Did you know that nearly every country has a different version of Cinderella? This story combines many of them in a unique way, by combining all the different versions into one tale. In Russia, the starving girl is given honey by a cow. Figs and apricots are gifts from a fairy in Iran. Glass slippers are the preferred footwear in France, but diamond anklets are provided in India and sandals of gold in Iraq. Each page is illustrated to reflect the art and culture of the country highlighted on that page. Enjoy the Cinderella story while getting to know many different cultures.

Reviewed by: vfv

Date read: 5/19/2009

ISBN-10: 080507953X

ISBN-13: 9780805079531

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Follow a fictional family on a road trip across all of the US states. Each state has a page or two describing little-known facts and entertaining bits of history. Did you know that Salt Lake City is home to the nation's leading manufacturer of rubber chickens? Or that a law in San Antonio forbids monkeys from riding on buses? These and many other tidbits of information about the 50 states are in this fun book.

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 3/28/2013

ISBN-10: 0439703387

ISBN-13: 9780439703383

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When Beryl Markham was a small girl, she and her father settled in East Africa. This was the land of rolling savannahs, sparkling oases, majestic animals, and where a little girl was eaten by a lion. In this story 'The Good Lion,' we learn how Beryl's father wisely instructs her on the dangers of Africa. He tells her that this even includes, Paddy, Elkington's TAME lion. He cautions her by telling her that, 'a tame lion is an unnatural lion and whatever is unnatural is untrustworthy'. In this story, we are asked to ponder the question, should a lion be punished for acting like a lion?

Similar books: We're Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell; The Time of the Lion by Caroline Pitcher; Lion on the Run by Marian Rumsey; Women of the Wind: Early Women Aviators by Wanda Langley; Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space by Jeannine Atkins

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 8/2/2010

ISBN-10: 0618563067

ISBN-13: 9780618563067

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Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma Moses) is one of the most well-known folk artists in United States history. This picture book traces her lifetime, using painting as her medium. Her interest in drawing and painting started when she was still in school, and continued until her death on December 13, 1961 at age 101. In 1938, Grandma Moses decided to exhibit some of her paintings in the Hoosick Falls drugstore. And, as luck would have it, an art collector from New York saw her pictures, and fell in love with them. In 1940, the Museum of Modern Art displayed a few of her paintings in an exhibit of unknown American painters, and her career was born. Everyone loved the scenes of long-ago - quilting bees, playing in the snow, and families getting together on the holidays. Through her pictures, people felt that they knew her, and everyone started to call her Grandma Moses

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/14/2009

ISBN-10: 0823415384

ISBN-13: 9780823415380

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P.T. Barnum lived a fascinating life, and this biography does an excellent job of showing the many sides of this uniquely American character. From an early age, Barnum realized that he wanted to be a showman and worked his way up from displaying various oddities to filling a museum with strange and interesting things. In his 60's, he began a traveling circus that eventually turned into the three-ring Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. When he died in 1891, his obituary said, '...he furnished delights to millions, and added to the sum of childhood's and of human joy.'

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 2/17/2011

ISBN-10: 0375945970

ISBN-13: 9780375945977

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