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Outlaw Princess of Sherwood is award-winning author Nancy Springer's third delightful tale of Rowan Hood. Her popular adventure novels provide a fresh new vision of the medieval period. When Princess Ettarde refuses to marry the man her father, King Solon, has chosen for her, she flees to Sherwood Forest and joins Rowan Hood's band of outlaws.

The sisters of STREET CHILD tell their story… A companion novel to bestselling story of Victorian orphan Jim Jarvis based on the founding of Dr Barnardo’s homes for children. When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the...

This powerful biography follows Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s road to the Supreme Court as the first Black woman to be confirmed, for middle grade readers from New York Times bestselling author Garen Thomas and The Washington Post reporter Lori Rozsa. This inspiring story features key...

Rosa María y el Cristal de los Deseos es el libro 2 de la serie. Los Cuentos Leunam son suaves libros infantiles sobre el amor y la pérdida, historias líricas que exploran el tiempo, la familia y el valor de enfrentar la muerte con gracia.

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus! From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a gorgeously crafted and deeply personal story about a young girl, her alcoholic mother, and the hope that ties them together. Krya has always felt like she’s a bit too much. Too tall. Too loud. Too...

A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance...

Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he'd do anything to forget: the story in which he's the only kid in his class who survived a school shooting. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned.

When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they’ve uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk’s silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia. As Zora’s curiosity leads a reluctant Carrie deeper into the mystery, the story unfolds through alternating narratives.

For Carrie and her best friend, Zora, Eatonville - America’s first incorporated Black township - has been an idyllic place to live out their childhoods. But when a lynch mob crosses the town’s border to pursue a fugitive and a grave robbery resuscitates the ugly sins of the past, the safe ground beneath them seems to shift.

I Can Deal with Anger is a powerful, child-friendly story designed to help mad kids understand their emotions, calm down, and build lifelong anger control and emotional regulation skills. Perfect for ages 4-8, this rhyming audiobook offers both comfort and tools for children learning to handle frustration, disappointment, and strong emotions in healthy, socially appropriate ways.

Nesta fábula, vemos que a simpatia é uma manifestação de poder; a persuasão não é alcançada através da agressividade, mas sim por meio da empatia e compreensão mútua.

Brought to you by Ladybird. My Skin Your Skin is a powerful book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about race and anti-racism. Most importantly, the book empowers children to be the best versions of themselves; to have self-love, self-esteem and self-worth, irrespective of...

Nogle gange kan det være svært at få fortalt om de tanker, som plager allermest, og Synne Lea og Stian Hole fortæller smukt i ord og billeder om en piges frygt for at miste sin bedstefar, som hun holder så uendeligt meget af. Pigen elsker at ro med bedstefar ud på det store hav og lave mad på stormkøkkenet, men i dag har hun slet ikke lyst til at tage med. Bedstefar siger, at hun ikke skal være bange for at blive gammel, og at pigen og hendes lillebror en dag vil arve båden, stormkøkkenet og søkortet med anmærkninger af alle de gode fiskesteder.

Pinky and Rex love to play “monkey in the middle” with Pinky's little sister. But every time they do, their ball goes into Mrs. Morgan's yard. And every time it does, she flies out the door and screams at them. She even tries to hit Rex with a broom! Now the kids want to get even with the Mean Old Witch of Elm Street. But when Pinky creeps up onto Mrs. Morgan's front porch, he sees her sitting alone in a dark house and decides that revenge is not such a good idea after all. James Howe's popular series is loved by children across the nation.