PreK-8

William Jimeno moved to the United States with his family in 1970. Thirty-one years later, as a rookie Port Authority police officer, he was one out of just 20 people pulled from the rubble of the Twin Towers. In this illustrated biography, he shares...

This biography presents the inspirational story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah in picture book format. Born in Ghana with a severely deformed right leg, he became an activist for the rights of handicapped children.

Lola's class is given the assignment to draw a picture of the place where they come from, but, since Lola left the Island when she was a baby, she has no memory of it. She turns to her neighbors and family for help and from their recollections, she...

When Mia's grandmother moves in with them, she speaks very little English and Mia's Spanish is not very good. To make matters worse, the grandmother misses her homeland. The two end up teaching each other their languages with the help of a parrot named...

This book shows children how animal dads help take care of their young.

Children will love seeing how a young boy named Henry finds happiness and friendship with a big dog named Mudge.

Henry and Mudge have loads of fun with the coming of spring.

Wilma Rudolph was a sickly child--if her siblings had a cold, she had double pneumonia. When she contracted polio, everyone was sure she would never walk again. Yet Wilma was so determined that she did learn to walk, and soon ran. This moving biography...

In this magical book, Gilberto discovers that the wind can be an unpredictable playmate. Sometimes it helps him to sail his toy boat, catch apples that fall from the trees, and spin his pinwheel. At other times, it keeps him from flying his kite or...

In the town of Chewandswallow, food falls from the sky instead of snow and rain. Unfortunately, the weather soon takes a turn for the worse and portion sizes gets so large, the town folk begin to fear for their lives! Children will love the clever...