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Primary (ages 6-9)

Material appropriate for primary age groups

Ghost Catcher

An allegory of emotional growth and human kinship in which Ghost Catcher solves people’s problems and they in turn help him.

Published: 1991,
Tags: Description and travel, Voyages and travels
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

Let’s Go Traveling In Mexico

Describes a trip through Mexico guided by Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, and celebrating each season of the year.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Catholicism, Childhood, Social conditions, Social life and customs
Categories: AmericasAmericas, MexicoAmericas, Mexico, NonfictionAmericas, Mexico, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Manneken Pis

This book tells the story of the legendary Belgian boy who showed the world just how silly it is to fight.

Published: 2002,
Tags: fight, silliness, War
Categories: BelgiumBelgium, EuropeBelgium, Europe, FictionBelgium, Europe, Fiction, Picture BookBelgium, Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

I Am Too Absolutely Small For School

When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Ghosts and spirits, Lions and tigers
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

L’chaim: The Story Of A Russian

A unique photographic essay captures the world of a twelve-year-old Jewish boy whose family emigrated from the former Soviet Union in search of religious freedom.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Survival, War and conflict
Categories: EuropeEurope, NonfictionEurope, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia

Traditional Crafts From Mexico And Central America

Provides instructions on how to make traditional Mexican and Central American handicraft such as metal ornaments, tissue paper banners, and Guatemalan worry dolls. With photographs by Robert and Diane Wolfe.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Indigenous, Mothers and sons
Categories: AmericasAmericas, NonfictionAmericas, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Little Ching And Hu Tzu Guard The Cornfield

no description available

Published: 1974,
Tags: Friendship, Race relations
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, FictionAsia, China, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Flying Canoe

Working with the lumberjacks in Ottawa, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his life backin the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Childhood, Description and travel
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Folklore and Fairy TalesAmericas, Canada, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)

Pig Tale

When they find a treasure chest in the orchard, two discontented pigs abandon their rural paradise for what they think will be the pleasures of a more luxurious life.

Published: 1973,
Tags: Proverbs
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Peque

Despite her feeling that she is only a burro, Peque

Published: 1994,
Tags: Sex roles
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

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