PICTURE BOOKS
BH 1-73 Polish Rhymes
BH 1-128 Czechoslovakian Rhymes
BH 1-136 Hungarian Rhymes
BH 1-137 A Roumanian Lullaby
BH 1-145 Estonian Rhyme
BH 1-128 Czechoslovakian Rhymes
BH 1-136 Hungarian Rhymes
BH 1-137 A Roumanian Lullaby
BH 1-145 Estonian Rhyme
JC 1-214 Poppy Seed Cakes
♦ $ Poland Busy Monday Morning by Janina Domanska
Learn the days of the week to this Polish folk song.
♦ $ Poland The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse
" Set in Warsaw in 1942, this picture book brings to life a litt-eknown incident of Jewish resistance. A young girl who has escapted the Ghetto lives with her older sister who, with friends, plans to smuggle food to those still there. Somehow the Gestapo has heard of the plan and has designs of its own--dogs to sniff out the bundles of food arriving with the resisters on a train. With quick thinking, the friends gather all of the cats living in Krasinski and head for the station."
$ Poland The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korszak by Tomak Begacki
"In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland." Alert for parents of sensitive children: the ending is not a happy one.
$ The Gypsies' Tale by Ethel Pochocki
"Luminous full-color paintings mark a rich tale of a gypsy couple who tire of traveling and settle down to build a cottage in the woods, where they find quiet joy in their relationship with nature."
♦ $ The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket by Sonia Levitin
"Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love."
♦ $ The Mitten by Jan Brett
Based on an old Ukrainian folktale.
♦ $ The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
"Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determined to see for himself if the dream is true, Isaac sets out on his long journey. What he finds makes a surprising and heart-warming ending to this retelling of a well-known folk tale."
Learn the days of the week to this Polish folk song.
♦ $ Poland The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse
" Set in Warsaw in 1942, this picture book brings to life a litt-eknown incident of Jewish resistance. A young girl who has escapted the Ghetto lives with her older sister who, with friends, plans to smuggle food to those still there. Somehow the Gestapo has heard of the plan and has designs of its own--dogs to sniff out the bundles of food arriving with the resisters on a train. With quick thinking, the friends gather all of the cats living in Krasinski and head for the station."
$ Poland The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korszak by Tomak Begacki
"In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland." Alert for parents of sensitive children: the ending is not a happy one.
$ The Gypsies' Tale by Ethel Pochocki
"Luminous full-color paintings mark a rich tale of a gypsy couple who tire of traveling and settle down to build a cottage in the woods, where they find quiet joy in their relationship with nature."
♦ $ The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket by Sonia Levitin
"Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love."
♦ $ The Mitten by Jan Brett
Based on an old Ukrainian folktale.
♦ $ The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
"Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determined to see for himself if the dream is true, Isaac sets out on his long journey. What he finds makes a surprising and heart-warming ending to this retelling of a well-known folk tale."
IMAGINATIVE
FC S3-221 Prince Kindhearted
FC S3-253 The Two Brothers
FC S3-257 The Golden Duck
FC S3-271 The Golden Grandmother
FC S3-253 The Two Brothers
FC S3-257 The Golden Duck
FC S3-271 The Golden Grandmother
BH 2-52 The Rooster and the Sultan
BH 2-71 The Little Rooster and the Little Hen
BH 7-11 Miksa and the Man with the Iron Head
BH 7-40 The Maiden, the Knight and the Waterfall
BH 7-96 The Prince Who Rode Through a Mousehole
BH 7-102 Vladimir's Adventure in Search of Fortune
BH 2-71 The Little Rooster and the Little Hen
BH 7-11 Miksa and the Man with the Iron Head
BH 7-40 The Maiden, the Knight and the Waterfall
BH 7-96 The Prince Who Rode Through a Mousehole
BH 7-102 Vladimir's Adventure in Search of Fortune
JC 2-170 Budulinek
♥ Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore (1919)
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia by Virginia Haviland
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Poland by Virginia Haviland
Six retold tales from old Poland.
♦ $ The Jolly Tailor by Lucia Barski
A great collection of Polish fairy tales.
