Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
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Picture Book
Rabbit Plants The Forest
Mariano’s First Glove/ El Primer Guante De Mariano (English And Spanish Edition)
“This bilingual picture book for kids recalls Major League Baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera’s childhood in Panama, his fascination with playing ball-even if he had to make his glove out of cardboard-and his eventual signing with the New York Yankees, where he helped win five World Series”–
Lolo’s Sari-Sari Store
After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.
Grandma, Where Will Your Love Go? / Abuela, ¿adónde Irá Tu Amor? (Spanish Edition)
A grandmother assures her granddaughter that her love will always surround the young girl, even when she is no longer physically present.
Annie And The Old One
A Navajo girl unravels a day’s weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
Boys Don’t Fry
A young Malaysian boy enthusiastically assists his grandmother prepare their Lunar New Year dinner, all the while learning about the history of their traditional cuisine.
What Makes Us Human
This illustrated riddle introduces children to language’s impact on human culture and history.
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The Wave Of The Sea-Wolf
Intricate cut-paper illustrations incorporating Pacific Northwest motifs accompany this original story of the Tlingit princess Kchokeen, who is rescued from drowning by a guardian spirit that later enables her to summon a great wave and save her people from hostile strangers.