Working with the lumberjacks in Ottawa, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his life backin the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky.
Childhood
Lydia, Queen Of Palestine
Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents’ divorce amid the chaos of the war, and her life on a kibbutz in Palestine. Based on the life of the Israeli poet Arianna Haran.
Let’s Go Traveling In Mexico
Describes a trip through Mexico guided by Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, and celebrating each season of the year.
Little Oh
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.
Sing For Your Father, Su Phan
Recalls the events in a North Vietnamese village that forever changed the lives of the youngest daughter of a prosperous trader and her family.
For You Are a Kenyan Child
From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather’s cows.
The Root Cellar
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt’s root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.
The Rim Of The Morning: Six Stories
This collection of six stories by the renowned Australian author Colin Thiele is about life on the wild South Australian coast.
A Gift For Mama
Sick and tired of making presents for various holidays and occasions, Sara decides that for this Mother’s Day she will do something different.
The Middle Of Somewhere: A Story Of South Africa
Nine-year-old Rebecca and her family, living in a South African village for black people, are threatened with forced removal to a bleak, distant development, to make room for a new suburb for whites.