Pat Cummings

In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time. Trace Carter doesn’t know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn’t his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident that killed his parents, the best he can do is try to distract himself from memories of the past. But the past isn’t done with him. When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds someone else lost in the stacks with him: a crying little boy, wearing old, tattered clothes. And though at first he can’t quite believe he’s seen a ghost, Trace soon discovers that the boy he saw has ties to Trace’s own history—and that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

Trace

Ananse and the Lizard

Margaret Read MacDonald

Because a pesky rabbit picks peas from her garden, a little girl catches it and puts it in a box, but that doesn't solve the problem.

Pickin' Peas

Harvey tackles a big job: cleaning his room.

Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Nikki Grimes

Rhyming verses featuring each letter of the alphabet describe different aspects of life in a city.

C is for City

A young girl's aunt brings her back special gifts from each exotic place she visits around the world.

My Aunt Came Back

Clean Your Room Harvey Moon

Jeannette Caines

A trip to North Carolina in her Aunt Martha's new car gives a young girl and her aunt a chance to spend some time together

Pat Cummings

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