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The Other Side

by Woodson, Jacqueline & Lewis, Earl

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

Faraway Home

by Kurtz, Jane & Lewis, Earl

Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.

Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys

by Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald & Lewis, Earl

In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

Dirt on Their Skirts

The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship

by Rappaport, Doreen & Callan, Lyndall & Lewis, Earl

Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.

The magic tree

a folktale from Nigeria

by Echewa, T. Obinkaram & Lewis, Earl

Although Mbi, an orphan boy, is constantly asked to "do this" and "do that" by his many unkind relatives until a special tree grows, just for him.

The Magic Tree

A Folktale from Nigeria

by Echewa, T. Obinkaram & Lewis, Earl

Although Mbi, an orphan boy, is constantly asked to "do this" and "do that" by his many unkind relatives until a special tree grows, just for him.

My Rows and Piles of Coins

by Mollel, Tololwa M. & Lewis, Earl

A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved...

The jazz of our street

by Shaik, Fatima & Lewis, Earl

Two siblings dash from their porch one morning to join the second-line parade stamping, swaying, and dancing behind the jazz band marching through their New Or...

The jazz of our street

by Shaik, Fatima & Lewis, Earl

Two siblings dash from their porch one morning to join the second-line parade stamping, swaying, and dancing behind the jazz band marching through their New Or...

The Bat Boy and His Violin

by Curtis, Gavin & Lewis, Earl

Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy...