Description of Books
	The female protagonist, Anga, is a girl from the great forest of Siberia who wants to hunt like her father, but her cruel stepmother wouldn’t allow it. She makes Anga do chores all day long. Anga rebels and becomes a hunter in order to avenge her father’s death.
	The story of “The Story of Little Black Sambo” is retold here using Indian characters. The male protagonist, Little Babaji, is given special new clothes by his parents. He then goes for a walk in the jungle and unwillingly gives his clothes away to four cruel tigers. The tigers fight among themselves and Little Babaji is able to get his clothes back and return home.
	The male protagonist, Wilfrid Gordon, lives beside an old age home and wants to help his favorite person, Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, find her memory, but first he asks some of the residents “What’s a memory?” He gathers various objects and presents them to Miss Nancy as she relives special times in her life.
	The female protagonist, Rosalba, and her Spanish grandmother, Abuela, go to Central Park in New York City by bus and Rosalba imagines that they fly around the city. Abuela tells Rosalba about the landmarks they see and what makes them special to their family.
	The female protagonist, Selina, and her family have to leave their Pennsylvania home because of war, so they flee to Upper Canada where it is safe and where her father can find work. Selina’s grandmother cannot go with the family but she sends a quilt top she made; its different colours and designs fill Selina with memories of special family occasions.
	The male protagonist, seven year-old Joey, discovers that his second hand hockey skates are magic and will grant him three wishes as long as they have to do with skating. He uses his first two wishes to become a better skater and uses the last one to help his older brother when he gets hurt in a championship hockey game.
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