When a giant tsunami approaches his village, seven-year-old Dinakaran is saved by the family dog. Based on a true story; includes facts about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
Diego
Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Orange Pear Apple Bear
 Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.
Who Was Anne Frank?
Illustrated biography about Anne Frank and her world.
Seesaw Girl
Jade Blossom can never go beyond her family’s Inner court. Every girl from a good family in seventeenth-century Korea must stay at home and learn to sew and work in the kitchen to prepare her for her future life in her husband’s Inner Court. Jade has other interests. She longs to take trips to the mountains and the marketplace. Jade won’t stop thinking about the world beyond the high walls of her home.
Secret Letters From 0 To 10
Ten-year-old Ernest lives a boring existence in Paris with his grandmother until a lively girl named Victoria enters his class at school.
The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
Riley is born happy, and in his short life, is never anything else. Human beings, on the other hand, are never happy. They want to be someone else, somewhere else, looking like something else.
When I Was Little Like You
Mary Malbunka shares her stories of playing with friends, building cubby houses, climbing trees, collecting sugar bag digging for honey ants, hunting for lizards, and learning about the seasons, animals and plants, she creates a vivid picture of a truly Australian childhood in which country-ngurra-is life itself.
The Lion’s Share : A Somali Folktale
The Lion’s Share is one of the most widely known animal fables throughout Somalia. It is told for entertainment but also for its wisdom about the misuse of power. At different times in history the folktale was retold in poems, songs, and other prose.
Half a World Away
When Louie’s best friend Amy moves to the other side of the world, Louie must find a way to reconnect with her.