Bardoe’s picture-book biography of the father of genetics describes his early life, his quest for education, and the research that resulted in his significant contribution to the world of science.

When her mother leaves home, Rachel learns to communicate with and to love her father, while adjusting to disturbing truths about her mother's past. A free-verse novel about loss and reconciliation.

A self-important china rabbit finds himself on a journey that spans years and miles, bringing special people into his life and changing him forever.

Have you ever thought about where that chocolate-chip cookie came from? As Grandma bakes her cookies, Cat and Dog learn about each ingredient, from butter to chips.

Derived from one of the first recorded stories on earth, this tale of Ancient Iraq introduces Lugalbanda and his heroic deeds to assist the kingdom of Uruk during a war.

American families from many different cultures and backgrounds share their love, laughter, and challenges.

During the Year of the Dog, Chinese-American Grace makes new friends, learns more about her family, and finds her place in the world.

“A boy can take off his shirt to swim, but not his shorts.” Twelve-year-old Catherine creates rules for her younger, autistic brother, David in an attempt to normalize his life and her own. But what is normal? Lord’s heroine learns to use words to forge connections with David, her workaholic father, and a paraplegic friend. Newbery Honor Book and a Schneider Family Book Award Winner.

This is the radio broadcast that sent listeners into a panic. This dramatic picture book introduces young children to a fascinating piece of history. The art is reminiscent of the comics of the 1930s.

Stunning paintings and thrillingly musical poems bring jazz to life for young readers. King Illustrator Honor Book.

Perceptive text and animated line drawings bring to life third-grader Clementine, who is not an easy child. Despite good intentions, things often go wrong for her; she pays attention, but not to the things that grownups think are important.

Rubin and Weissberger (who portrayed the cat in the original production of Brundibar in the Terezin Ghetto) describe the hope offered imprisoned children by caring adults and the theater they created.

Readers are challenged to guess the answers to pairs of lyrical, thematically-connected riddles in verse about meadow phenomena, plants, and animals.

When the eternally childlike Younguncle breezes into the life of one Indian family, he brings with him stories, a touch of magic, and a zest for life that makes for an utterly refreshing read.

A Choctaw angel leads seven slaves to freedom by walking on Bok Chitto, a river in Mississippi, which was a boundary between freedom and slavery before the Civil War.