Children & Young Adult

Jericho, November, Arielle, and their friends must step up big time to prevent a deadly school tragedy in this harrowing conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy. Arielle Gresham, disliked and mistrusted by most of the students at her school, has...

From the award-winning author of Dovey Coe comes a "powerful" (School Library Journal) tale of the friendship between a black girl and a white boy and the prejudices they must overcome in segregated Kentucky as they try to solve the mystery surrounding a...

Loaded with archival photographs and amazing facts, the DK Biography series introduces young readers to some of history's most interesting and influential characters. From his early life in Hawaii and Indonesia, to his work as a community organizer in...

An inspirational biography of Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907-1998), an African American man who overcame the hardship of losing a leg at age 12 and went on to become a world-renowned tap dancer. Clayton Peg Leg Bates was one of the legendary tap dancers of...

Teaching children to know God and to hear His voice can be challenging. In A Voice as Soft as a Honey Bee's Flutter, you and your young readers alike will journey through the story of an African American boy who learns to hear God's voice in the...

For hundreds of years the Maasai have moved their herds of cattle and goats across thousands of miles in Kenya and Tanzania. Today they face new challenges. Here, Jan Reynolds presents a striking glimpse of these dynamic people.

Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass. Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a...

One winter day David sees a beautiful bare tree. As soon as he gets to school, this shy young boy who loves to draw begins a beautiful picture of the tree he has seen. One by one his classmates come by with suggestions for the drawing, but the fun really...

The human computers paved the way for Black women in STEM. Learn about the women behind the work, as made famous in Hidden Figures. Where did they come from? How did they train? What challenges did they face? How did they revolutionize STEM for women? ...

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year, School Library JournalIn this young adult retelling of The Odyssey, Odilia and her four sisters journey to Mexico to return a dead man to his family and encounter...

In her debut middle grade novel--inspired by her family's history--Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family's secrets--and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white...

As violence continues in his community, a 13-year-old boy must make some difficult choices to set his life on another course. Bang! Guns really sound like that, you know. Bang! And people bleed from everywhere, and blood is redder than you think. And...

"A memorable experience."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the tradition of Tomie dePaola's Quiet and Scott Magoon's Breathe comes this lyrical, meditative picture book about listening and mindfulness. BEEP! WOOF! VROOM! Isn't the world a noisy place?...

A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations (School Library Journal). An inventive twist on the classic tale (Publishers Weekly).This Egyptian spin on the classic Cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first...