Although everything in the Weatherspoon household is either black or white, daughter Blanche yearns for a pink dress, so her friends at Felicity’s flower stand try to help Blanche satisfy her quest for color, in this story set in Victorian London.
Europe
Materials from Europe
The Girl And The Elephant
A girl becomes good friends with the elephant she visits at the zoo, and when he returns to Africa, she wonders if she will ever see him again.
Something Is Not Quite Right!
One morning, Lisa wakes up and thinks: Something is not quite right. But what is it? All around her, in the kitchen, at the market, wherever she goes, things are out of place: A snowman in the oven, a tree with blue leaves, a boat driving down the street. But Lisa is too busy trying to figure out what is wrong to notice.
Vendela In Venice
On a visit to Venice with her father, Vendela experiences the richness and beauty of the city and its palaces, gondolas, and statues.
Elidor
While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.
Flour Babies
When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
Katarina
During World War II in Slovakia, a young Jewish girl in hiding becomes a devout Catholic and is sustained by her belief that she will return home to her family as soon as the war ends.
The Fisherman And The Goldfish
A fisherman returns a magic goldfish to the ocean so is granted a wish, but his greedy wife makes him ask for better things several times until they are back to the poor state they began with.
The Twelve Clever Brothers And Other Fools: Folktales From Russia
Fourteen traditional folktales from the different peoples of Russia featuring both clever and silly fools.
Drita, My Homegirl
When Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well but eventually forms a friendship with Maxie, who is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita.