Eating bugs might sound unusual to children in the United States, but people all over the world eat them. These insects provide an important source of protein, and many tasty recipes include them. Mexican author Judy Goldman shares facts about the many yummy bugs consumed in her home country of Mexico. Let’s eat!
Three women, from three different continents and separated by generations, share stories of coming to the United States.Sarah's great-great grandmother Manya fled the Cossacks in the Ukraine at the turn of the twentieth century. Grace's mom escaped with her family during the Iranian revolution in 1979.Raquel and her family fled gang violence in El Salvador in the 2010s.These three stories, all accounts of the authors' real family stories-Manya is legendary author Jane Yolen's grandmother-highlight the essential commonality of the immigrant experience.About the real families in this book.All three of these stories are fictionalized accounts based on the facts of how our families came to America. All three families were fleeing oppression, revolutions, gang violence, possible death. Our stories sound very much the same, though they are generations apart.Jane's family on both sides came over to America in the early 1900s from the Ukraine, (the Yolens) and Latvia (the Morowitz-Berlins). Bu
Dandan has always dreamed of visiting her father, who is away studying icebergs at the South Pole. Now, thanks to a new post office policy, she can mail herself there--but not without a few adventures
A man lost in time, a mysterious portal, and a mountain of poems. Marko and Miranda must deliver an urgent message to the mysterious Cold Mountain. But how does one communicate with a mountain, why do
Son of a Scottish trader and an Indigenous mother, Cuthbert Grant became a leader of the Métis--a distinct group of mixed European and Indigenous people who developed communities along fur trading rou
Sunakali, a small Nepalese country girl, keeps goats with her friends in the Himalayas. But the girls have a secret passion―soccer! They play it every afternoon in the pastures. One day, a visitor from Katmandu asks to meet them. “I want to start a national women’s soccer team. I will coach you and get you invited to tournaments.” It’s the beginning of an incredible true story.
Sékou, the chief’s son, returns from the market with an unusual treasure for the villagers―an umbrella! What are all the things they can do with it? This picture book from Africa will spark young readers’ imagination.
