The Mr. Men and Little Miss series introduces different title characters and their dominant character traits to convey a simple moral lesson. Together the characters experience adventures – e.g. in London, where they are on a busy tour through the city exploring its sights, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and the Tower of London.
An allegorical novel on civilization and savagery, the power of religion, identity, and youth. A group of young boys survive a plane crash and find themselves on an uninhabited island. They quickly establish a governmental structure, rules, and order and elect one boy as chief. However, not long after conflicts erupt, their group splits in […]
A tragedy on the American Dream – exploring themes of human interaction, dependence and isolation. The narrator follows George and Lennie, two very opposite friends, who dream of owning their own piece of land during the Great Depression. Before their dream comes true, Lennie accidentally commits a murder and their vision becomes even more impossible… […]
A story about religion, struggle for survival and the relativity of truth. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi follows a young man who survives a shipwreck in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger – resisting hunger, thirst, fear and loneliness for 227 days. Growing up in India as a son of a zookeeper, “Pi” Patel studies […]
This historical novel about racism, war, the abuse of power and the holocaust, is the kick-off to a series of five: Felix is a 9-year-old Jewish boy hiding in Nazi-occupied Poland 1942. Separated from his parents, he is waiting in an orphanage, under the impression that his parents are just trying to save their book […]
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The story centers on a group of seventh graders at Ironville Middle School who join an afterschool video game club to play “The Good War,” a World War II simulation that divides them into Axis powers and Allies teams. What begins as a friendly competition soon spirals out of control as some students, influenced by […]
Kim’s Convenience is a Canadian TV series that follows the everyday lives of the Kim family, first-generation Korean immigrants running a convenience store in Toronto’s Regent Park. Over the course of five seasons, viewers follow the ups and downs of Mr. Kim (Appa), his wife Mrs. Kim (Umma), their daughter Janet, and their estranged son […]
Kim’s Convenience is a play that follows the lives of the Kimfamily, first-generation Korean immigrants running a conveniencestore in Toronto’s Regent Park. Mr. Kim (Appa) is determined tosecure his family’s future through the store, hoping his daughterJanet will take over the business. However, Janet dreams of acareer in photography and resists her father’s wishes. Meanwhile,the […]
Joel Budd’s Underdogs is an exploration of the realities, myths, and shiftingidentities of Britain’s white working-class communities. Through a blend of reportage, interviews, and historical analysis, Budd investigates how this group has been alternately ignored,caricatured, politicized, and often blamed or credited for seismicpolitical shifts such as Brexit and recent general elections. Thebook travels from post-industrial […]
The book offers young readers an accessible introduction tothe long and often overlooked history of Black people in Britain.Olusoga traces this history from Roman times through the Tudors,Stuarts, Georgians, Victorians, and into the 20th century,highlighting the presence, contributions, and struggles of BlackBritons across the centuries. The book explores key figures, suchas John Blanke, Dido Elizabeth […]