Just as Gabriel García Márquez does in his own stories, award-winning Brown blends the real and fanciful aspects of the Nobel Prize winner’s history into a portrait of life and writing. This bilingual book refers to García Márquez... Read More
Calming a child’s fears before sleep can sometimes be a difficult task; reading the right book beforehand could be the solution. Kemble’s rhyming, rhythmic picture book will take children on a safe and calming adventure before they... Read More
“I’m bored with television! I’ve looked at every station. So I guess I’ll go outside and use my imagination.” This is the preamble to a story about a little girl who creates her own world with mind power. The girl steps outside... Read More
When Gracie Goat’s best friends form a cycling team to compete in the Summer Corn Festival Race, she wants to disappear like “a little worm…into a hole in the ground.” She reluctantly agrees to join the cycling team, but Gracie... Read More
Although Virginnie’s straw hat is supposed to protect her from the sun, it exposes her to danger when the wind blows it off of her head and into a dark, overgrown swamp. The hat ends up high in the branches of a sycamore tree, and from... Read More
Spending the night at Grandma’s is always a special treat—children know they’ll be spoiled and pampered. But what happens at their own house while they’re gone? As a brother and his sister leave with their grandparents for an... Read More
After Tata’s death, Nana comes to live with her family in California. Anxious to help her find her smile, her grandchildren hope a flock of chicks will provide comforting distraction. Based on memories from the author’s life, the... Read More
“Go back to sleep, it’s the middle of the night” is a phrase heard in children’s bedrooms most every night. Although it usually comes from parents of little ones, in this delightful children’s book it comes from Willy. Willy... Read More