Friday, May 11, 2007

New Children's Books

The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story - Penny Pollock
In this Indian variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.

The Egyptian Cinderella - Shirley Climo
In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

The Persian Cinderella - Shirley Climo
A retelling of the traditional Persian tale in which Settareh, neglected and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, finds her life transformed with the help of a little blue jug.

Tracking Trash - Loree Griffin Burns
Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.

Titanic: The Ship of Dreams - Duncan Crosbie
Readers gain new insight into what it was really like on board the majestic boat with photographs, letters, and journal entries. Pop-up book.

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