One winter night, the shadows are interrupted at their games as the Shadowland watchman sees a poor little match girl standing barefoot in the snow in a town in the real world. Deserting his post, he dashes to her rescue, lighting match after match to keep the girl warm. But matches bring shadows, and soon the two worlds–of people and of shadows–are in an uproar, and the watchman and the little match girl must run for their lives.
Asia
Materials from Asia
Anno’s Magic Seeds
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A wizard gives Jack two magic seeds with the instructions to eat one, which will feed him for one full year, and plant the other, which will produce two more seeds and allow the cycle to continue, but Jack has his own idea.
Anno’s U.S.A.
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In wordless panoramas, Anno travels through history in his search for things American.
Anno’s Journey
A colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar
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Simple text and pictures combine to present a fascinating and fun lesson demonstrating the mathematical concept of factorials.
Anno’s Math Games
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Through lively pictures and intriguing puzzles and games, Anno takes young children on a fun-filled journey through basic mathematical concepts, showing how skills are used every day.
Anno’s Math Games II
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Pictures, puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction.
Anno’s Math Games III
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Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology.
The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
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Sung, a brave man who is not afraid of ghosts, meets one on a dark road and tricks it into revealing its secret weakness.
A to Zen
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This book introduces Japanese words from A to Z. Book is designed to be read from back to front and from right to left.