At the dreidel-making workshop, Jeremy’s friends think he is molding a secret code on his clay dreidel. But he’s really making a special gift for his father, who is blind. How will he get his friends

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that has prevented him from attending a mainstream school—until now. He’s about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been

When her family moves to the town of Westminster, California, young Sylvia Mendez is excited about enrolling in her neighborhood school. But she and her brothers are turned away and told they have to

Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living

Celebrate the colors of children and the colors of love—not black or white or yellow or red, but roaring brown, whispering gold, tinkling pink and more.

Adventurous Kayla rescues Nate during their fun and wonderful superhero play. Their imaginative game of adventure with a dragon teaches that both girls and boys can save the day.

Peggy O'Driscoll, a thirteen year old girl, leaves her home in Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s to make a better life for herself in America. Despite the fact that she is scared and misses

Diego's birthday is coming, and he longs to see his Papa Diego, who lives far away in Chihuahua, Mexico. He knows his grandfather is old and that it's hard to cross the border. Sensitively told and

Islam and the celebration of Ramadan, in the life of a young boy.

Sara always gets lumbered with looking after her little brother Bernard, and summer project at the local school is no different. There’s so much to do—football, judo, trampolining, model car making

Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya was greatly influenced by the heroic life of labor and civil rights activist César Chávez. This poem eulogizes César and his work, expressing the grief of la gente and

This bilingual fictional story is set against the backdrop of the successful janitors' strike in Los Angeles in 2000. It tells about Carlitos, whose mother is a janitor. She and the other janitors

Monica and Katie have been friends since kindergarten. Monica loves being around her when she's nice. But there are times when Katie can be just plain mean. Monica doesn't understand why but learns

A homeless boy and his friends in Haiti build a home and a radio station where they can stay away from the military police and voice their own opinion. These children's families have either been

This book is a collection of ten personal accounts of the the court ruling and the emotions and consequences that accompanied it.

This folktale is about how a group of black slaves would cope with sadness or anger in their life. The slaves would use their magic to rise and fly away when they were subject to the cruelty of their

This book describes the different opportunities for children to get involved in community service across a wide range of areas and interests.

Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation. These unforgettable images serve as the inspiration for Ms

This book is a resource guide for children who want to learn political action skills at the community, state and national levels.

In 1960, a six-year-old black child, surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. From where she sat in the office, Ruby Bridges could see