Working as an artist’s apprentice in Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old Arduino makes a discovery which may cost him the chance to become a painter.
Birds
The Road To Mumbai
Shoba and her pet monkey, Fuzzy Patel, set out overnight by flying bed to attend Fuzzy’s cousin’s wonderful wedding in Mumbai, India.
Hieroglyphs From A To Z
An ABC book showing the relationships between the English alphabet and Egyptian hieroglyphs. Includes a stencil for creating words and sentences in hieroglyphs.
The Landing: A Night Of Birds
One stormy night at her grandfather’s place on the windswept coast, Annie enters a boathouse occupied by injured sea birds and finds herself able to understand their speech.
Good Night, Alfie Atkins
When Alfie refuses to go to bed, his father tries to help him fall asleep by reading him a book, getting him a drink of water, and looking for his teddy bear.
Tales Of Don Quixote
A retelling of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil.
The Dove
A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko’s financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.
The African Mask
Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.
The Red Bird
Anna and Matthew, two poor siblings who have known only hunger, cold, and hard labor since their mother died, follow a bright red bird to a land of happiness.
World Faiths: Christianity
Tells the story of Jesus and examines how different festivals, including Christmas and Easter, are celebrated around the globe, while exploring the many divisions within Christianity and the architecture of the world’s great cathedrals and churches.