May 14, 2013
New Arrivals · Kids’ Foreign Language Fiction & Easy Books
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
The patchwork garden = El huerto de retazos
May 1, 2013
De Anda, Diane.
Houston, TX : Piñata Books, 2013.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
"Funded by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Clayton Fund, and the Exemplar Program, a program of Americans for the Arts in collaboration with the LarsonAllen Public Services Group, funded by the Ford Foundation."
Inspired by a patchwork quilt, Toña and her grandmother use vacant patches of land in their neighborhood to grow vegetables, then form The Patchwork Garden Club to encourage other children to follow their example.
MyÅng-hye : Kim So-yÅn changp'yÅn tonghwa
March 28, 2013
Kim, So-yÅn, 1972-
KyÅnggi-do P'aju-si : Ch'angbi, 2007.
217 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Myong-hye is an educated woman. In Korea, she fights for more equal rights for women in the early 20th century.
Korae Åi nun
March 28, 2013
Schmidt, Gary D.
SÅul-si : Ch'aek kwa K'ongnamu, 2010.
343 p. ; 21 cm.
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
ṬÄrzan kÄ« kahÄniyÄṉ
March 28, 2013
Shaiḵẖ, ShahÄb.
KarÄcÄ« : Nudrat Buk HÄʼūs, 2010.
112 p. ; 25 cm.
Children's stories.
Collection of juvenile stories based on Tarzan, fictitious character; for children.
MÄperum maká¹‰Ä yÄṉai
March 28, 2013
Aravint Kiriá¹£ PÄlÄ.
Ceṉṉai : Tulika Publishers, 2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
GuddÄ« dÄ bhÄlÅ«
March 28, 2013
Sinha, Juhi.
New Delhi : Children's Book Trust, c2007.
16 p. : col. ill. ; 18 x 24 cm.
Story for children.
RomÄñcakÄrÄ« kahÄniyÄmÌ
March 28, 2013
KumÄra, Vibhora.
NaÄ« DillÄ« : VidyÄ VihÄra, 2011.
95 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Children's stories.
Ä€damakhora -- Jaá¹…gala kÄ« eka rÄta -- Mauta kÄ sannÄá¹Ä -- DahaÅ›ata ke do ghaṇá¹e -- Mauta se sÄmanÄ -- RoÅ›anÄ« kÄ rahasya -- Mauta kÄ khela -- Golá¸ana phiÅ›a -- Mauta kÄ« ghÄá¹Ä«.
Stories based on adventure theme; for children.
Bhautika galpasamagra
March 28, 2013
Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu, 1935-
KalakÄtÄ : Patra BhÄratÄ«, 2005.
111 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Horror stories.
Vesëlye stikhi i skazki : [sbornik
March 28, 2013
Moskva : OLMA Media Grupp, 2012.
125 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Selection of children's poems, stories and folk tales from all around the world.
Se io fossi te
March 28, 2013
Hamilton, Richard, 1960-
Milano : Il Castoro, c2009.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
Translation of: If I were you.
Geheimnis im Möwenweg
March 28, 2013
Boie, Kirsten, 1950-
Hamburg : Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, c2010.
159 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
It's winter in Möwenweg, and Tara has received a mysterious Valentine's card. She and her friends try to figure out who sent it, but other activites intervene- skating on the frozen river, and going to the carnival. Will she ever discover who sent the card?
Comme ça !
March 28, 2013
Niemann, Christoph.
Paris : l'École des loisirs, c2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
A very imaginative boy answers a girl's questions about how different kinds of vehicles work.
A cat's life = La vida de un gato
March 4, 2013
Elig, Jennifer.
Bloomington, IN : West Bow Press, c2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 22 cm.
A bilingual picture book.
Shows a day in the life of a cat : eating, playing, scratching, pouncing, chasing and napping.
Pañca tantirak kataikaḷ
January 10, 2013
Eḻil Kiruṣṇaṉ.
Chennai : Prodigy, 2011.
78 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
HimacampÄ
January 10, 2013
ÅšÄha, MÄlatÄ«.
Chennai : Tulika Publishers, 2011.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 24 cm.
Translated from English.
Children's story.
Story based on a gardener who gives away a beautiful magnolia, the soft white flower to each of the friends he meets; for children.
BrahmÄra prajÄpati
January 10, 2013
Meena Raghunathan.
Chennai, India : Tulika, 2007.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Translation from English.
Humorous story on how butterfly created by Brahma, Hindu deity.
Mi fai un po' paura
January 10, 2013
Jenkins, Emily, 1967-
Milano : Il Castoro, c2010.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Some people are a little bit strange or a little too loud, and just a little bit scary. But I bet, if you knew them, and knew their favorite things, you'd think that maybe, (probably) most people aren't so scary after all.
Der Schatz in der Scheune
January 10, 2013
Gellersen, Ruth.
Esslingen : Esslinger Verl. Schreiber, 2010.
67 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
"Die Ponygirls."
Die neugierige Kleine Hexe
January 10, 2013
Baeten, Lieve.
Hamburg : Oetinger, c1992.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
The curious young witch Lisbet went flying on her broom, and found a house where special witches live.
Allô Mamie?
January 10, 2013
Stehr, Frédéric.
Paris : L'ecole des loisirs, 2011.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
TugÅn tugÅn ch'ot sarang
January 10, 2013
Van Draanen, Wendelin.
|6880-02 SÅul : Pomul Ch'anggo, c2012.
286 p. ; 20 cm.
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
Dechatta toki wa
January 10, 2013
|6880-01 Kuwazawa, YÅ«ko.
|6880-03 TÅkyÅ : FurÄ“berukan, 2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
AwÄwa dÄrekana
January 10, 2013
|6880-01 Kobayashi, Haruko.
|6880-03 Oosaka : Hikarinokuni, 2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 16 cm.
Good morning = buenos dÃas
December 14, 2012
Membrillas, Sergio.
[Madrid] : Bilingual Readers, 2012.
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 14 x 20 cm.
On board pages.
Cover title.
A boy greets the new day, using both English and Spanish phrases.
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