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Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D'Arezzo
Susan Roth
Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Jan. 8, 2007)If you can read musical notes, you can sing any song or play any piece. But musical notes have not always been here. Long ago, songs were memorized. If songs were forgotten, they were lost forever.Thanks to one man, Guido d’Arezzo, music now can last forever.
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Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
Susan Roth
Hardcover (National Geographic Children's Books, Jan. 1, 2001)Mr. Kang loves his caged Chinese bird Hua Mei, but when his seven-year-old grandson Sam persuades him to give the bird its freedom, they get a wonderful surprise. Teacher's Guide available.
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Marco Polo
Susan Roth
Hardcover (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, Jan. 4, 1991)Marco Polo's travels are recorded in a diary and scrapbook such as the great explorer might have kept.
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Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
Susan Roth
Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 2004)You are invited to a Hanukkaj party that will lsat eight nights. Sing along with a family of mice as they dance the Horah, spin the dreidel, & eat delivious latkes to celebrate the Festival of Lights. Susan L. Roth's charming collages joyfully illustrate this holiday song.
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Buddha
Susan Roth
Hardcover (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1994)Leaving the palace where he had been sheltered from a prediction that destined him to be a holy man, Prince Siddhartha sees for the first time the suffering in the world, and begins the journey that transforms him into the Buddha.
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It's A Dog's New York
Susan Roth
Hardcover (National Geographic Children's Books, Oct. 1, 2001)Youngsters can follow Pepper, a dog who has just moved to New York City and who is sad in his new unfamiliar surroundings, as he encounters Rover, who takes him on an imaginary journey through the city where they swim in the fountain in front of the Metropolitan Museum and chase pigeons on the roof of the Empire State Building.
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Marco Polo
Susan Roth
Hardcover (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, March 15, 1991)Illustrations, maps, and collages follow the exciting adventures of Marco Polo as he journeys from Venice to the court of Kublai Khan, through the Gobi desert to the city of Yan-gui, China.
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The Story of Light
Susan Roth
Paperback (Macmillan /McGraw-Hill, March 15, 1990)Light comes to the world in this bold adaptation of a Cherokee myth. After other animals fail to snatch a bit of the sun to relieve the darkness, the lowly Spider begins the long journey to bring light back to her people. Strikingly original collage illustrations and delicately cadenced language tell a marvelous story.
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It's Still A Dog's New York: A Book of Healing
Susan Roth
Hardcover (National Geographic Children's Books, Nov. 1, 2001)In this parable of childhood bereavement, Pepper and Rover, two New York dogs, are miserable after the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Pepper feels overwhelmed with sadness and fear and anger. But in a tour of New York City, his friend Rover shows him that even though theyÂ’re sad, they can go on. Pepper learns that helping others, expressing his feelings, celebrating the bravery of rescue workers, and allowing himself to enjoy life can lead to healing; that the pair are not underdogs, but top dogs; that Americans are strong enough to survive and thrive, that ItÂ’s Still a DogÂ’s New York.
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Kanahena: A Cherokee Story
Susan Roth
Paperback (Yearling, July 1, 1996)A Cherokee woman recounts to the young girl beside her the legend of the tricky Terrapin, who gets into a great deal of trouble with Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves over a little Kanahe+a7na, a cornmeal dish, and must use his wits to save himself. Reprint.
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Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D'Arezzo
Susan Roth
Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Jan. 8, 2007)If you can read musical notes, you can sing any song or play any piece. But musical notes have not always been here. Long ago, songs were memorized. If songs were forgotten, they were lost forever.Thanks to one man, Guido d’Arezzo, music now can last forever.
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Hard Hat Area
Susan Roth
Hardcover (Bloomsbury Pub. Ltd. (UK), Jan. 1, 2004)None