The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds
FROM SARAH:
When you're studying gardens, plants, and seeds, be sure to include this one in your reading stack!
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
"An extravagantly beautiful creation. It is unusual in its ingenious way of teaching botany and interesting words to the littlest of readers.”—Publishers Weekly
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The Korean Cinderella
FROM SARAH:
Shirley Climo has several multicultural Cinderella retellings that are fantastic, even though several of them are out of print and a little harder to find. Reading various Cinderella tales from around the world and then discussing their similarities and differences is loads of fun, and quite worthwhile!
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Like the tree planted to honor her birth, Pear Blossom is beautiful, and the pride of her elderly mother and father. But then her mother dies, and her father remarries. Pear Blossom’s stepmother resents her new daughter’s beauty. Out of jealousy, she makes Pear Blossom perform impossible chores while her own daughter, Peony, watches idly. But fortunately, Pear Blossom is not alone. With the help of magical creatures—togkabis—she can accomplish each task, and triumph over her stepmother’s cruelty.
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