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

That zany beat in our feet is ‘cause of Pop-Pop, our pa. He sure loved himself some Mardi Gras! “It...

At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when...

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team...

In a small village in India, a boy grows up to make a huge difference in his community by planting...

This book tells the story of Lewis Michaux Sr. and his Harlem bookstore, a gathering place where people like Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, and Muhammad Ali came together to share ideas and inspire change.

This moving story of a Jewish family's immigration to America from Russia may be jeopardized by a...

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has...

When a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to know...

Her grandpa calls her “Lolita Siete Lenguas”—Little Lola, Seven Tongues, all fighting to be heard...

When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever...

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2023. This hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he finally plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner sets out to find him the fresh air he needs. Will a trip to the beach give this exhausted pup exactly what he needs?

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes...