Kirjahaku

After eight years, the long-awaited return of Janine Fraser's beautiful Sarindi and his loving family Sarindi and the Lucky Bird introduced a little boy and his family, and their life together in Indonesia. Sarindi is certain he will never be unlucky again when he wins the lucky marble from Jaya. But luck is more mischievous than a monkey. When Sarindi's mother becomes sick, Sarindi thinks that all the bad luck in the world has come to visit. He thinks there must be something he can do to help her get better. this time, the song of the Lucky Bird won't work, so he visits all the sacred places he knows. At each, Sarindi prays for the good health of his mother, because who knows which prayer will succeed? Ages: 7 - 10

Third in the series featuring Sarindi and his Indonesian family. Ages 7 - 10 It's Sarindi's birthday, and what he wants more than anything else is the multi-coloured Dragon Kite he sees in the market. He thinks he's the luckiest boy when he wakes up and sees the kite, and he can't wait to go to the beach fly it with his father. But later that day Sarindi wonders if luck has deserted them all. An earthquake has flattened the nearby town of Bantul, where Sarindi's cousins live. Suddenly, it is no time to be going on a birthday picnic, or flyign a dragon kite. Sarindi and his father must go by becak to Bantul to see if they can help. Have Sarindi's cousins survived the earthquake? And will it ever be time again to fly his beautiful kite? Ages 7-10

In Sarah's house, the Bible and the Koran sit together on a shelf – two books bursting with stories...Sarah loves her two grandmas – Grandmother Azar and Grandmother Maria. Grandmother Azar tells Sarah stories from the Holy Koran, while Grandmother Maria tells her stories from the Bible. At Christmas time, Sarah snuggles in each of her grandmothers' laps and listens to two nativity stories about the birth of baby Jesus. They are the same in some ways, and different in others... But both can be Sarah's favourite.