“What will my new face look like?” Jessie wondered excitedly. He stood on the plastic stool by the sink and traced his eyes with his finger. Jessie, adopted from Korea, […]
Children are sometimes upset to discover that they have been adopted. This book helps them understand how lucky they are to have loving, adoptive parents – and how lucky their […]
Description “Tired of being laughed at because they are different, a pair of multicolored twins run away to ask the animals where they really belong.” Author: Maria GarciaISBN: 3040Count: 1
Eighty-six students, grades 3 though 8, wrote this wonderful book celebrating African-American heritage. Readers learn about African history, traditional African arts and crafts, African-American [...]
Rosie’s Family is a story about belonging in a family regardless of differences. Rosie is a beagle who was adopted by schnauzers. She feels different from the rest of her […]
Ages 3+ Molly and Dan live in the country where they enjoy building and baking, planting and painting all kinds of things. In fact, they can make almost anything, but […]
Description “When Carly’s parents go to China to adopt her new baby sister, they give her some seeds to plant so that she will know when to expect them back.” […]
Description “Slam Dunk is a story about Toby Butler’s struggle to succeed in school. With the help of his parents, teachers, and concerned health-care professionals, Toby learns about [...]
In this volume of connected poems, Johnson (Hurricane Henrietta) crystallizes the emotions of a homeless girl, who describes herself as “fading fast” as she loses sight of hope. In [...]