♥ Polish Fairy Tales by Maude Biggs (1920)
♥ Slavonic Fairy Tales by John Naake
♦ $ The Shepherd's Nosegay by Parker Fillmore
A collection of tales from Finland and Czechoslovakia.
♥ $ Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Mid-European Jewish folk-tales. "Singer dedicated the stories to children who had no chance to grow up because of stupid wars and cruel persecutions and hoped readers would grow into men and women who love not only their own children but all good children everywhere."
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia by Virginia Haviland
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Poland by Virginia Haviland
Six retold tales from old Poland.
♦ $ The Jolly Tailor by Lucia Barski
A great collection of Polish fairy tales.
♥ Polish Fairy Tales by Maude Biggs (1920)
♥ Slavonic Fairy Tales by John Naake
♦ $ The Shepherd's Nosegay by Parker Fillmore
A collection of tales from Finland and Czechoslovakia.
♥ $ Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Mid-European Jewish folk-tales. "Singer dedicated the stories to children who had no chance to grow up because of stupid wars and cruel persecutions and hoped readers would grow into men and women who love not only their own children but all good children everywhere."
CULTURAL
FC OC11 Polish, Czech-Slovak
FC OC22 Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian
FC OC22 Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian
BH 2-150 The Little Dog Waltz: Chopin
♦ $ Up the Hill by Marguerite de Angeli
"Published in 1942, the story is set in Pennsylvania, of a boy and girl from a family of Polish immigrants as they experience Christmas and then Easter; with the Polish customs and foods The author provides wonderful illustrations throughout the book. You not only get a nice fictional story, but the author weaves in some Polish cultural history as well."
"Published in 1942, the story is set in Pennsylvania, of a boy and girl from a family of Polish immigrants as they experience Christmas and then Easter; with the Polish customs and foods The author provides wonderful illustrations throughout the book. You not only get a nice fictional story, but the author weaves in some Polish cultural history as well."
BIOGRAPHIES
FC S6-52 Mozart
FC G8-212 Wolfgang Mozart
FC G8-267 Chopin
FC G8-212 Wolfgang Mozart
FC G8-267 Chopin
BH 11-29 Marko, the Champion of Serbian Liberty
JC 8-161 Dream of Freedom: Mozart
♦ Curtain Calls for Franz Schubert by Opal Wheeler and Deucher
♦ $ Harry Houdini, Master of Magic by Robert Kraske
Garrard Americans All Series, Hungarian born.
♦ $ Haydn by Reba Mirsky
$ Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Rubin
Illustrated story of a Polish social worker who helped more than 400 children escape the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII..
♦ $ Joseph Haydn, the Merry Little Peasant by Opal Wheeler
♦ Mozart the Wonder Boy by Sybil Deucher, Opal Wheeler
Opal Wheeler Music Biographies Series
$ Mozart the Wonder Child by Diane Stanley
With stunning and expressive illustrations, Diane Stanley portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius.
♦ $ The Boy Who Loved Music by David Lasker
An easy to read biography of Franz Joseph Haydn. "To amuse the stubborn Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy, who refuses to allow the court musicians to return to Vienna at summer's end, Joseph Haydn composes a special "Farewell" symphony.
♦ $ Harry Houdini, Master of Magic by Robert Kraske
Garrard Americans All Series, Hungarian born.
♦ $ Haydn by Reba Mirsky
$ Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Rubin
Illustrated story of a Polish social worker who helped more than 400 children escape the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII..
♦ $ Joseph Haydn, the Merry Little Peasant by Opal Wheeler
♦ Mozart the Wonder Boy by Sybil Deucher, Opal Wheeler
Opal Wheeler Music Biographies Series
$ Mozart the Wonder Child by Diane Stanley
With stunning and expressive illustrations, Diane Stanley portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius.
♦ $ The Boy Who Loved Music by David Lasker
An easy to read biography of Franz Joseph Haydn. "To amuse the stubborn Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy, who refuses to allow the court musicians to return to Vienna at summer's end, Joseph Haydn composes a special "Farewell" symphony.