Bused across town to a school in a white neighborhood of Boston in 1974, a young African American boy named Brewster describes his first day in first grade. Includes historical notes on the court-ordered busing.
Mama Nsoso knows her chicks need a warm new house, but each day when they set out to collect sticks and mud she is distracted by good things to eat, while Little Chick stays busy gathering the building materials himself.
Renata and her father halt work on their new bathroom when a pair of wrens builds a nest over the bathtub, allowing Renata to see their chicks hatch and begin to fly.
A little African American boy is teased for his color difference and longs to be like everyone else. Read and find out how he learns to accept himself just as he is.
"This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott."--Container.
"You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 mission. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe. From Katherine's...
El hombre del sombrero amarillo le regala a Jorge el Curioso una bicicleta nueva. Crisantemo cree que su nombre es perfecto - pero sus compañeros se burlan de ella. Contrario a lo que piensan sus compañeros, Grace les demostrará que puede lograr lo que se propone, incluso conseguir el papel de Peter Pan en la obra de la escuela. Un insignificante mosquito desata una serie de calamidades en la selva. Silvestre encuentra una piedrecita mágica que...
