Showing posts with label Heroism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heroism. Show all posts
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Stars of the Night by Caren Stelson illustrated by Selina Alko

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Save one life, save the world This book begins in Czechoslovakia 1938. The children are enjoying life in their city of Prague - skating and ...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Azizi and the Little Blue Bird by Laila Koubaa illustrated by Mattias De Leeuw translated by David Colmer

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"Not that long ago, in a country that still exists today, Azizi was relaxing in an orange tree." Azizi hears his father hanging po...
Monday, December 11, 2023

The Thief who Sang Storms by Sophie Anderson

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"My family are alkonosts, which means we're descended from the ancient bird-people of our island. Most alkonosts look similar to hu...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Eat my Dust by Neridah McMullin illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

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In 1928, Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell broke the land speed record when they traveled from Perth to Adelaide 2824km in two days, nine h...
Sunday, October 8, 2023

Loteria by Karla Arenas Valenti illustrated by Dana Sanmar

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"The issue of free will was one the two friends often debated. At the heart of the debate was the question of choice: whether a person...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

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In this book you will meet - beautiful Al-mirajes; Dragons of every size; a Kanko; a vicious Karkadann; some little Lavellans; a huge Longma...
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Friday, September 22, 2023

Little Robot by Ben Hatke

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  The opening scenes of this graphic novel or toon are wordless. We see a highway, trucks and then move in closer to see one truck in partic...