How do you tell your family that you love them? For Hana, love is all around her: Mom stirs love...

When the sun sets, Dad’s job as a school custodian is just beginning. What is it like to work on a...

From sunrise to sunset, an African American boy spends an activity-filled summer day helping his...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2019. A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It was Saturday! But sometimes, the best plans don...

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...

Frannie’s class is reading a poem that begins, “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Frannie hasn’t really thought much about hope before. She’s usually busy thinking about everything else going on in her life.

A young white girl and her two black "brothers" devise a plan to raise money to buy the boys'...

Ruby’s morning walk with Mom on her first day back to school is far from ordinary. With a tiger...

A little girl misses having anyone to play with on the beach — until she realizes she can create a...

RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Little Lola has always felt invisible next to her big sister, but she is hiding the most beautiful secret, a fiery flamenco dance that is all her own!

Ruby’s mom is having a baby, but Ruby is not very happy about it. She knows that babies are smelly...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1972. From the moment Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, he knows it is going to be the worst day ever, and things keep getting more and more terrible from there!

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2016. Every Sunday after church, CJ rides the bus across town with his Nana, and today he has a lot of questions. Why do they have to wait in the rain? Why don't they have a car like his friends? But with every question, Nana helps CJ see the beauty, music, and magic all around him that he almost missed. Where is their bus headed, and what will CJ discover when they finally arrive?

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2015. "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1988. Matilda is a highly intelligent child whose parents mistreat her and don't appreciate her talents. Her life changes for the better when she befriends her teacher, Miss Honey.