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THE TWINS AND
THE BIRD OF DARKNESS
Robert D. San Souci; Terry
Widener (ill.)
New York: Simon and Schuster
Books for Young Readers, 2002
ISBN 978-0-689-83383-4
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The Bird of Darkness
kidnaps an island princess.
Two twin brothers, who
have opposite personalities,
try to save her. One brother is hard-working and kind,
while the other is lazy and disloyal. In the end, the
good brother wins out over his dishonest brother and
everyone lives happily ever after.
WHOEVER YOU ARE
Mem Fox; Leslie Staub (ill.)
Boston (Massachusetts): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006
ISBN 978-0152060305
+ 0
Despite the differences
between people around the
world, there are similarities
that join us together. The
author manages to make
this very abstract concept
surprisingly concrete by
actually using words like
heart, pain, cry, joy, blood
and love.
THE WOMAN WHO OUTSHONE THE SUN
Alejandro Cruz Martinez, Rosalma Zubizarreta; Fernando
Olivera (ill.)
San Francisco (California): Children’s Book Press, 1991
ISBN 978-0-89239-101-1
+ 0
This is the story of Lucia
Centeno, a beautiful
woman who loved nature.
Because she is different,
the townspeople drive her
out of her own village.
When she leaves, nature
leaves along with her and
the townspeople soon
realize that they need her
back. This folktale is told in
Spanish and English with
beautiful illustrations.
YASMIN’S HAMMER
Ann Malaspina; Doug Chayka (ill.)
New York: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2010
ISBN 978-1-60060-359-4
+ 9
Yasmin and Mita are two
sisters, who live in
Bangladesh riding side by
side in their father’s
rented rickshaw. They
hammer away at bricks
day after day; chipping,
cracking, and crushing at
the brickyard. Yasmin
yearns for school, but her
parents don’t let her go.
She thinks if she could
read, she would not
break another brick.
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