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Greetings From Sandy Beach

A young girl describes her family’s camping trip at the beach and the new friends they make there.

Published: 1990,
Tags: camping
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

Priscilla And Rosy

A tempting boat trip tests an alley-rat’s loyalty to her best friend.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Detectives
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Binya’s Blue Umbrella

Binya, a young girl living in rural India, trades her leopard-claw necklace for a dainty blue umbrella, but the local tea shop proprietor wants the umbrella for himself.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Jealousy, village life
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Hunting and hunters, Lions and tigers
Categories: BelgiumBelgium, EuropeBelgium, Europe, FictionBelgium, Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Deliverance of Dancing Bears

A poor man spends all his money to free two mistreated dancing bears, and in doing so reminds the onlookers that the dignity of all living creatures must be respected.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Bears, caring, freedom, respect
Categories: FictionFiction, Middle EastFiction, Middle East, Picture BookFiction, Middle East, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Fiction, Middle East, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey

Asterix The Gaul

When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix’s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe, so Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.

Published: 1969,
Tags: Plants
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, FranceEurope, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Escape To West Berlin

In 1961 East Berlin, thirteen-year-old Heidi copes with the stress of a crisis with her best friend, government pressure on her father to leave his West Berlin job, her mother’s pregnancy, and the ever-present threat of the closing of the border.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Childhood
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, GermanyEurope, Fiction, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Spring Tone

Plagued by headaches and nightmares, Tomomi tries to make sense of her grandmother’s death, her little brother’s obsession with saving sick and abandoned cats, and her fear that she is becoming a monster.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Urban life
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, JapanAsia, Fiction, Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Once Upon A Tide

A boy and a girl build a boat and sail off in their imaginations to find Captain Bart’s buried treasure.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Family life, sea
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Victorious Paints The Great Balloon

Victorious, a member of the unlucky Rattan family in rural France, becomes involved in a historic hot air balloon ascension and restores good repute to the Rattans.

Published: 1991,
Tags: Friendship, Promises
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, FranceEurope, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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