A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection | An ALA Notable Children's BookAn impeccably researched, touching true story of the kindness of strangers around the world following World War II f****rom a bestselling author and award-winning illustrator.On one side of the ocean, a war had ended, leaving many in Europe without enough food.On the other side of the ocean, Americans asked, How can we help?The need was to...

ASJA Book Award Honoree | A Booklist's Editors' Choice title | A School Library Journal Best Kids' Book of the Year | An ALA Notable Children's Book | A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionOne hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide.* “Compelling.” -School Libra...

Danielle Snyder's summer of babysitting turns into one of overwhelming guilt and sadness when Humphrey, her five-year-old charge is killed suddenly. Danielle gets caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an undocumented alien, a politically charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn the sweet little boy she grew to love, Danielle tries to avoid the world around her, unt...

The Nature Generation's Green Earth Book Award Winner 2025NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2025Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2024New York Public Library Best Books of 2024A Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the Year 2025A nonfiction picture book about amazing ways that the Earth removes carbon from the a...

Bloomsbury presents A Dangerous Idea by Debbie Levy, read by Noe NishizawaA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionOne hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide.In 1925, when Tennessee lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the law--and set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two ...

Like other girls, Jutta Salzberg enjoyed playing with friends, going to school, and visiting relatives. In Germany in 1938, these everyday activities were dangerous for Jews. Jutta and her family tried to lead normal lives, but soon they knew they had to escape???if they could, before it was too late. Throughout 1938, Jutta had her friends and relatives fill her poesiealbum???her autograph book???with inscriptions. Her daughter, Debbie Levy, used these entries as a springboard for telling ...

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life!A Sydney Taylor Honor Book and CBC Best Children's Book of the YearWhen Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions—the key to their old house and the Ladino language.When Flory flees Europe during World War II to begin a new life in the U...

Patricia Paprika's family owns The Hot Pot a lunchtime restaurant specializing in homemade soup. Patricia thinks something needs to be changed but no one listens when she tries to explain.

A Sydney Taylor Honor Book and CBC Best Children's Book of the YearWhen Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions—the key to their old house and the Ladino language.When Flory flees Europe during World War II to begin a new life in the United States, she carries Ladino with her, along with her other precious possessions—her harmoniku and her music....

Twelve-year-old Gabe has ambitions to be the next Jacques Cousteau...or Bill Gates...or who? Gabe's anxiety about growing up is matched by his fear that he'll be crazy (like his brother). But he finds some relief in his underwater computer game, setting up his own aquarium, and swimming on the local team. Could it be that some things will just take care of themselves?

Bloomsbury presents This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy, read by Donna Allen.Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book HonorWinner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor RecipientA NYPL Top Ten of 2019A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearIn 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School,...

In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to...