Jesse vindt het helemaal niet leuk om te verhuizen naar Boma, een dorpje in het binnenland van Papoea. Maar zijn vader gaat er werken, en dus moet hij wel mee. Gelukkig wordt hij goed opgevangen door Rafaël, die er al jaren woont, en die samen met zijn Papoeavrienden een jungleclub heeft opgericht. Jesse mag ook lid worden. Maar niet meteen, natuurlijk. Hij moet eerst een overleven-in-de-jungle cursus volgen. En allerlei moeilijke opdrachten uitvoeren om te bewijzen dat hij moed heeft …
De overleven-in-de-jungle cursus: een spannend, stoer en grappig boek, dat kinderen zelf laat beleven hoe het is om in het oerwoud van Papoea te wonen.
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Jesse does not want to move to Boma, a village in the interior of Papua. But his father is going to work there, so he has to come along. Fortunately, he is well received by Rafaël, who has lived there for years, and who founded a jungle club with his Papuan friends. Jesse can become a member, but first he must take take a jungle survival course and complete all kinds of difficult assignments to prove that he has courage …
An exciting, cool and funny book that lets children experience what it is like to live in the jungle of Papua.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN DUTCH.
Sasha woont in Jakarta en verveelt zich verschrikkelijk. Het is zomervakantie. Al haar vriendinnen zijn weg, en ze moet zich zien te vermaken met haar drielingbroers Sam en Nick. Dat valt niet mee. Haar vader bedenkt een plan. Ze kunnen met de hele familie de marathon gaan lopen. En daar kunnen ze dan ook samen voor oefenen. Vreselijk! Ze trainen in de dierentuin, de enige plek in Jakarta waar je kunt lopen en rennen zonder overreden te worden. Totdat de dierentuin sluit, omdat de vogelgriep is uitgebroken. En die is niet alleen gevaarlijk voor vogels…
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Sasha lives in Jakarta and is terribly bored. It’s summer vacation. All her friends are gone, and she only has with her triplets, Sam and Nick, for company. Her father comes up with an idea –the whole family can train together to run a marathon. How horrible! They train at the zoo, the only place in Jakarta where you can walk and run without getting run over…at least until the zoo closes because Bird Flu has broken out. And it is not only dangerous for birds …
THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN DUTCH
The second book in the “Sasha” series. It is the only one of the four Sasha diaries that is not included in the Sasha Trilogy.
Joshua is from the U.S. but he lives in Ghana. His second best friend (after his dad) is his pet parrot named Johnny . But to his dismay, he has to leave Johnny behind when he and his dad move to Korea to be with his mom.
When he arrives in Korea, everything is very different. Joshua notices that everyone in Korea is staring at him and his parents! Most Koreans haven’t seen someone his color before and they want to touch his hair and take pictures with him. His mom keeps politely telling people not to touch him but Joshua feels like a star! Everyone wants to talk to him.
At the end of the story, Joshua confides in his parents that he still misses his parrot Johnny. They encourage him to take his soccer ball and meet new friends, which he does. He even meets a beautiful Korean crane who he asks to be his new best friend.
Besides covering themes of moving to a new country and settling in, this fantastic little picture book addresses the difficulty of having to leave much-loved pets behind. And it stands out among TCK children’s books because it features an African-American family, and one that moves because of the mom’s job.
Reading level: age 4-8
Jamie is surprised when her parents tell her and her brother that they’re moving to Spain! As she begins to think of it, Fear comes (in a shadowy form) and whispers things that make her afraid. What if she forgets her language? What if she never finds another best friend? As these fears come up, Jamie leaves pieces of her heart all around her town until she’s all out of heart pieces.
Then excitement comes and turns all her worries around. She goes back around town and collects back her heart pieces, each coming with encouragement like, “Home doesn’t have to be just one place,” and “You will learn important lessons wherever you go, they will just be different!”
Reading level: 5-8 years
A little boy is woken up by his parents in the middle of the night and told they have to leave their home and friends and belongings behind. At least he gets to bring his rabbit. On the journey, there’s lots of hurrying and then waiting and the boy’s tummy hurts because he’s trying to keep in his whining. An old lady tells him the story of another boy who had to leave his home suddenly and go to a new home. He grew up to be a great teacher (Jesus).
This sweet short story could be helpful for children who have had to move suddenly or had a difficult time moving. The illustration is sweet and the boy’s squirminess is so relatable!
Reading level: 4 to 7 years
Ernie moves to an Aboriginal community in Northern Australia where his parents work at a hospital. He writes letters to his old friends in each of the 6 seasons telling what he & his new Aboriginal friends are doing. At the end we see that his old schoolmates are studying his new culture in school & have each tried something he’s written about. A creative but highly stylized story; part of a series.
Reading level: ages 6-9 years
