In 1943, five-year-old Margrit was separated from her mother, father, and siblings and sent to a farm in Bavaria to escape the bombing in the big city of Hamburg.
Age
Catalog sorted by age group
Bare Hands
A boy confronts his mother’s suitor on New Year’s Eve when the boy kills the man’s duck and, in a fit of anger, the man kills the boy’s dog.
Marta And The Bicycle
After Marta the cow watches the annual bicycle race go through her town, she decides to build her own bicycle and teach herself to ride.
Sing, Nightingale, Sing!
Includes details about sixty different birds, such as their plumage, biology, and behaviour, and is accompanied by a CD with piano music and the songs of each of the birds featured in the book. Music by Daniel Goyone.
Masai and I
A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would be if she had been born a Masai. Comparing her life and theirs, she learns that she has a spiritual and even physical kinship with them.
Good Night, Alfie Atkins
When Alfie refuses to go to bed, his father tries to help him fall asleep by reading him a book, getting him a drink of water, and looking for his teddy bear.
Dream Freedom
Examines the modern day problem of slavery in Sudan while telling the story of how a group of American students fought to get this problem known and raise funds to help free those Dinka and Nuba tribe members already captured and working there.
Welcome Back Sun
During ‘murketiden,’ the dark months between September and March, a Norwegian girl and her family try to hasten the arrival of spring.
Colibri
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
Moominvalley In November
Winter’s approach brings six friends together in Moominvalley where, in the Moomins’ absence, they must visit with each other.