Barbara is big. She has big hands and big feet and she is taller and weighs more than any of her friends. She is so big that normal-kid running shoes don't fit. Learning how Barbara comes to accept he
Alice Dunbar-Nelson was born in 1875 as Alice Ruth Moore in New Orleans, LA. She resided in New Orleans through her teachers training program at Straight University and began teaching in New Orleans.
Janey has a problem learning to read, and the effervescent Hattie Pearl is the only person who seems to understand. This book for 7 to 10 year olds is especially appropriate for children having diffic
Leila is about to spend a weekend with her Aunt Fred, whom everyone says is a witch. When the adults leave, Aunt Fred puts on a wild outfit and scoops Leila up onto her motorcycle. After a spectacular
A full-color picture book about an ordinary girl who can magically turn herself into Wild Rilla, a feisty super girl who loves to solve problems in her school. Bright and lively, this story tickles th
When Gita receives wind chimes from her grandmother in India, she is reminded of her grandmother's advice that roses grow better with music and of someone who can use the chimes more than her.
Ezzie has friends and a loving family who never maker her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her. For children 6 to 10, this chapter book shows how Ezzie's bravery makes others re
Creole poets have always eluded easy definition, infusing European poetic forms with Louisiana themes and Native American and African influences to produce an impressive variety of highly accomplished
The true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz's time at the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, a man charged with being complicit in the death of more than 300,000 J
