They took the road in Waycross Georgia / Skipped over the tracks in East St. Louis / Took the bus from Holly Springs / Hitched a ride from Gee's Bend / Took the long way through Memphis / The third deck down from Trinidad / A wrench of the heart from...

This illustrated historical chapter book introduces young readers to some of the very first African Americans, who came to American in the early seventeenth century. In 1619, twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil as indentured servants. They came...

OYSTER POINT, a small Queensland coastal town is dying. As a child, EZRA GREEN and his father arrived here at the very beginning of the settlement. He knew and was part of the dream for the future of the town. A century and a half after his arrival in...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories. It all starts when six kids have to meet...

The groundbreaking picture book by legendary author bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka that celebrates hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love and I Love My Hair!Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl...

Happy St. Patrick's Day is a child's introduction to the faerie folk of Irish legend from Roger Priddy, with sweet illustrations, fun rhymes, and shiny foil shamrocks cut through every scene. Have you heard of the pointy-eared menWho live in wee houses...

Meet rock star Layla and her team of Bots!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and...

Meet rock star Layla and her team of Bots!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and...

Let the Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's experiences: laugh with them, learn with them, read with them!Sixteen best-selling titles available now!Category: BiographyThis book is a beautifully-rendered study of...

Astonishing. Okparanta's narrators render their stories with such strength and intimacy, such lucidity and composure, that in each and every case the truths of their lives detonate deep inside the reader's heart, with the power and force of revelation...

Happiness in Jesus is...Being baptized in the Holy Spirit. Follow Ms. West as she allows the Holy Spirit to flow through her in poetry and prose. Her letters are so heartfelt and personal.

Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert...

Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert...

"Hannah the Honeybee and the Surprising Adventure" is the second picture book in the series "Hannah the Honeybee and Friends" about the life and adventures of Hannah and her best friend, Collette. In this second book readers are shown that we should not...

Baseball has witnessed more than 125,000 home runs. Many have altered the outcome of games, and some have decided pennants and become legend. But no dinger has had greater impact than Hank Aaron's 715th home run. His historic blast on April 8, 1974,...

On a frosty day in February 1862, hundreds gathered to watch the execution of Nathaniel Gordon. Two years earlier, Gordon had taken Africans in chains from the Congo -- a hanging offense for more than forty years that no one had ever enforced. But with...