under mysterious circumstances. Now Vasco is alone until he reluctantly joins some fearsome rats who live deep in the sewers. [...]

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

On the Pampas

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

An account of a little girl’s idyllic summer at her grandparents’ ranch on the pampas of Argentina.

Descriptors: Argentina, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment

Grandfather’s Journey

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather’s journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Once upon a Full Moon

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Elizabeth Quan’s father had made a success in the New World, but he longed for his home in China. So in the early 1920’s, he and his family set out on an arduous trip to the far side of the world. By train, ship, ferry, cart, and on foot, Elizabeth, her parents, and her brothers [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Canada, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Are We There Yet?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

Eight-year-old Grace, her parents, and her two brothers embark on a six-month-long journey to tour their country, Australia. Driving around the perimeter of the continent except when they plunge into the Outback to visit places such as Alice Springs and Uluru they drive, swim, hike, enjoy zoos, museums, and tourist sites.

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

Zorah’s Magic Carpet

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

A Moroccan woman’s magic carpet takes her to far away places, which provide inspiration for her to create other beautiful carpets.

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