Theme: Wildlife conservation

Can We Save the Tiger?

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

The team behind the award-winning APE returns with an inspiring look at a range of endangered species sure to engage every child who loves animals. Tigers are pretty special and so are ground iguanas and partula snails and even white-rumped vultures. But these and many other animals are in danger of disappearing altogether, joining the [...]

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Dorje’s Stripes

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Dorje is a beautiful Royal Bengal tiger but he has no stripes. In a small Buddhist monastery in Tibet, Master Wu explains the reasons behind Dorjes missing stripes, and offers hope for the future.

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African Animals

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

 
The continent of Africa is home to an amazing variety of wildlife.
Zebras, hippos, lions, and many other animals roam its vast open grasslands. Other species, such as gorillas and snakes, inhabit its warm tropical forests. And a few other types of animals, including camels and foxes, can even survive in Africa’s and desert regions.
Filled with [...]

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Operation Siberian Crane: The Story Behind the International Efforts to Save an Amazing Bird

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

This book describes the cooperative effort by scientists in the Soviet Union and the United States to save the Siberian crane, with the support and aid of conservationists from other nations.

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

Lydia, Queen Of Palestine

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

Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents’ divorce amid the chaos of the war, and her life on a kibbutz in Palestine. Based on the life of the Israeli poet Arianna Haran.

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The Hidden Children

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

Twenty-five Holocaust survivors who spent the war years as children hiding from the Nazis–from those shielded by courageous strangers to those given refuge in convents and orphanages–share their memories.

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Tagged » Comments closed

The Hummingbirds’ Gift

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

When Consuelo saves the hummingbirds’ lives they, in return, show her how to save her family from the drought. With straw weavings by Juliana Reyes de Silva and Juan Hilario Silva.

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Little Sap And Monsieur Rodin

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

In the early 1900s, little Sap, a young girl from the rice fields of Cambodia, wins a coveted place in the royal dance troupe and learns the steps so well that she is noticed by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, who rewards her with a special prize.

Descriptors: Asia, Cambodia, Historical Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Tagged » Comments closed

The Bears’ Famous Invasion Of Sicily

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

In search of food, Leander, King of the Bears, leads his subjects from their safe caves in the mountains of Sicily to the valley where they triumph over many enemies.

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Wash Your Hands!

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

When the little princess hears about the germs and nasties living all around her, she understands the importance of washing her hands a lot.

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