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Kamishibai Man

by Say, Allen

After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more ev...

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together

by Hoberman, Mary Ann

Classic Mother Goose rhymes in color-coded typography let young children read along with an adult.

Clarice Bean spells trouble

by Child, Lauren

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules o...

A Book about Design

Complicated Doesn't Make It Good

by Gonyea, Mark

Introduces young people to the fundamental elements of design using shapes, lines, color and humor.

Brothers in Hope

The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

by Williams, Mary L. & Christie, Gregory

Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek hundreds of miles seeking safety in Ethi...

Everything I Know about Cars

A Collection of Made-up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Cars, Trucks, and Other Zoomy Things

by Lichtenheld, Tom

The author offers a caveat at the beginning of the book: "I don't know much about real cars, but I'm an expert on made-up cars, so this book is a big traffic j...

The Perfect Wizard

Hans Christian Andersen

by Yolen, Jane & Nolan, Dennis P.

A biography of the famous Danish writer of fairy tales, interspersed with excerpts from his stories.

Langston's Train Ride

by Burleigh, Robert & Jenkins, Leonard

Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The...

Sequoyah

The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

by Rumford, James

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Basho and the River Stones

by Myers, Tim & Han, Oki S.

Tricked by a fox into giving up his share of cherries, a famous Japanese poet is inspired to write a haiku and the fox, ashamed of his actions, must devise ano...