Virginia L. Kroll Books
Fireflies, Peach Pies, and Lullabies
When Francie's Great-Granny Annabel dies of Alzheimer's disease, Francie finds a way to help people remember the real person rather than the shell she had become as the disease ran its course.
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Masai and I
Linda, a little girl who lives in the city, learns about East Africa and the Masai in school, and imagines what her life might be like if she were Masai.
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Africa Brothers and Sisters
At lunchtime Daddy and Jesse play their favorite game: a question and answer game about people who live in Africa and the ways in which they are connected to Jesse.
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Faraway drums
Jamila and her little sister are frightened by the loud city noises at their new apartment, but they find comfort in recalling the stories their great-grandma used to tell about life in Africa.
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New friends true friends stuck like glue friends
Illustrations and rhyming text provide a look at all kinds of friendships.
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Marta and the Manger Straw: A Christmas Tradition from Poland
At Christmas, Marta, a Polish girl, unhesitatingly breaks off pieces of her own blessed Nativity straw to share with her ill grandmother and other humble villagers, and in giving them away, her ble...
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