Originally published in 2000. Published in 2015 with additional content.

A child's first experience of death involves love, laughter and some big questions about life. Th...

The amazing story of how the world¿s greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of t...

Malaika's mother can't buy her a carnival costume -- will she still be able to dance in the parade?

In a world beset by anger and fear, what does it mean to protect one's home and family?

Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous t...

A little girl imagines a lion taking the place of her father who no longer lives with her family,...

What is genocide? Why does it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again?

This illustrated book for children presents poems which explore a Pipil Nahua Indian boy's connec...

Marcel was born with webbed toes and an extra chromosome in this tender exploration of a child's ...

A girl and her mother watch an unusual friendship develop between a solitary starling and a lonel...

A mystery spans decades at the Rehearsal Club in this story of sisterhood, friendship and followi...