Leaving no Footprints: Stories from Asia - Bookworms 3
'Your grandmother is old,' says Mr Li to his daughter. 'She has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice.' Mr Li is cross with his daughter when she does not show respect to her grandmother, but Mr Li himself is not always patient with his old mother. She has lived a long time, and the future holds no promise for her. So she holds on to the past...
Gr 4-6-Like other biographers of this esteemed medical researcher, much of the authors' task is to describe the horror of poliomyelitis and the effects of itsepidemics to an audience that will have little knowledge of the disease itself thanks in large part to Salk's work. In this case, the biography includes so much information about the disease, microbiology, and immunology that the first five or so pages of text (out of about 35) are so dense in content that younger readers may have trouble finding the book's subject. The last third of the text holds tighter focus on Salk including his professional disagreement with Albert Sabin and his reputation as a prickly character.
A beautiful Japanese fairy tale involving a father with two twin sons and their charming wives Yuki and Chiyo. One day Yuki and Chiyo ask the father if he will allow them to visit their relatives in a nearby village for a month. The father says that they may, only if they bring back two gifts- a paper which holds the wind and another paper which holds fire. Follow the adventures of Yuki and Chiyo as they find these magical gifts.
‘The pale boy is too stricken to speak. He watches me as if he is watching an incarnation of the grim reaper himself.’
The wrecked house on the edge of town holds a secret that has been waiting for countless years to be discovered. And one unsuspecting boy holds the key to unleashing the fear within.
Why Children Matter by Johann Christoph Arnold (2012)by Johann Christoph Arnold
Raising a child has never been more challenging. In his latest book, pastor Johann Christoph Arnold offers time-tested wisdom and common-sense advice on what children need most, what holds a family together, and how to rediscover the joy of parenting.
