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In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people’s epic history—no matter the sacrifice. Surrounded...

Em meio aos questionamentos da pequena Flávia sobre a sua pele marrom – tão diferente da pele branquinha da mãe –, a premiada jornalista Míriam Leitão aborda temas delicados como adoção e questões raciais de forma sensível e lúdica para os pequenos. Com belas ilustrações de Bruna Assis Brasil, a autora, ganhadora do Prêmio FNLIJ 2014 na categoria Escritor Revelação por seu livro infantil de estreia, A perigosa vida dos passarinhos pequenos, mostra que o mundo é feito de diferentes cores, pessoas e sabores. E que é justamente isso que o torna tão rico.

Based on the acclaimed New York Times project, this engaging and dynamic book shares the true stories of remarkable people too often overlooked by history—an inspiring, eye-opening collection that empowers kids to see themselves as changemakers. This is a celebration of extraordinary...

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables—with magic and witches!—that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The...

Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of E Lockhart, Lisa Williamson, Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn Harper has tried to forget the past and fit in at expensive boarding school Brodick Academy. But she can't escape guilt of her twin sister's...

Troublemaker follows the events of the LA Riots through the eyes of 12-year-old Jordan as he navigates school and family. This book will highlight the unique Korean American perspective. 12-year-old Jordan feels like he can't live up to the example his older sister set, or his parent's...

A grieving girl stumbles into a magical dilemma that may just set her on the path to healing in this exquisite debut novel in verse about loss, friendship, and the power of imagination to help us find our way. Since the death of her younger brother, eleven-year-old Bones has spent most of her...

Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: that Israel was a land without a people, for a people without a land. But there were people on the land of Historic Palestine, and their lives were forever changed when Israel was established there. Many were forced from their homes, and made...

When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island of Manhattan doesn’t exactly inspire new beginnings, but Thyme tries to embrace the change for what it is: temporary.

Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn't predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. Even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life – and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.

First there was Bird. Then there was Bird-Bird. And now, Third Bird. Magnolia’s daddy won the beloved cockatiel Third Bird at a carnival, just before he died in a car accident. Magnolia promised to always take good care of Third Bird . . . but then she loses him, when she accidentally allows the bird to fly from his cage at her mama’s beauty salon. Magnolia’s grief, for her father and for her lost bird, opens up a whole new world of friends as they search not only for Third Bird, but for acceptance and healing.

Conozcan a Fernando Valenzuela, el lanzador de los Dodgers que se convirtió en un símbolo del orgullo mexicano, en este libro de béisbol en español para niños de 7 a 10 años. Meet LA Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the rookie who became a symbol of Mexican American pride, in this Spanish-language baseball book for kids ages 7-10. Fernando Valenzuela era un adolescente cuando llegó a Estados Unidos desde México para jugar con los Dodgers de Los Ángeles. En los años 80, la población mexicoestadounidense de Los Ángeles rara vez seguía el béisbol.

Meet LA Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the rookie who became a symbol of Mexican American pride and a hero to Latinos everywhere. Celebrate Latino sports history in this inspiring, stunningly illustrated baseball book for kids ages 7-10, from an award-winning baseball reporter and a Pura Belpré Honoree. Fernando Valenzuela was just barely out of his teens when he came to America from Mexico to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the 1980s, Mexican Americans rarely followed baseball. But after Fernando pitched eight winning games, the entire country was talking about him.

Based on a true story. Even though L.D. was not long with us, he touched our hearts, and we were moved by his efforts to overcome physical defects and be part of his family. He failed, but my wife, Shauna, challenged me to write about L.D., what I dreamed he could become, and the influence he would have had on our family. I hope this book will touch your heart as L.D. did ours and that even when faced with immense suffering, one can maintain faith and trust that our Heavenly Father knows us and will not ask us to do more than we can endure.

In audiobook one, Same Heart, Different Color, the girls experience their first adventure in 1955 where they learn that to some people, color really does matter. Tasked with the challenge of uniting children with similar interests but different skin colors, will Chloe and Nina be able to get the job done before Mom calls them back home for dinner?

This gentle story provides satisfying answers for a young child’s most difficult questions about what happens after this life, inviting “little cubs” to find comfort in knowing that God Gave Us Heaven—part of the bestselling God Gave Us series, with more than 5 million books sold! As the...

A delightful debut for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Dan Gemeinhart, this middle-grade novel has it all—heart, humor, healing from loss, and a life-changing friendship. Maisie is still reeling from the loss of her dad when her mom deposits her with Aunt Gertie at the start of summer in Heaven, TX...

Every month Ms. Madeleine creates a special cookie of the month for her bakery. And her best customer, a little girl named Cookie, is always the first to try it. Ms. Madeleine’s sweet treats never disappoint. When June arrives, Cookie and her two moms stop in and taste the best cookie yet: a heart-shaped, rainbow-striped, crunchy, frosted confection that Ms. Madeleine baked especially for Pride.

Der Adler hat es ihr verraten: Baron von Ratzezahn ist zuletzt am Drachenfels gesehen worden. Da er der Einzige ist, der etwas zu Hildas verschwundenen Eltern weiß, muss Hilda ihn finden. Natürlich ziehen ihre drei Freunde Igromir, Robinius und Eicho mit ihr in dieses neue Abenteuer. Auf einem Floß fahren sie den Fluss hinunter dem Drachenfels entgegen. Dort müssen sie aber feststellen, dass die draufgängerischen Grauhörnchen Fels und Burg fest in ihrer Hand haben. Sie behaupten, die Waldbewohner vor dem Drachen, der in einer Höhle unter der Burg schläft, beschützen zu müssen.

In this magical middle grade adventure by Cindy L. Rodriguez, a Guatemalan American girl fights to stop her cursed worry dolls before they blanket her friends and neighbors in anxiety—and the grief she carries over the loss of her father. Perfect for fans of The Doll People and The Total...