A Carp for Kimiko
A Carp for Kimiko

Author: Virginia Kroll

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 1996-07-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1607342065

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A CARP FOR KIMIKO is the story of a young girl's struggle against the strong current of tradition. Every year on Children's Day in Japan a kite in the shape of a carp is flown for each boy in the family. Kimiko is a little girl who desperately wants an orange, black, and white calico carp kite of her own to fly on this holiday. Kimiko's parents remind her that there is a holiday just for girls?Doll's Festival Day, but this does not stop Kimiko from dreaming about and wishing for her very own carp. The magical ending achieves the impossible?Kimiko gets what she longs for without breaking tradition. Katherine Roundtree's beautiful illustrations evoke the wonder and excitement of childhood, which will charm readers of all cultures.

Equal Shmequal
Equal Shmequal

Author: Virginia Kroll

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 2005-07-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1607341557

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In order to have fun at a game of tug-of-war, forest animals balance the teams by using a see-saw. Includes nonfiction math notes for meanings of equal.

Sheep Count Flowers
Sheep Count Flowers

Author: Micaela Chirif

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1646141202

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If people count sheep to fall asleep, then... what do sheep count? Flowers, says this beautifully fanciful dream of a book. Sunflowers, roses, geraniums, jasmine. And there's lots of OTHER things you probably don't know about sheep...Sheep have neither pajamas nor pillows nor slippers. They tell bedtime stories about rhinoceroses and airplanes. They ONLY fly when they're sleeping, like butterflies circling the sun. In fact, there are sheep that sparkle in the dark like stars and fireflies. Or are there? Look closer at the light-as-a-laugh paintings by Amanda Mijangos, and you just might start wondering if all those adventurers are children in sheep's clothing!

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1430130016

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A former basketball star, Farmer Will Allen is an innovator, educator, and community builder. When he looked at an abandoned city lot he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world. This is the inspiring story of his determination to bring good food to every table.

Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival
Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival

Author: Dianne M. MacMillan

Publisher: Enslow Elementary

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780894908187

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This volume examines the history and tradition of two special holidays celebrated by Japanese Americans. During the Obon Festival ancestors and others who died are remembered; but on Children's Day, games, crafts, plays and other joyous celebrations mark the day.

Hats Off to Hair!
Hats Off to Hair!

Author: Virginia Kroll

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 1995-02-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 160734260X

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Paintings of real kids from many cultures show us the beauty, the splendor, and the wonder of our hair.

Crow Boy
Crow Boy

Author: Taro Yashima

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1976-09-30

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 014050172X

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Winner of a Caldecott Honor A shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates. Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone — alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a "forlorn little tag-along." But when Mr. Isobe arrives, the teacher sees things in Chibi that no one else has ever noticed... "A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity." —Saturday Review

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong

Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1580893031

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In this classic tale from early seventeenth-century Korea, Hong Kil Dong, the son of a powerful minister, is not entitled to a birthright because his mother is a commoner. After studying the martial arts, divination, swordplay, the uses of magic, and the wisdom of the I Ching, the Book of Changes, Hong Kil Dong sets off on a quest for his destiny. He leads a band of men to right the injustices shown to the peasants by some powerful and corrupt merchants, ministers, and monks. Hong Kil Dong can then claim his rightful role and become a wise and just leader. This graphic book captures the drama and pageantry of sixteenth-century Korea during the Chosun dynasty and pays tribute to the adventure story that became the first novel written in the Korean language.

Girl, You're Amazing!
Girl, You're Amazing!

Author: Virginia L. Kroll

Publisher: Albert Whitman

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780807529300

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Rhyming text celebrates the many remarkable things that girls can achieve, from packing a lunch box and lacing their shoes to swishing a basketball and climbing a tree.

Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge

Author: Rachel Dougherty

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1250246350

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On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well. When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know: math, science, engineering. Women weren't supposed to be engineers. But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge, from author-illustrator Rachel Dougherty.