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Author: Anne Broyles
Illustrator: Anna Alter (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Charlesbridge (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1570916756

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Creamy, rounded illustrations and smooth southern narration tell the heartbreaking yet hopeful, true tale of a young girl who survived isolation, slavery and exile with the help of her wits, her mother’s memory and the kindness of a stranger.

Other books mentioned

• McFig & McFly: A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death {with a Happy Ending}
• Children’s Poet, Nikki Giovanni

You can learn more about the forced Cherokee relocation and the Trail of Tears here.

 

 Flowers, Philanthropy and Freedom: Priscilla and the Hollyhocks [5:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Aliki (a.k.a. Aliki Liacouras Brandenberg)
Illustrator: Aliki
Published: 1983 HarperTrophy (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0064460509

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Generous illustrations with a fifteenth century flair combine with friendly, accessible narrative to make this well-researched account of the exhaustive preparations for and extravagance of a medieval feast an engaging story time favourite.

 

 Feudal Food, Facts & Fanfare: A Medieval Feast [6:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Howard Mansfield
Illustrator: Barry Moser
Published: 2008 Roaring Brook Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1596432691

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Spilling sunlight, squishy ground and the bliss of a fragrant breeze make the pleasant ponderings of a precocious pig a refreshing springtime read.

You can learn more about the real Hogwood here.

Other books mentioned:

• Doctor Ted

Other favourite pigs on JOMB:

• Today I Will Fly
• When Pigs Fly
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
• The Piggy in The Puddle
• Swine Lake
• Swine Snafu
• Wait! No Paint!
• Preston Pig

 

 Aaaaaaaah, Spring At Last: Hogwood Steps Out (A Good, Good Pig Story) [5:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Gloria Spielman
Illustrator: Matthew Archambault
Published: 2007 Kar-Ben Publishing (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0822570505

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Uncommonly rich illustrations and detailed, yet accessible, early reader text relay the haunting, true story of Janusz Korczak — doctor, writer, educator and champion of children’s rights.

You can read more about Janusz Korczak here.

 

 Matchless Compassion: Janusz Korczak's Children [9:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Suzan Nadimi
Illustrator: Ande Cook
Published: 2007 Albert Whitman & Co. (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0807550590

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Lyrical dialog and sweet, somehow soothing illustrations bring to life an 800 year old story of fondness and freedom that challenges us to make space for the perspectives of both captor and captive.

Other books mentioned:

• The Dragons Are Singing Tonight (poem: “I Am My Master’s Dragon”)

You can read more about thirteenth century mystic poet Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi and the designation of 2007 by UNESCO as the International Year of Rumi here.

 

 Caged Wisdom: The Rich Man and the Parrot [6:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Andrea Beaty (on JOMB)
Illustrator: David Roberts (on JOMB)
Published: 2007 Abrams Books for Young Readers (on JOMB)
ISBN: 081091106X

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Uncommonly crisp, comical illustrations combine with flippant, rhyming text to chronicle the irrepressible ingenuity of an audacious seven year old — and to remind us to make space for what makes people tick.

Other books mentioned:

• Scribble

 

 Building Dreams: Iggy Peck, Architect [9:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Deborah Noyes
Illustrator: Sophie Blackall
Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763624004

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Delicately depicted in mint, peach and red, this beautifully worded legend shares the solitary heartbreak and secret unraveling of a young girl who shines light into her own uncertain future.

Other books mentioned:

• Goodnight Moon
• Gleam and Glow

 

 Silken Strength and Resilience: Red Butterfly (How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China) [8:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Sam Swope
Illustrator: Barry Root
Published: 2001 Farrar, Straus & Giroux (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0374303908

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Stagnant submissiveness meets infectious effervescence in this rousing exploration of supremacy, perspective and the power of partnership.

Other books mentioned:

• The Swine Snafu

 

 Power, Paint and Restraint: The Araboolies of Liberty Street [9:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Colin Thompson
Illustrator: Colin Thompson
Published: Random House UK (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0091768179

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Spellbindingly surreal illustrations contrast with matter-of-fact narrative to relay this thought provoking story of perspective, choice and inter-generational connection: “All you have to do is keep your dreams”.

Other books mentioned:

• Fly, Eagle, Fly
• I Can Hear the Sun
• Tudley Didn’t Know
• Gifts

More books about flying:

• Isla
• Camilla’s New Hairdo
• Cat & Canary

 

 Living From the Heart: Falling Angels [11:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
Illustrator: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
Published: 2004 Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1585362204

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Warm, realistic illustrations and generous, unimposing text vividly recreate the thrill of befriending an injured fox pup and the bittersweet satisfaction of her eventual return to the wild. I don’t think our two daughters could be more excited about this story if they had lived it themselves!

 

 Fur and Feathers: Saving Samantha - A True Story [9:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Richardo Keens-Douglas
Illustrator: Julia Gukova
Published: Annick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1550373730

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Absorbing artwork and intimate narrative relay a haunting yet delicately hopeful tale of cruelty, oppression and the promise of humanity.

 

 Holding Hope for Humanity: Freedom Child of the Sea [9:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Jules Bass
Illustrator: Debbie Harter
Published: 2001 Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1905236476

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Crackling with colour and humourous detail, this stimulating fairy tale catapults a kingdom from peer-pressure and pillaging to peaceful co-existence.

Here’s what the folks at Teaching and Learning for Peace have to say about this book.

 

 Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon [8:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download