Archives: Books
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Children Growing Up with War
The right to adequate nutrition and medical care. The right to free education. The right to a name and nationality. The right to affection, love, and understanding. In conflict zones …
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Making Friends with Billy Wong
A powerful story set in small-town Arkansas in 1955 that illuminates the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the segregated south. Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to care …
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Riding Chance
A powerful novel about an urban kid’s redemption through the grit and power of polo. This is a story of family, brotherhood, and a hero’s journey amid city streets and …
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Unidentified Suburban Object
Comic and satirical, but also full of painful truths about being both a bright, sensitive middle schooler, and a so-called “model-minority” in a decidedly NOT-diverse town. The next person who …
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Save Me a Seat
From award-winning author of Pie, Sarah Weeks and debut author Gita Varadarajan comes a story that shows us the beautiful ways our lives end up being much more similar than …
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Mission Mumbai: A Novel of Sacred Cows, Snakes, and Stolen Toilets
Travel to the colorful and chaotic streets of India from the comfort of your home in this hilarious and heartfelt story about friendship and family. When aspiring photographer Dylan Moore …
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The Runaway’s Gold
In 1842, Christopher Robertson’s family lives a difficult life as “crofters,” farmers and fishermen so in debt to the landowner that they have no hope of ever breaking free. To …
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First Flight Around the World
In 1924, the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries—Great Britain, France, …
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The Bamboo Sword
Master writer Margi Preus treats readers to an amazing adventure in 1853 Japan. This lyric novel follows Yoshi, a Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai. Unfortunately, as part …
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Weather, Weather
Can a photograph capture the sensation of a warm spring breeze or the smell of freshly fallen snow? Weather, Weather, the third volume in a series of creative collaborations between renowned …
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Every Falling Star
Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who was forced at …
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Can You Say Peace?
A bright and colorful journey around the world to meet different children and learn the many ways to say peace. International Peace Day is September 21st. On this day and …
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Paper Wishes
A moving debut novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II–and the dog she has to leave behind. Ten-year-old Manami did …
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90 Miles to Havana
90 Miles to Havana is a 2011 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Narrative and a 2011 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year. When Julian’s parents make the heartbreaking …
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Anna & Solomon
A true immigration love story, with pictures from a New York Times-bestselling illustrator In 1897 a young man named Solomon fell in love with and married a beautiful young woman …
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National Geographic Kids Chapters: Rhino Rescue
What happens when conservationists meet rhinos in trouble? They arrange to airlift them to safety! Follow National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert as they move rhinos out of harm’s …
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1,001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization
We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But in Muslim civilization from the 7th century onward there were amazing advances and …
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Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall
Explore and discover the amazing life of world icon Dr. Jane Goodall with a bold and beautiful new photographic biography from award-winning author Anita Silvey. Follow Jane’s early childhood passion …
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Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan
Part adventure story, part inspirational survival story, all true, Lost Boy, Lost Girl tells the story of two child members of Southern Sudan’s Dinka tribe as they join thousands of …
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Every Human Has Rights: What You Need to Know About Your Human Rights
In 1948, the United Nations laid out 30 basic human rights. Its statement said that just by virtue of being human—every person is entitled to freedom, a fair government, a …
