From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imagination--a powerful tribute to Haiti and children around the world! Hope comes alive in this heartfelt and deeply resonating story. While Junior is trapped for 8 days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake, he uses his imagination for comfort. Drawing on beautiful, everyday-li…
A young boy stops drawing and goes to sleep, leaving his creation ? Simon ? stranded on the drawing pad with a huge, yet friendly, monster! Doodles come to monstrous life as a wild chase through the pages ensues, with Simon aided by his trusty drawing pens.
A child (with the help of artful pull-out pages) explains the extraordinary features of his blue balloon. The day after my birthday party kipper found a blue balloon in the garden, which was odd because the balloons at my party were red and white....
Each child in this group of seven likes to do everything in an individual way whether it's work, taking a bath, playing, or going to sleep. While Clive eats fried rice and Tessa has Bombe Alaska, Rosie sips spiders. Here is the delightful group of children you met in Alison Lester's Clive Eats Alligators who all dream of what it will be like when they grow up in their own special way.
Wild and Wooly, brother and sister, dig through the sand until they reach the North Pole and then begin a long journey home through many magical kingdoms. Along the way they meet Father Christmas, the Good Fairy, a prince, a mermaid, a pirate king, and a gypsy fortuneteller.
Over 8 million people have fallen in love with Wonder and have joined the movement to Choose Kind. Now younger readers can meet Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, and his beloved dog, Daisy. Countless fans have asked R. J. Palacio to write a book for younger readers. With We’re All Wonders, she makes her picture-book debut as both author and artist, with a spare, …