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Mamá Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury
This lovely compendium includes lullabies, finger games, lap games, sayings, nursery rhymes, jump-rope songs, proverbs, riddles, tall tales, a ballad, birthday songs, and Christmas carols. The format is spacious, with lots of room for both the Spanish and English text and clear, charming watercolor cartoon illustrations that vary from spreads to small insets.
Half Of An Elephant
One night, all of a sudden, the world split in two. An elephant woke up to find that half of him was missing. So he set off to look for it.
The Diary of Ma Yan
Ma Yan’s heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling in a drought-stricken corner of rural China.
Featured in WOW Review Volume X, Issue 4.
The Mirror Of Fire Dreaming : The Brotherhoold Of The Conch : Book II
As twelve-year-old Anand continues his studies to become a full-fledged member of The Brotherhood of the conch, he journeys back to Moghul times, where he encounters powerful sorcerors, spoiled princes, noble warriors, and evil jinns.
Sold
Lakshmi is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Lakshmi’s stepfather sells her into prostitution in India. She is told that she has to stay in the prostitution until she pays off her family debt. Lakshmi forms friendships with other girls that enable her to survive in the terrifying new world.
The Killing Sea
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Achnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb on the island, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.
Across The Nightingale Floor: Journey To Inuyama
Lord Otori, Takeo, and Takeo’s new teacher Kenji meet Kaede who was chosen as the future Lady Otori by a group of political partners. Takeo is still trying to come to terms with knowing that he is one of the Tribe—a group of mysterious, ninja-like assassins. When Takeo and Kaede first meet, they get attracted to each other.
I Remember Bosnia
Bosnia earns independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1992. Since then the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims living there have been fighting. Life in Bosnia is described.
Waiting for Gregory
A young girl eagerly awaits the birth of her baby cousin, while growing more and more confused by the way her relatives answer her questions.