A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
Hiroshima: A Novella
Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
A Single Shard
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters’ village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Sagumpari Han Chogak: A Single Shard (Korean Edition Vol. 2)
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters’ village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. (This book is entirely in Korean).
Sagumpari Han Chogak: A Single Shard (Korean Edition Vol. 1)
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters’ village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. (This book is entirely in Korean).
The Ghost Fox
While his father is away from their Chinese village, Little Lee fights to save his mother’s soul from an evil fox creature that has assumed human form.
The Kite Fighters
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup’s kite-making skill in an attempt to attract the notice of Korea’s young king, who chooses Young-sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite-flying competition.
Anno’s Magic Seeds
A wizard gives Jack two magic seeds with the instructions to eat one, which will feed him for one full year, and plant the other, which will produce two more seeds and allow the cycle to continue, but Jack has his own idea.
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Simple text and pictures combine to present a fascinating and fun lesson demonstrating the mathematical concept of factorials.
Anno’s Math Games
Through lively pictures and intriguing puzzles and games, Anno takes young children on a fun-filled journey through basic mathematical concepts, showing how skills are used every day.