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1-24 of 30 results for "perseverance"
Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
As they fix up their new house, Herbie and his sister discover how many things that we use every day were designed by black inventors. Individual biographies accompany each invention.
3rd - 7th
Written by Deborah Underwood
A porcupine on a mission, Isabel wants a balloon at her graduation just like her classmates will...
Pre-K - 2nd
Written by Tom Lichtenheld
Cloudette is a small cloud who wants to do big things. When a big storm blows her into an unknown...
Pre-K - 2nd
Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from...
1st - 5th
Written by Ann Malaspina
Meet Alice Coachman, whose parents think she needs to act more like a lady. Alice doesn’t give up...
1st - 4th
Written by Monica Edinger
Magulu is only nine years old when she is taken by slave traders and brought to the Americas. She...
5th - 7th
Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy
It’s 1896, and women in America don’t have the right to vote in elections. Follow along with...
1st - 5th
Written by Laurie Ann Thompson
Though he was born with a physical disability, Emmanuel quickly proves that he is just as capable...
Pre-K - 3rd
Written by JaNay Brown-Wood
Imani is teased by the other children in her tribe for being so small. With the love and...
1st - 4th
Written by Claire A. Nivola
A Kenyan woman fights to save her country, one tree at a time. This is the story of Wangari...
K - 3rd
Written by Peter Sis
This book tells the story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of the classic children’s book The...
K - 3rd
Written by Chris Barton
As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built...
2nd - 5th
Written by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Ever since she was a little girl, Melba Doretta Liston loved music. One day, her momma bought her a...
1st - 3rd
Written by Cynthia Levinson
Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama,...
K - 5th
Written by Rose Blue & Corinne J. Naden
Ron loves going to the library and looking at the books, but living in South Carolina in the 1950s,...
1st - 3rd
Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Growing up in Malawi, William lived in a world where science was magic and drought and hunger were...
6th - 12th
Written by Leanne Statland Ellis
I had always been ugly, as far back as I could remember. Micay has a deep scar that runs like a...
5th - 7th
Written by Jennifer Torres
A young Latina girl accidentally breaks her grandfather's vihuela and searches for someone in the community to fix the instrument, which leads her to discover her grandfather's legacy as a mariachi.
1st - 3rd
Written by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition...
3rd - 7th
Written by Lulu Delacre
A dynamic short story collection that focuses on and delves into the nuances of the lives of young Latinos and Latinas in the United States.
3rd - 7th
Written by Atia Abawi
After their home in Syria is bombed, Tareq, his father, and his younger sister seek refuge. First...
8th - 11th
Written by Ashley Woodfolk
Music brought Autumn, Shay, and Logan together and death might pull them apart. When tragedy...
9th - 12th
Written by Mary and Rich Chamberlin
On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama...
K - 5th
Written by Liz Flanagan
Meet a cunning princess who is known for her brains, not her beauty. Dara uses her talent as an engineer to foil a wicked plot and save her husband in this Cambodian traditional tale.
