A thought-provoking, children's book about the emotions, thoughts and attitudes of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic.Hope, an empathetic, young girl, is confined more to home during the COVID-19 pandemic. After hearing her mother talk about having pen pals as a child, she decides to write letters to her friends to keep in touch. Her friends respond, telling Hope about their fears, concerns, and anger over the circumstances in which they find themselves. I...

Where can you find squirrels enjoying art? Why in Columbus, Indiana, of course. Cleo and Roger are back in a new adventure, exploring the city's great art. These two furry critters will lead you on an exciting journey to discover the art of downtown Columbus. And not only will you learn about art and the artists who created it, but you will also learn about famous people from Columbus's history. You never know where you might go or who you might meet, but with Cleo and Roger, you a...

Friendship comes in all shapes and sizes as Llama and Ewe discover in I Llama Ewe, a delightful, rhyming, children's story that teaches us we don't have to be the same to be loved.It's through embracing our differences and acknowledging who we are that we can truly love others. Llama loves Ewe just for who she is, a fluffy, puffy sheep.Author Kimberly S. Hoffman utilizes rhyme and animals to bring gentle, teachable moments to children. Through her prose, she introduces deep...

What happens when a spider is extraordinarily rare? Absolutely square? Sigmund is more than happy to tell you. Well, maybe happy is not the right word for it.Sigmund Stanley Spider Squared is a comical tale of a spider that is shaped a bit differently than the rest and how this shape presents its own unique set of problems. Will Sigmund learn to just cope with his peculiarity and master the skills needed to conquer his "I can'ts"?

Emma would love to learn to dance, but that's a difficult thing to do when you have eight legs. During class, she falls and is almost ready to give up ... almost.A chat with her parents convinces her to give it another try.Do you think Emma figures out how to dance despite her obstacle?Emma's Dancing Day is a delightful, rhyming children's story of not giving up on the dreams that God has placed within your heart. The inspiring story by Kimberly S. Hoffman is augmen...

Dorothy is a young girl living during The Great Depression. Her coat is threadbare. She has holes in her shoes. Dinner often consists of nothing more than beans and cornbread. Her mother earns a meager salary at the shirt factory. But, they do the best they can with what they have.Then through the generosity of a school mate, Dorothy is given a gift, which not only meets a physical need, but demonstrates the depth of love others show through giving.This story was adapted fr...

Can a click and flip turn an ordinary bug into a hero who saves the day? Pete is a happy, little click bug who is friendly and caring to all, even though some see him as a pest. In the other bugs' eyes, Pete is small and unimportant, but his courage and ingenuity come through as he conceives a plan to save the very bugs who judge him. The other bugs come to realize that Little Pete deserves their respect and compassion.Pete the Brave is a fast moving, rhyming story that emphasizes ...

Why are two squirrels running around Columbus, Indiana? Why to see the architecture, of course! Cleo and Roger are squirrels with a spirit of adventure and a head for architecture. Join them on their journey as they travel around the city, meeting delightful characters and pointing out interesting facts about the famous buildings and the architects who designed them.Along the way, they find wonderful pieces of architecture designed by such legendary architects as Eero Saarinen, I.M...

This book offers twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women. The lives of women found her contributed significantly to their people and people everywhere. The book presents Native women of action and accomplishments in many areas of life. This work highlights women during the modern era of American history, countering past stereotypes of Native women. With the exceptions of Pocahontas and Sacajawea, historians have had little ...

Little Olive spent the afternoon exploring her new neighborhood, discovering a garden in the park filled with daisies. "Love me, love me not," she whispered.She walked a little farther and found a patch of green clover among three weeping willows. As the breeze nipped her nose, she sprawled in the shade. The weeping willows sang to her in hushed voices while she searched for a four-leaf clover. Maybe if she found a four-leaf clover, she'd have a little luck in finding friends, she ...

Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recentcollege graduate until a harrowing robbery blasts her out of her funk andinto a job in the finance world of early-1980s Chicago. At first, it seems like a bad fit.But the world of finance has its own weird charm, and she grows increasinglyfascinated by the strange language of trading, the complexity of the stock market,and her colleagues, who navigate it all with ruthless confide...

An archive of collective memory and exuberant testimonyA luminous map to navigate an opaque and disorienting presentAn infinite geography of possible futuresWhat does it mean to be Black and alive right now?Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous wor...