A South African boy makes a long journey through the desert to join his parents in a mining village, reaching them on Christmas Day and seeing his new baby sister.
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
The Bullock
In the Haryana plains of India, an old man and his wife barely make a living selling vegetables. Their only possession, a strong, beautiful bullock, pulls a cart with the vegetables along a busy and dangerous road to the market and back again.
La La Rose
La La Rose, a young girl’s stuffed rabbit, gets lost in Luxembourg Gardens.
Crepes by Suzette
Suzette sells a variety of her crepes, or French pancakes, from the street cart she takes all over Paris. Includes a recipe, a short glossary of French words used, brief notes on Paris sites, and more.
This Is My House
Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses lived in by children all over the world. On each page ‘This is my house’ will appear in the appropriate native language.
The Road To Mumbai
Shoba and her pet monkey, Fuzzy Patel, set out overnight by flying bed to attend Fuzzy’s cousin’s wonderful wedding in Mumbai, India.
Basket Weaver And Catches Many Mice
A little grey cat saves the day when Basket Weaver is ordered into a competition to make the perfect basket for the emperor’s newborn daughter.
The Wolfhound
Pavel saves the life of the enormous dog he finds half-frozen in the snow, but since only nobles and dukes and the tsar himself keep wolfhounds, Pavel fears he will be punished for stealing.
Pupniks: The Story of Two Space Dogs
This book presents the story of the two Soviet dogs, Belka and Strelka, who were sent into space in 1960, paving the way for the first Soviet manned flight.
Going for Oysters
An Australian aborigine family spends the weekend fishing and looking for oysters and they almost forget their grandfather’s warning about the dangers of the eastern swamp.