Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him there every day for many years.
Hachiko: The True Story Of A Loyal Dog
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Can You Greet the Whole Wide World?
This book ontroduces young readers to common phrases such as ‘good morning’, ‘thank you’, and ‘please’ in German, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, Zulu, Japanese, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
There’s a Dolphin in the Grand Canal!
Luca, a young Italian boy, is bored until he meets a playful dolphin who takes him on a ride through the Venice waterways
Kisses From Rosa
While her mother is treated for a serious illness, Rosa stays with her aunt and cousin on a farm in the Black Forest.
The Moon Was At A Fiesta
Jealous of the sun, the moon decides to create her own fiesta and celebrates a bit too much.
The Dream Stealer
A village of Russian peasants rebuild their homes on a train to flee an evil wolf, only to be saved by a little girl’s dream and the knowledge of the witch Baba Yaga.
Copper Sun
Two fifteen-year-old girls — one a slave and the other an indentured servant — escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
Gypsy Girl
After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town’s intolerance and find herself a new home and family. Originally published as The Diddakoi.
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up In Siberia
During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the next five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe.
Chloe and the Magic Baton
A special riding baton her uncle brought her from Mexico helps Chloe get through one tough riding competition after another, but when it disappears before the championship she must place her trust in one very stubborn pony.