When Barbara McBride‑Smith first heard the ancient Greek myths as a young girl, she didn’t quite catch them the way her teacher intended. Instead of imagining the “cradle of Western civilization,” she pictured Western civilization—central Texas, near Waco—where those larger‑than‑life characters seemed right at home.

It's been six months since Cassidy Rain Berghoff’s best friend, Galen, died, and up until now she has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world.

To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. The 41 poems in this book guide us in...

DNA can tell us who our family members are, but we all know that family means more than just...

When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma...

From a young age, Wilma Rudolph faced many challenges. A childhood polio survivor, she was unable to...

Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl from an...

This book is both an inspirational and a practical guidebook, and it profiles 99 interesting...

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named...

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another...

Before humans took their first steps, there were billions of years of vibrant and varied life-forms...

Based on a true story, a Ghanan child tells of the profound effect that micro-loans have on his...

Chase and his dad are storm runners, racing across the country in search of wild weather. As the hurricane of the century approaches, it's clear this challenge is far beyond their experience.

Everything kids want to know about eleven-year-old pop sensation Willow Smith, with pages of fun...

The champion of the destitute and downtrodden rides again. Meet young Robin Hood before he becomes...

Marco Gonzales and his friend, Gabriella Smith, are excited when they find a special edition of The...