Margriet Ruurs

Christine Wei

Come, Read With Me

Tastan Adimlar Bir Mülteci Ailenin Yolculugu

Andrew Kiss

A family spends the day pitching a tent, swimming, fishing, and exploring during a camping trip.

When We Go Camping

A refugee family's flight to freedom, uniquely illustrated.

A Refugee Family's Journey

Stepping Stones

Do you get books from a public library in your town or even in your school library? In many remote areas of the world, there are no library buildings. In many countries, books are delivered in unusual way: by bus, boat, elephant, donkey, train, even by wheelbarrow. Why would librarians go to the trouble of packing books on the backs of elephants or driving miles to deliver books by bus? Because, as one librarian in Azerbaijan says, "Books are as important to us as air or water!" This is the intriguing photo essay, a celebration of books, readers, and libraries.

How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World

My Librarian is a Camel

Katherine Gibson

Ted Harrison

Describes the life and work of Ted Harrison, who is best known for his colorful paintings depicting everyday life in the Yukon.

The World of Ted Harrison

A Brush Full of Colour

This colorful cross section of families introduces readers to fourteen real children from around the world and the people they love the most, from Sanne in the Netherlands, who has two moms; to Gilad, whose parents and siblings live on a kibbutz with other families in Israel; to Ji Eun in South Korea, whose parents both work outside the home. An engaging book about different cultures and what they share: the importance of family, and the familiar ways people care for one another.

Families Around the World

Did you know that the oldest insect lived more than 350 million years ago? That’s more than 100 million years before the dinosaurs! Did you know that a slug has three noses, an octopus has three hearts, and that an earthworm has no eyes, no nose, no ears, and no lungs, but it has five hearts? By compiling facts that astound her and whet her own curiosity, Margriet Ruurs encourages young readers to observe the natural world around them and to share her sense of wonder and respect for it. With stunning art and bright, brief text, Amazing Animals is a perfect introduction to a host of creatures – many of them endangered. Margriet Ruurs’ books, including A Mountain Alphabet, When We Go Camping, and In My Backyard are always irresistible invitations to marvel at the animals with which we share the world.

The Remarkable Things That Creatures Do

Amazing Animals

Join two young children as they begin an adventure through a world of books in this story-within-a-bedtime-story. This metered read-aloud pays homage to classic children's literature: readers of all ages will love searching for characters they recognize from fairy tales and beloved picture books amongst the pages. Spiders weave words and mythical dragons soar as the children travel through magical lands guided by the rhythm and rhyme of acclaimed author Margriet Ruurs. Little ones will want to cuddle closer and settle in for a delightful journey before heading off to sleep themselves.

This informational picture book features fourteen real students from around the world on a typical school day. There is Johannes, who lives at his boarding school in Germany; Ana, who walks an hour to her school in Honduras; Amy and Gwen, who are homeschooled in the United States; and many others. Each school experience is different in this engaging book about the many places and ways children learn and play.

School Days Around the World

Aaron, who does odd jobs at a Zambian hotel, rescues a baby elephant, whose mother was killed by poachers, from a swimming pool, in a story based on the life of a game ranger that also includes facts about elephants and their rehabilitation.

Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia

The Elephant Keeper

Josh, Mark, Angela and their friends have been waiting for years to go on the class trip to Drumheller, Alberta. Now they are finally the oldest kids at Pleasant Valley grade school and can get excited about the overnight outing. But first, they have a lot of learn about what they'll see in the dinosaur capital of the world. And they have to raise money for all the pizza they are going to eat on the trip! Once they finally get going, a frightening encounter with a slithery serpent leads to an amazing discovery. One that might be even better than all-you-can-eat deep dish!

Bus to the Badlands

Everyone in the world has a birthday. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. Award-winning author Ruurs tells the unique stories of how 17 children from all around the globe celebrate a birthday, including how they each say happy birthday in their native language. Full color.

Margriet Ruurs

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