Hero Learns About Diversity is a children’s story written by Anita Polly and illustrated by Julie Ibarra. Hero is surrounded by people with different tastes, preferences, features, and backgrounds in his community. One morning, on the way to school, Hero confuses a man’s home country...

It'll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself by Donn Swaby is a fantastic way to teach kids about crossing cultures. Raymond is excited when his parents tell him they will be moving from Jamaica to the United States. In anticipation, he practices being American by...

A Globe Within a Globe is the story of Katerina and her friends. Katerina is excited because there will be a school trip to England. However, that's not even the best part. It will be a memorable trip with Mrs. Eva and her Magical Crystal...

The Samurai’s Gift Among the Forest is the second installment in The Samurai’s Gift series by Kristi Shimada. It is the story of a young girl hiding in The Lost Forest because she is deeply saddened and traumatized. Yoshi, a young boy of the same...

Itsy-Bitsy is a little girl who daydreams about riding on a cloud. Even though she has been told over and over again that she will fall through the cloud, she never stops dreaming about her secret wish. While gathering flowers for her mother, Itsy-Bitsy finds...

In Puppy Pals and Puppy Tales: Letters from Liza Year 2 by Johnette DeRose, we learn that Puppy Liza isn’t a puppy anymore. She’s grown into a fine young Labrador retriever who is a loving member of a family of four. She watches as the...

In Let's Talk! Going to the Zoo by Lisa Jacovsky, Harper has a best friend named Emma, an autistic little girl who can read, write, and understand others but can’t talk. Harper's and Emma’s fathers promise to take them to the zoo. On the day...

The Case of The Missing Tooth Fairy is a delightful children’s book written and illustrated by Joleen Michellie. The story unravels as Annabelle MacShannon loses her tooth and places it inside her pocket on the way home from school. As her family prepares for a...

The Kindness Quilt by Indigo Johnson is about a young dinosaur named Dino who goes on a big adventure in the mountains to find his purpose when he tragically gets lost. His loving mother and father search all over for Dino with the help of...

Jerry, a wildly inventive squirrel, loves to make things that help others. He also likes to invent things just because he enjoys building. After finding out that his closest friend Gary sleepwalks, Jerry invents wings. Not wanting to go out in the snow, Jerry decides...