Picture Book

When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.

Rhyming text follws these kids as they go back to school, make new friends, and build a community.

An enthusiastic dog and less-enthusiastic cat illustrate opposites through an exciting chase.

In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

This fun interactive picture book invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.

When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.

An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable -- he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.

It is almost bedtime, but first young Marco must put away his collection of stuffed animal toys. As a budding scientist Marco tries different ways of sorting the animals, but the animals have their own ideas. Marco scrambles to make everyone happy and make it to bed before his mother comes to tuck him in.

This illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of Crayola crayons.

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.