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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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KOREA

For Kids

Asian Children's Favorite Stories

Asian Children's Favorite Stories


by Patrick Yee | Liana Romulo | Joan Suyenaga | Kay Lyons | Marian Davies Toth | David Conger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 112 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Subtitled "A treasury of folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia," this is a wonderful collection of 13 traditional stories. (ASA56, $31.95)

Korea, A True Book


by Elaine Landau

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

An illustrated overview of Korea for children ages 6 to 8. (KOR12, $6.95)

A Single Shard


by Linda Sue Park

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A touching novel of hardship, perserverance and art in 12th century Korea. (KOR15, $6.99)

Sondok, Princess of the Moon and Star


by Sheri Holman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 187 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Part of the popular Royal Diaries series, the story of the future queen of 7th-century Korea. (KOR14, $10.95)

A Step from Heaven


by an Na

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

The struggles of young Ju and her family give powerful dramatization to the Korean immigrant expexerience in America. Winner of the ALA Printz Award for teenage literature. (KOR33, $7.99)

 

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