Some jobs immediately sound fun—Candy Maker?! And some jobs sound exciting—Oceanographer! And some jobs—Wind Farmer—sound so wonderful it’s hard to believe that they exist! This ABC explores some of the amazing and unusual jobs that people do. The illustrations of girls full of joy and wonder show us how we can be anything we want to be.
A little girl looks around her and sees that people come in a rainbow of colors. Her mom is red, her dad is blue, and she is a wonderful mix of her mom and dad. The little girl announces: I am proud to be both. I am proud to be me! I am Violet!
This nonfiction book for teens profiles 20 environmental defenders of color from around the world. Their individual stories show that the intersection of environment and ethnicity is an asset to protecting our planet. Illustrated with photos of each of the people profiled.
In this illustrated early chapter book, Jolene travels with her long-haul trucker father to Los Angeles.
A Native girl struggles with becoming who she thinks she should be and accepting who she really is.
A primer on plastics for middle schoolers, with information on how plastics are made, what an enormous problem they are for the environment and what can be done to clean them up.
This revised, updated and expanded edition of the award-winning book Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community (2016) celebrates the LGBTQ+ community’s diversity, the incredible victories of the past fifty years and the voices of young activists.
Ashley meets her great-uncle by the old train tracks near their community in Nova Scotia. When she sees his sadness, he tells her of the day when he and the other children were taken to residential school, their lives changed forever. Uncle also explains how Ashley gives him hope. She promises to wait with him in remembrance of what was lost.
When the unimaginable loss of a child becomes reality: a mother's moving portrait of loving, raising, and losing a son with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
This board book features a not-so-scary monster who’s met his match in a young child.
A little boy learns to acknowledge his temper in this illustrated picture book for young readers.
In the bright lights of the big city, the Mighty Muskrats search for an auntie lost long ago.
On a winter night nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada. They are running for their lives. Soon after they land Konisola’s mother becomes sick, and Konisola is forced to fend for herself. Will she be allowed to stay in Canada as a refugee? Or will she and her mother be sent back across the ocean? Inspired by a true story.
A personal memoir of the Congo Wars 1993-1997.
Young readers are introduced to environmental issues in their own neighborhoods in this illustrated nonfiction picture book.
Both the perspective of the wolf and the shepherd are seen in this flippable picture book.
In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca.
This STEM-based picture book follows the origin of a hurricane, from a little cloud to a life-threatening storm.
In this high-interest novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Nick tries to adjust to his new reality after a surfing accident leaves him partially paralyzed.
In this high-interest novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Stella is suddenly famous after her music video goes viral.
A comprehensive guide to choosing and using the best children’s books to address sensitive but significant topics in the classroom.
Cet album invite les enfants à se réjouir des petits bonheurs de la vie.
This addition to the nonfiction Orca Footprints series examines how overpopulation leads to unequal sharing of the earth’s social and natural resources.
