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Genre: Fantasy
The Mammoth Academy in Trouble!
Oscar, Arabella, and their friends can’t wait to begin their second termat theMammoth Academy. But when they arrive at school on the first day after winter break, there’s a threatening graffiti message waiting for them. It seems the Cave Skool has moved nearby, and its pupils—those wild and dangerous animals called humans—are wreaking havoc. When [...]
Other Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: bullies, friendships, mammoths, Prehistory, Schools, take actions, team work Leave a comment
Celandine (David Fickling Books)
Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: boarding schools, bullies, friends, sense of belonging Leave a comment
Glint
Ellie and her little brother Danny spend their lonely days making up stories about a young girl in a world of dragons and shape-shifters, a girl as brave and cunning as they would like to be. Five years later Danny disappears. The police have no clues. They fear he is dead, but Ellie knows better. [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: Adventures, braves, friendships, imaginations, kidnap. team work, parallel universes Leave a comment
Fu Finds the Way
When the warrior Chang challenges young Fu to a duel, Fu panics. His only hope is that the Master will train him, just as he’s trained all the young warriors of the village. But instead of teaching Fu to fight, the Master teaches him.to pour tea. Fu learns purpose, flow and patience in the process, [...]
Other Descriptors: China, Hong Kong, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: battles and duels, braves, fears, journeys, methamorphosis, patiences, purposes Leave a comment
The Jungle Grapevine
In his children’s book debut, fine artist Alex Beard brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstandings. When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and [...]
Other Descriptors: Africa, Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: Africa, Africa savanna, Animals, communications, Humor, Peace, rumor and misunderstanding Leave a comment
Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid
Santa’s newest helper is his cousin Pancho, a farmer in South Texas. Back in the day, Pancho was a mariachi singer with a whole lot of style and a fancy sombrero, but as the years passed, Pancho got a little older and a little wider. Then one night his primo Santa Claus showed up looking [...]
Other Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3), United States of America Themes: bilingual, Christmas, mariachi, Santa, Spanish, Texas 2 Comments
Blue Mountain Trouble
After being saved from a disastrous landslide by an extraordinary goat that blocks their usual way to school, twins Pollyread and Jackson, living with their parents high in the mountains of Jamaica, find the strange goat reappearing at crucial intervals as their day-to-day life is changed by series of mysterious events involving the return of [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Jamaica Themes: Brother and sister, Drug, education, Family life, mountain life, mystical creature, twin Leave a comment
A Mama For Owen
Owen the baby hippo and his mama were best friends. They loved to play hide-and-seek on the banks of the Sabaki River in Africa. That was all before the tsunami came and washed Owen’s world away.But after the rain stops, Owen befriends Mzee, a grayish brown tortoise. He plays with him, snuggles with him, and [...]
Other Descriptors: Africa, All Ages, Kenya Themes: Animals, family loss, frienship, journeys, Tsunami Leave a comment
Foo, the Flying Frog of Washtub Pond
For kids of all sizes (and boasting ability), a funny fable about growing pains, the ups and downs of friendship, and the gift of forgiveness.In a cozy, tropical place called Washtub Pond, three web-footed creatures pass carefree days playing and dreaming together. Sue-Lin Salamander, Mao-Mao Mudpuppy, and Foo Frog have been best, samesize friends since [...]
Other Descriptors: Asia, Preschool, Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: Animals, ego, fable, forgiveness, friendships, onomatopoeic sounds, ralationships Leave a comment
Framed