Dreams—not the kind that slip into the head while sleeping, but the sort that inspire creativity or making contributions to the good—are what this intergenerational book is about. It begins: “Once, long ago when all the stars were... Read More

No, this isn’t a counting book, it’s a book about sharing resources. Younger children will enjoy the story of friendship, older children will see the larger issues of cooperation and empathy. An excellent book for introducing social,... Read More

Ah, the acrostic: uninspired staple of poetry sessions in third and fourth grades. Well heres something to shake it up. These poems dont just spell out the obvious with adjectives, they ask questions, move diagonally, and contain whole... Read More

With the arrival of summer, seventy-eight-year-old Octavio Rivera “had a feeling that he was about to have the most fantastic dreams of his life.” Each afternoon his dreams are indeed incredible, as a guitar, kissing turtles, winged... Read More

Sibling rivalry is an age-old theme in children’s books. Dean Haspiel and Jay Lynch give it a rousing twist with their cartoon characters, Mo and Jo. Mo and Jo, Fighting Together Forever, combines familiar sibling arguments with bad... Read More

Isaac Murphy, Willie Simms, Jimmy “Wink” Winkfield: few people recognize these names or know they were victorious black jockeys. Winkfield, the subject of this book, was born in 1882 in Kentucky, and started riding horses at sixteen.... Read More

Johnny is sent out to get some compost to help heal the roof of the “lily house” he lives in with his aunts. On his journey he meets old friends and makes some new ones. He also learns about God’s army. This is the second book in... Read More

A little girl first heard this story as she and her tribe members sat around the campfire nearly 125 years ago on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938) is the girl who eventually grew... Read More