Theme: turtle

Dancing Turtle: A Folktale From Brazil

By Book Importer | Published: July 5, 2011

After being caught by a hunter, a clever turtle uses her wits and her talent playing the flute to trick the hunter’s children into helping her escape.

Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

I Feel a Foot!

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Between two trees, high above grass and ground, Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Buck are sleeping in a hammock. Suddenly, Turtle opens his eyes. ‘Hey,’ he whispers. ‘Do you hear what I hear?’”  Each animal’s imagination runs wild with what wild creature may be making the sound they all hear. Is it a giant turtle? [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Netherlands, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Hajime in the North Woods

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Baby Hajime spends a night talking and laughing with the animals in the North Woods but chooses to return to his parents in the morning.

Descriptors: Asia, Fantasy, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Tiger and Turtle

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Tiger says he saw the flower first, but Turtle disagrees. Through pages of glorious color, Tiger and Turtle continue their argument. They’re worthy opponents as a tiger’s claws could not harm a turtle’s shell any more than a turtle’s feet could outrun a tiger’s.  

Descriptors: Fantasy, India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Rabbit and the Dragon King

By Book Importer | Published: February 23, 2011

Thanks to a quick-witted rabbit and a seaworthy turtle, an ill dragon king regains his desire to live. This is one of the most popular folktales in Korea.

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

The Turtle and the Two Ducks: Animal Fables Retold from La Fontaine

By Book Importer | Published: May 28, 2010

The fables of La Fontaine are one of the great treasures of French literature. Based on Aesop’s legendary tales, La Fontaine’s stories capture the charm, the humor, and the wisdom of the seventeenth century. This book offers prose adaptations of the fables of La Fontaine’s most beloved poems.

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

Remembering Crystal

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

Crystal had lived in the garden for many years and she was growing old–Zelda was just starting out in life and though she was young, she and Crystal were best friends, but one day Crystal was not in the garden, she had died; in this gentle, beautifully illustrated story, children learn, with Zelda, that true [...]

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

Anansi’s Party Time

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Anansi is throwing a party. He invites Turtle, but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle can’t have any fun. So turtle decides to get even and throws a part of his own.

Descriptors: Africa, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Race of the Century

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tom Tortoise challenges Flash Harry Hare, But while Flash Harry gets distracted signing autographs for his adoring fans, stopping for photo ops, and snacking, Tom Tortoise keeps going, slowly and steadily, to win the race.

Descriptors: Africa, Fantasy, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Three Questions

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

Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: “When is the best time to do things?” “Who is the most important?” and “What is the right thing to do?”

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