romania

After each of her two elder sisters marries a fine lord, the youngest princess is devastated when a pig comes to the castle and asks for her hand.

A retelling of the story of Noah's ark, embellished with elements from Romanian folklore, including how the devil sneaked aboard, the reason Noah threw a cat overboard, and the role of a snake in saving the ark.

A biography of the young Romanian who was the first gymnast to receive a perfect score during Olympic competition.

In this version of a traditional Romanian tale, a boy big and wise beyond his years leaves home with a magical horse and has many adventures.

An introduction to the geography, history, economy, government, culture, and people of the second largest country in south-eastern Europe.

Windisch, a miller in a Romanian village under the rule of dictator Ceausescu, desperate to get a passport to migrate to West Germany, sends his daughter to persuade village officials after his attempts to bribe the mayor fail.

A brief biography emphasizing the training and gymnastic achievements of the fourteen-year-old Romanian who earned a perfect score seven times in the 1976 Olympic Games.

The author discusses what it was like to grow up in postwar Bucharest, describing the unique characteristics of her family members and their efforts to protect her from the dangers of living in Communist Romania.

Thirteen-year-old Flora Popescu and her family find themselves caught up in events leading to the overthrow of the repressive regime of Nicholae Ceausescu in Romania in 1989.