Children (0 - 8)

The minute Mom leaves, Yvette asks, Is it time yet, Dad? Dad answers, Not yet, Yvette. Then Yvette and her dad get busy beacause there's a lot to do before Mom comes home, like clean the house and bake a birthday cake. Through it all, Yvette repeats her...

A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable BookA bedtime book and a counting book!"A delightful bedtime book."--New York TimesAcclaimed author Molly Bang shares the going-to-bed countdown in a loving family. "Ten small toes all washed and warm," begins the...

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian,...

Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table   On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny's for Soul Food. But today, I don't go to the backyard or the great...

Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with...

A moving tribute to the joy and grounding that fathers bring to their children's lives.   On that very first day, Bundled in blankets, You cried to be heard. "Shh, baby bird, I've got you," are Daddy's first words.   What does a daddy...

A book to read with your eyes and your heart . . . "A young boy abandons his beloved electronics when an old-fashioned yellow-jointed tape measure causes his imagination to run wild, in The Carpenter, a wordless expression of the simple joys found in...

From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming big. A perfect story to demonstrate how pride in where we come from can bring a shining confidence. When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright...

A timely book about how it feels to be teased and taunted, and how each of us is sweet and lovely and delicious on the inside, no matter how we look. The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He...

Who do you see when you look in the mirror? One mother's account of her experience as the only Black child in school serves as an empowering message to her own daughter and children of color everywhere. Life can be hard for the only brown girl in a...

A West African story about the much-loved trickster, Anansi, retold and reimagined for a new generation by award-winning author Taiye Selasi "Allow me to introduce myself."But he needed no introduction. "Anansi the spider!" said Anansi the boy. "The...

Winner of the 2017 Children's Africana Book Award for Best Book, Young Readers! Gizo-Gizo the spider is a lazy, selfish fellow. So when he starts a gold mine that pollutes the Zongo Lagoon and makes other animals sick, naturally he ignores everyone...