An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, through the voices of children telling the histories of various walls in their communities from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
Girl From The Snow Country
Playing in the snow, Mi-chan forms small rabbits using leaves for ears and red berries from the market for eyes.
If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World’s People
By narrowing down the world’s population to a village of one hundred people, the author offers up some surprising statistics about religion, language, age, and education that young children can more easily understand.
Jig, Fig, and Mrs. Pig
In this variation on the Perrault fairy tale ‘The Fairies,’ magic chastises a rude young pig and rewards his hard-working female servant.
Prince Silencio
When his son is born amid the clamor of a loud celebration, the King, who cannot tolerate noise, roars, ‘Silence’–which becomes the prince’s name.
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.
Singing Shijimi Clams
ake one older, not-so-wicked-anymore witch, add a slightly grumpy cat, and one large bucket of singing shijimi clams, and what you do NOT end up with, (no matter how hungry you are), is miso soup with clams.
Flyaway Girl
Sent by her mother to the edge of the Niger to gather rushes for the Ceremony of Beginnings, Nsia encounters many distractions, until the ancestors’ spirits guide her on her way to becoming a wise little woman.
A Pipkin Of Pepper
While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but Duck stops to look at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.
Chibi: A True Story From Japan
When a wild duck decides to make her nesting place in the Mitsui Office Park in downtown Tokyo, a news photographer becomes the duck’s devoted protector.