Tag: Picture Book

Children, Children and Young Adults, English

Sammy’s next move: Sammy the snail is a travelling snail who lives in different countries

Author: Helen Maffin

Language: English

Summary: Sammy’s Next Move is a wonderful story about a snail named Sammy who lives around the world with his parents. He is a ‘third culture kid’, TCK or global nomad. He often moves to new countries and has to change schools and make new friends. Sammy experiences the feelings and thoughts common to children in similar situations. Sammy is a snail and so he carries his home with him wherever he goes, just as a third culture kid does by knowing that home is where their heart is! Source: amazon.com

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Asia, Children, Children and Young Adults, English, New Cultures

Bee-bim Bop!

Author: Linda Sue Park, Ho Baek Lee (illustrator) Language: English Summary: Bee-bim bop (“mix-mix rice”) is a traditional Korean dish. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells of helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting the table, and sitting down to enjoy a favorite meal. The enthusiasm of the narrator is conveyed in the whimsical illustrations, which bring details from the … Continue reading Bee-bim Bop!

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Children, Children and Young Adults, Italiano, Stories and Experiences

Cosa c’è nella tua valigia?

Author: Chris Naylor-Ballestreros

Language: Italiano

Summary: Un giorno arriva uno strano animale, impolverato e stanco, con una grossa valigia.
La volpe, il coniglio e la gallina sono curiosi: cosa ci sarà dentro? Secondo lo “straniero”, tutta la sua casa.

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Children, Children and Young Adults, English, How-to Guides

The Invisible String

Author: Patrice Karst (Author), Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (Illustrator

Language: English

Summary:

With over half a million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers–children and adults alike–and has been updated with new illustrations and an afterword from the author. Continue reading “The Invisible String”

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Children, Children and Young Adults, English

Goodbye House, Hello House

Author: Margaret Wild Language: English Summary: A joyful story about moving house and embracing change: This is the last time I’ll fish in this river. This is the last time I’ll run through these trees. This is the last time I’ll dream by this fire … Goodbye, old house. Goodbye. A heartwarming story of letting go and starting anew, of moving from the country to the … Continue reading Goodbye House, Hello House

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