Grandma and the Great Gourd

Grandma and the Great Gourd
Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1596433787

On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.

My Great-grandmother's Gourd

My Great-grandmother's Gourd
Author: Cristina Kessler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531302842

Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.

The Very Hungry Lion

The Very Hungry Lion
Author: Gita Wolf
Publisher: Tara Publishing
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9788186211021

Adapted from a traditional Indian folktale, The Very Hungry Lion describes the adventures of a lazy lion who is outsmarted by his prey. The illustrations are rendered in the quirky and arresting Warli style of folk painting traditionally used to decorate the walls of village homes in western India. This award-winning children's book has sold over 35,000 copies in five languages worldwide. The book is silkscreen printed on special handmade rice paper from India and then bound by hand making each book a work of art and a special collector piece.

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Follow the Drinking Gourd
Author: Cari Meister
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1404873759

Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.

The Ugly Pumpkin

The Ugly Pumpkin
Author: Dave Horowitz
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2008-08-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142411450

Perfect for the changing seasons, this wacky twist on The Ugly Duckling is a great read for Halloween and Thanksgiving. The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. He doesn't look like other pumpkins. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he'll fit in. By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is--but it's not what he expected!

Mother's Day Surprise

Mother's Day Surprise
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780761456339

A snake dreams up an unusual Mothers Day gift

My Friend Suhana

My Friend Suhana
Author: Shaila Abdullah
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1615992111

While volunteering with her mother at a community center, a seven-year-old girl befriends Suhana, also seven, whose cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to communicate or control her movements. Includes facts about cerebral palsy.

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Follow the Drinking Gourd
Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1992-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0679819975

Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colors. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that's compelling. A fine rendering of history in picturebook format."--(starred) Booklist.

Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People

Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People
Author: Holly Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0429761058

Extending the discussion of critical content analysis to the visual realm of picturebooks and graphic novels, this book provides a clear research methodology for understanding and analyzing visual imagery. Offering strategies for "reading" illustrations in global and multicultural literature, chapter authors explore and bring together critical theory and social semiotics while demonstrating how visual analysis can be used to uncover and analyze power, ideologies, inequity, and resistance in picturebooks and graphic novels. This volume covers a diverse range of texts and types of books and offers tools and procedures for interpreting visual images to enhance the understandings of researchers, teachers, and students as they engage with the visual culture that fills our world. These methods are significant not only to becoming a critical reader of literature but to also becoming a critical reader of visual images in everyday life.

Why the Sky Is Far Away

Why the Sky Is Far Away
Author:
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-04
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9780780750814

This ancient African Pourquoi tale explains why people today must grow and harvest their own food.