Ten-year-old Kabir doesn’t fit the boxes everyone else does; he draws crayon monsters in his science textbook and keeps a list of things he’s not allowed to make up that includes imaginary friends, voices of aliens who live on the roof, and shadows. After a fight and a public rebuff from a popular older boy, …
A black-haired, peach-skinned girl visits her Grampa on the reserve. They plan to collect cedar branches to bring as an offering for drummers performing at their community feast. The young girl shares her concern that taking the branches might hurt the tree. Grandpa assures her they will snip branches sparingly and bring an offering of …
A narrating chameleon who has quite a high opinion of himself doesn’t appreciate his camouflage capability: “I am a KING! But how can I command a king’s respect…when color-changing skin makes me so tricky to detect?!” The chameleon proceeds to regale readers with a series of springy rhymes that offer hints about his location in …
Oyza has spent two years in prison in the Parthassian Empire after being falsely accused of attempting to murder her employer’s daughter, Liviana—a formidable commander and political leader. Meanwhile, Liviana has conquered Judge’s Pass, a major city and strategic stronghold, and is secretly planning a coup with the help of her father, Minister Nalus Valador. …
After teacher Vasant Dashpande published a “revolutionary newsletter that railed against the injustices of the British occupiers,” he was nearly beaten to death by soldiers in British India. He heads to Bellingham, Washington, to escape the authorities and earn money working in a lumber mill. Upon arrival, he and his younger sister, Vinita (who joined …
The author immigrated from Romania to the United States in 1902, when he was 8 years old. In this work, he looks back at growing up in New York City’s Lower East Side in an Orthodox Jewish family. Following Parker from his arrival at Ellis Island to his family’s struggles running a grocery store, readers …
Long before newcomers began arriving at Ellis Island, Indigenous peoples had already lived on this land for thousands of years, but the first permanent Spanish colony in the mid-1500s set in motion what would become a winding road of immigration and relocation trends in the United States. Clear explanations and naturally embedded definitions make complex …
These adorable kitties look forward to a festive week of shared fun with friends. They plan and build the sukkah using appropriate tools and protective gear and following ancient instructions as to size and materials. The roof is hung with fronds and branches interlaced with fragrant citron and decorated with colorful paper chains and gourds. …
A pollution cloud that causes mutations has sent most of humanity below ground—except for Elias, who can somehow breathe the air. Ever since his moms were mysteriously abducted three years ago, he’s been living on the surface among the mutants, getting around with the help of a giant pigeon named Paulino. One day he meets …
Worsley was the chief curator of Britain’s Historic Royal Palaces for more than two decades and thus has a unique frame of reference on her subject. A political, social, and royal history, her book is braided with personal anecdotes. She recounts stories of the palaces’ “human inhabitants, all of them, high and low,” and she …
