Christian Robinson

Reveals how even the smallest gesture can have a lasting impact on the world's biggest problems.

"A biography of Nina Simone, an acclaimed singer whose music gave voice to the struggle for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text remind the reader that no matter what happens or how one feels, he or she matters. Este álbum para primeros lectores explora de manera brillante e inteligente muchas perspectivas diferentes, tanto para entender el mundo como para aceptar y respetar a los demás con sus diferencias y, por supuesto, a nosotros mismos. En su mensaje, simple y claro, "Tú importas" (You matter) resuena una esperanza de cambio que...

While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.

A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself.

"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself"-- Provided by publisher.

"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...

"A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park."--Title page verso.

"As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Children excitedly discuss the details of their upcoming birthdays.