Eve Bunting

Ronald Himler

When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.

A Day's Work

Eleanor Coerr

Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her schoolÂ's running team, until the dizzy spells started and she was forced to face the hardest race of her lifeÂ-the race against time.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Barbara Hancock Cole

Anna and her seeing-eye dog Natalie are chosen by Anna's teacher to participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Anna & Natalie

Rukhsana Khan

When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.

The Roses in My Carpets

After the death of one of his seven cats, an old man finds how much he misses his cat as he goes about the activities of each day.

Six Is So Much Less Than Seven

A young girl describes wash day, her favorite day of the week, when Miss Ett the washerwoman comes with her grandson Sherman and Grandpa tells stories and teaches Sherman to play music.

Wash Day

Sherry Garland

Realizing that his future lies in owning land, not just being free, a young man raised as a slave becomes a buffalo soldier--a member of an all-black cavalry regiment formed to protect white settlers from Indians, bandits, and outlaws, and that later fought in the Spanish American War. Includes historical note.

The Buffalo Soldier

Susan Nunes

At night coyotes come quietly to the garden wall, bringing with them their desert world of sand, sagebrush, lizards, and rocks.

Coyote Dreams

In this wordless story the world of adults stands still, as a wee naked boy dances through town like a mini-Pied Piper enticing other children to cast off their woes and their clothes.

Ronald Himler

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