Jane Kurtz Books
Faraway Home
By Jane Kurtz
Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
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Trouble
By Jane Kurtz
A retelling of a traditional Eritrean tale in which a young goatherd disobeys his father by inadvertently trading away the board game that was supposed to keep him out of trouble.
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The Storyteller's Beads
By Jane Kurtz
During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about eac...
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Miro in the kingdom of the sun
By Jane Kurtz
A young Inca girl succeeds where her brothers and others have failed, when her bird friends help her find the special water that will cure the king's son.
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The storyteller s beads
By Jane Kurtz
During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about eac...
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I m sorry Almira Ann
By Jane Kurtz
Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems. Sarah Bent...
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Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts
By Jane Kurtz, Ino Rossi
On a visit to the zoo, a little boy imagines what it would be like to be various animals, such as a hippopotamus or a penguin, and listens as his mother explains how all parents keep their young on...
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