People & Places
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Latin Americans in History: 15 Inspiring Latinas and Latinos You Should Know
$19.99 Add to cartAmazing stories of Latin Americans who changed the world–for kids ages 8 to 12
Discover the incredible contributions that people of Latin American heritage have made to world history! Learn about Sim?… [more below]
- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Olivera, Monica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School
$17.99 Read more2016-2017 Young Hoosier Book Award Intermediate Nominee
Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fu
- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0807508977
- Language: English
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Astrid and Apollo and the Super Staycation
$8.99 Add to cartAstrid and Apollo’s family is excited for their trip to Laos to attend a family wedding. But bad weather cancels their plans, and the twins’ parents are disappointed to miss seeing their home country…. [more below]
- Series: Astrid and Apollo
- Author: Bidania, V. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666337412
- Language: English
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Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers
$13.95 Read moreFunny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the growing-up years of Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 13 other great writers.
Every great author- Series: Kid Legends #4
- Author: Stabler, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1594749876
- Language: English
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The Musicians of Bremen: A Grimm’s Fairy Tale
$18.95 Add to cartA classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, re-imagined by renowned illustrator Gerda Muller, creator of USBBY-honored A Year in Our New Garden.
Four unlikely companions – a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooste
- Author: Muller, Gerda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1782507922
- Language: English
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Mas Alla de Mi: Reaching Out (Spanish Edition) = Reaching Out
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the perspective of the young adult he once was, Francisco Jimenez describes the challenges he faces when continuing his education. During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows
- Series: Cajas de Carton #3
- Author: Jiménez, Francisco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547250312
- Language: Spanish
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The Harvest Birds / Los P?jaros de la Cosecha
$11.95 Read moreBilingual English/Spanish. The zanate birds advise Juan to keep the weeds around his land and to plant beans, squash, and corn together.
Juan Zanate used to sit under his favorite tree-with his only fr
- Author: L?pez de Mariscal, Blanca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0892391693
- Language: Spanish
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Sukey and the Mermaid
$8.99 Read moreA mermaid offers a young girl a magical escape in this lushly told and luminously illustrated Coretta Scott King Honor-winning picture book.
Sukey’s new step-pa is a mean, bossy man she calls “Mister- Author: San Souci, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 1996
- ISBN10: 068980718X
- Language: English
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Freedom! the Story of the Black Panther Party
$12.99 Add to cartBooklist Editors’ Choice
WINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better World
WINNER – International Literacy Association (ILA) – Young Adult Nonfiction
HONOR – 2023 Malka Penn A- Author: Martin, Jetta Grace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1646144104
- Language: English
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Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History Volume 1
$23.95 Read moreStrange Fruit Volume I is a collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the nine illustrated chapters chronic… [more below]
- Series: Strange Fruit #01
- Author: Gill, Joel Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1938486293
- Language: English
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Finding Melody Sullivan
$16.00 Add to cartMelody Sullivan, an angry 16-year-old haunted by her mother’s death and a sexual assault, defies her father and embarks on a search for friends in a most difficult place where she is forced to face he… [more below]
- Author: Rothchild, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1951082370
- Language: English
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Gazpacho for Nacho
$16.99 Add to cartNacho likes to eat only one thing–gazpacho! Gazpacho for breakfast, gazpacho for lunch, gazpacho for dinner, for snacks, and for brunch. Nacho won’t even try other dishes–until he discovers miles an
- Author: Kyle, Tracey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1477817271
- Language: English
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Mirror
$21.99 Read moreAn innovative, two-in-one picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city and one in a North African village.
Somewhere in Sydney, Australia, a boy and his fami- Author: Baker, Jeannie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0763648485
- Language: English
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Rainbow Joe and Me
$11.95 Add to cartA girl learns the power of imagination from her blind neighbor.
Eloise likes colors. Her friend, Rainbow Joe, likes colors, too. But Rainbow Joe is blind, so Eloise tells him about the colors she mixes
- Author: Diaz Strom, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 1584300507
- Language: English
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Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme
$5.99 Read moreWhen new classmate Bella, a ballet dancer, walks into Lola’s class at Northland Elementary, all Lola can see is pink everywhere–pink ribbons, a pink sweatshirt, and pink tennis shoes. Yuck Pink is L… [more below]
- Series: Lola Levine #3
- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0316258474
- Language: English
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Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North: A Further Story for Gentle Readers and Listeners
$16.99 Read moreThe adventures of Duane the polar bear and his arctic friends continue in this charming sequel to the modern-day classic The Very, Very Far North, which Booklist compared to Winnie the Pooh in a starr… [more below]
- Series: The Very, Very Far North
- Author: Bar-El, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1534433449
- Language: English
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Selena, Reina de la M?sica Tejana
$18.99 Add to cartThis is a moving and impassioned picture book about the iconic Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla, that will embolden young readers to find their passion and make the impossible, possible! En E… [more below]
- Author: L?pez, Silvia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1499811438
- Language: English
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Kunu’s Basket: A Story from Indian Island
$9.95 Read moreBut making the basket is difficult, and Kunu gets frustrated. He is ready to give up when his grandfather intervenes. This is not only a story about a family tradition, but also a story about learning
- Author: Decora Francis, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: July 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0884484610
- Language: English
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Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book)
$9.99 Add to cartFifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to
- Author: Giovanni, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0312376022
- Language: English
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Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+)
$15.99 Add to cartEven strong, fearless, and badass Black women need affirmations!
- Series: Badass Black Girl
- Author: Fievre, M. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1642505609
- Language: English
