It’s Christmas Eve, 1914, on the Western Front during World War I. British forces are lined up in trenches on one side of a battlefield in occupied France; German forces on the other. “No Man’s Land” stretches in between. A... Read More

Eleven-year-old Mariangela had been asking for a piano for as long as she can remember. She wants one just like her cousin Gigi’s. Imagine her shock and disappointment when her Nonna presents her with her grandfather’s old, bulky,... Read More

A paddle across a lake, time to watch rare birds on the water, a frantic attempt to stop a “bad moment” in the woods—through the pages of this delightful book,[i][b][/i][/b] these events on a summer day are the recipe for a young... Read More

This is a kaleidoscopic, prismatic, bee-bopping, hip-hopping look at the day in the life of one of the most taken-for-granted creatures in a city—the pigeon. From the first line, this poetic tale jogs along until the last page when the... Read More

Instead of playing basketball with the kids who tease him, D.J. runs home to the seclusion of his backyard tree house. What may appear to be innocent playground joking may actually be quite malicious, and cause serious emotional harm. In... Read More

There is nothing children like better than to hear stories about when they were very young. They love to hear about the silly things they did and said before they were old enough to remember. Henry is no exception. Every night he and his... Read More

It’s late afternoon on the first day of Creation, and Woksape, the medicine man of the Dakota people, is waiting for the Great Spirit to come and fill “the final empty place.” When Wakantanka arrives, he asks Woksape what kind of... Read More

In shades of midnight blue and golden light, the children in this book whirl, swirl, spin, swim, and dive as they wend their way across the night sky on an imaginary tour of the universe. In an amalgamation of mythology, science, and... Read More