A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free of they will die'
I can do slow magic,' Grandpa tells Polly. 'I can turn these seeds into something to keep you warm.' Polly can't wait to see how, but slow magic takes and lots of patience...'
Bossy Chelsea Carter thinks that Robot can't do anything right. So how will he manage when two very important visitors arrive at the school?
Joe and John are a lot alike. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John is black. And in the South in 1964, that means john henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is.'
When her granddaddy becomes the first black registered voter in their small Mississippi town, little Joe learns about determination and courage in the face of prejudice.'
friendship surprise ! Sofia was a little girl that lived in a small town called Plumtown. She did not go to school because she had to help her mother make Plum Jam. but one day, her mother had enough money to buy a jam machine and Sofia could go to school. Even though Sofia had never gonr to school before, she was very smart because she loved to read. She was very excited to go to school, but…
Illus. in full color. "Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture. The spectacular artwork resonates with …