A young Mexican dreams that he meets two Mayan children and together they visit ancient ruins in the jungles of the Yucatan.
Fiction
Fiction genre
Grandmother’s Song
A Mexican Indian grandmother can feel the fear in her grandaughter’s bones, so she strokes and hugs her to give her courage, dignity, trust, and skill which the grandaughter eventually passes on to her own grandchildren.
A Little Piece Of Ground
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war. Also written by Sonia Nimr.
Yue Liang Wang Ji Le
Chinese-language only humorous graphic novel of cartoons about the moon.
Friends Of The Heart: Amici Del Cuore
During a summer at her grandparents’ Italian seaside home, thirteen-year-old Lucrezia faces a changing relationship with her best friend Oliver and great personal tragedy.
I, Juan De Pareja
Although Juan is a slave, a friendship develops between him and his benevolent master, the great Spanish artist Velazques, who secretly teaches him to paint.
Forest Of The Clouded Leopard
The death of his grandfather forces a fifteen-year-old Iban boy to face the conflict between the traditions and beliefs of his tribe and the modern ways he has learned at a Western-style boarding school.
Daisy Comes Home
Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.
The Moon’s Lullaby
As night settles in, a baby’s yawn travels around the world, inducing sleepiness everywhere.
The Road Of The Dead
Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.