Correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.

Children are known for speaking their minds. We can’t expect them to watch every word, but we can help them to understand that their words affect other people. This book helps to gently guide them to

Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during

A history of the evolution of America's civil liberties.

First Day in Grapes tells the story of Chico and his family, migrant workers who move up and down the state of California. Every September they pick grapes and Chico starts a new school. Often Chico

In 1955 the all-black Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars team was formed in Charleston, South Carolina in the hopes of playing in the state’s annual Tournament, but all of the white teams pull out of the

Shirley Chisholm's rise to prominence in the U.S. political arena is depicted in this addition to the First Book series. The large-print text focuses on the varied political aspects of Chisholm's

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

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

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

When overweight Linda gives an oral report on whales, the cruel and power-wielding class leader, Wendy, starts calling her "Blubber." The name-calling escalates into more intense bullying and

Introduces women leaders who fought for the right to vote.

This book describes the different ways that various cultures welcome newborn babies into the world.

Although they are many different colors, the crayons in a box discover that when they get together they can appreciate each other and make a complete picture.

This classic tale of cooperation follows a little black fish and his friends, a school of little red fish, who cannot escape when the big fish try to eat them until they discover that when they work

Zach, a fifth-grader who has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, has trouble concentrating and controlling himself until a retired jazz musician who believes in him gives him the motivation to

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico—she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to

Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquin receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican-American girl. Prietita defends Joaquin from

When Kedi hears about America's Great Depression from her teacher, her heart will not sit down. Men and women are unable to find work. Children are going hungry. In her teacher's village of New York