Theme: trust

An Elephant in the Garden

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Lizzie and Karl’s mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don’t run wild should the zoo be hit by bombs. The family persuades the zoo director to let Marlene stay in their [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Where I Belong

By Book Importer | Published: May 2, 2011

Master storyteller Cross delivers an exciting new novel set in London and Somalia, which grapples with such issues as identity, trust, and family.

Descriptors: Awards, England (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Rainbow Fish and the Whale

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

Rainbow Fish makes a new friend! Take these rough and tumble tiny books wherever you go! Tuff Books are tear-resistant, easy to clean, and completely safety tested and approved for tiny tuff readers!  

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Primary (ages 6-9), Switzerland » Other Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Noni Says No

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Noni can do many things: she can give her baby brother his bottle, she can help her mother in the kitchen, and she can even walk over to her friend Susiers”s house. But Noni just canrs”t say “no.” When she was very small, it was easy saying “no” to everybody, but now that she has [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

La Diablesse and the Baby

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

Winner of both the Alcuin Society Design Award and the Storytelling World Honor Award, this is the eerie and colorful tale of the legendary creature–half human, half demon–that roams the Caribbean night, and how a brave Grandma outwits it.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti

By Book Importer | Published: May 7, 2010

Without a penny to his name, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors using his tricky ways, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.

Descriptors: Americas, Caribbean, Folklore, Haiti, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Celebrating the Hero

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Camilia Draper, an American teenager still feeling guilt and loss about her mother’s death, travels to her mother’s birthplace in Colombia for a ceremony celebrating her famous grandfather, about whom she will learn some disquieting and revelatory facts.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Latin America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Maphead

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

MapHead, a twelve year old from a parallel world, who can flash any map across his head but cannot quite grasp human language, comes to meet his human mother, and by searching for her, he discovers himself.

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

Being Bee

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Bee can’t understand what her father sees in Jazzi. Ever since Bee’s mom died, she, her dad, and her two guinea pigs, Fifi and Lulu, have been getting along just fine. Now Bee is supposed to welcome Jazzi, with her bangled skirts and her rock-hard scones and her new way of looking at everything. Imagine [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Alert!

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Tobias is a very special mole. He collects shiny round pebbles and hides them down in his burrow where they’re safe . When a friend warns him about robbers on the prowl, Tobias begins to worry. Frantically, Tobias moves his stones from one place to another until he discovers, too late, that he has been [...]

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