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Materials from Europe

If A Chicken Stayed For Supper

Even though they promise not to leave the den when their mother goes out hunting for a chicken for supper five little foxes are unable to resist going outside to play in the dark.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Behavior, Chickens, Foxes, Lost children
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Different like Coco

Simple text and color illustrations present the life of Coco Chanel.

Published: 2007, Candlewick Press
Tags: Fashion
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, FranceBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, France, Picture BookBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

Hand Games

A collection of photos, in which hands look like athletics in different types of the sports competitions.

Published: 1992, Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Tags: Sports
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, ItalyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Italy, NonfictionEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Italy, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Fiona’s Luck

A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king’s tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.

Illustration done in acrylic, watercolor, and gel medium on coventry rag.

Published: 2007,
Tags: Ireland, Leprechauns, Luck
Categories: EuropeEurope, FantasyEurope, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairy TalesEurope, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IrelandEurope, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Ireland, Primary (ages 6-9)

Dexter Bexley And The Big Blue Beastie

After running into a big blue beastie with his scooter, Dexster tries to come up with increasingly inventive ideas to keep the beastie from eating him.

Published: 2007,
Tags: Friendship, Imagination, Monsters
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Primary (ages 6-9)

Thieves Like Us

A mysterious benefactor hand-picks a group of teen geniuses to follow a set of clues leading to the secrets of everlasting life, secrets which they must steal and for which they risk being killed.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Adventure, Interpersonal relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Wrong Hands

Fourteen-year-old Graham Sinclair, born with mysterious hands and a strange secret, finds his life further complicated.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Disability, Identity
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Remarkable Life and Times Of Eliza Rose

Thrown out of her home by her stepmother in 1670, 15-year-old Eliza Rose becomes a companion to Nell Gwyn, a mistress of Charles II, and learns a surprising truth about her parentage.

Published: 2006,
Tags: History, Identity, Royalty
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Historical FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Time Bomb

Now grown, Andy tells the story of the summer of 1949 when, embittered after enduring injustice at their English school and disappointed by the adults in their lives, he and his friends wrestle with thoughts of revenge and deal with several life-changing secrets.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Friendship, Revenge, School, secrets
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Historical FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Not The End Of The World

A collection of stories that all drift around the common theme of the End of the World.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Life
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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