written by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Julie Downing This is a good dilemma tale about an interesting bit of Korean history. The author's note at the end is really informative and made me want to read more about Korea's fire signals.
An entertaining and interesting collection of brief profiles of each mother (and stepmother for Lincoln) of every president. Some mothers, especially those of our least distinguished presidents, rate only half a column while others get a half-page spread. Readers will learn lots of interesting, insi...
A beautiful story with action, magic, and cleverness enough to satisfy any child. The pictures are beautiful and the story is told simply in UKL's spare poetic language. The protagonist is a girl, something that's still all too rare among kids' stories. She's clever and intrepid and, with the hel...
A young boy is abducted by trolls. His older sister decides to brave the dark night and cold winter to find him. She brings her toy, a beautifully painted red horse. When she comes upon the troll's bridge, the mare comes life. The trolls fear the horse and tell her the boy can be found at the High H...
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