[LM_NET] COLLECTION DVPT : Spirit of the Paper Tigers

[Barbara Braxton <barbara.288@BIGPOND.COM>]

I was just visiting Chris Cheng's blog http://www.chrischengauthor.blogspot.com/ to 
check out what
he is up to and I discovered a link to PaperTigers  http://www.papertigers.org/ 
which is a website
about young readers' books with a special focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia. 

They are beginning a new initiative called Spirit of the Paper Tigers which aims to 
donate a
selection of books which reflect the aims of PaperTigers, and put them into the 
hands of children in
areas of need in different parts of the world:  
http://www.papertigers.org/ptOutreach/spt/index.html

If you are building up your collection of books to encourage  younger readers to 
think of the wider
world, then the annotated booklist (with reviews and interviews) for this year is at
http://www.papertigers.org/ptOutreach/spt/2010BookSet.html

Titles include 
First Come the Zebra - Lynne Barasch Lee & Low, 2009. Ages 4-8
Little Leap Forward: a boy in Beijing Written by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow, 
illustrated by Helen
Cann. Barefoot Books, 2008. Ages 9-12
My Little Round House - Bolormaa Baasansuren. Groundwood Books / House of Anansi 
Press, 2009. Ages
4-8.
One Hen - How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference - Written by Katie Smith Milway, 
illustrated by
Eugenie Fernandes. Kids Can Press, 2008. Ages 7+
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai Written and illustrated 
by Claire A.
Nivola Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. Ages 5-8.
The Storyteller's Candle: La velita de los cuentos  Written by Lucia Gonzalez, 
illustrated by Lulu
Delacre. Children's Book Press, 2008.  Ages 4-8.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Written and illustrated by Grace Lin  Little 
Brown Books for Young
Readers, 2009. Ages 9-12

Barbara


Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
COOMA NSW 2630
AUSTRALIA

E. barbara.288@bigpond.com
Together we learn from each other 

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