When Emily Dickinson was given a puppy by her father, the two were instant best friends. She name...

In Nuclear Country, Catherine McNicol Stock explores the question of why, between 1968 and 1992, ...

In order to have his reward from Grandmother, Yoanes must first gather enough eggs to take to mar...

The fifth book in the beloved Gus and Grandpa seriesGus is unimpressed when Ryan coolly stops his...

Life in the grassland is a constant, dramatic struggle for survival between predator, prey, and s...

'Manyoni is on her way to school; she gets up at dawn to walk two hours across the plain, along t...

Kondi is determined to make a galimoto -- a toy vehicle made of wires. His brother laughs at the ...

Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he ...

Ready and Waiting for You

Ten-year-old Justin hates that his sisters and his mama are always fussing at him. They make him ...

Sasifi longs to ride a tap-tap, a truck that carries passengers and their belongings in rural Haiti.

A little boy feels left out of the preparations for Thanksgiving dinner until his grandfather inv...