$12.99
How to Lose Your Class Pet (from the Wilemena Rules Series) by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Ages 9-12. Mrs. Sweetly was the meanest teacher in the Harriet Tubman School. Oh, and did I also mention she was going to be my third -- grade teacher?! After the first day of school, I knew I had to have a Secret Plan: To Get Mean Old Mrs. Sweetly to Like Me! That's when I decided to be very helpful and volunteer for everything. So when I, Willimena Thomas, sweetly volunteered to take care of Lester, our class guinea pig, I had no idea it would begin the worst weekend of my life…
$12.99 Joshua by the Sea by Angela Johnson
Ages 0-2. Joshua goes to the shore with his family.
$16.95Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee
Ages 2-5.
Away from the gate,
puppy puppy, please, puppy.
Oh wait, puppy, wait,
please, please, please,
please....
In page after page of tail-wagging fun, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Beacon Award-winning producer Tonya Lewis Lee, take a close-up look at what happens when a couple of high-energy toddlers meet their match in an adventurous pup who has no plans of letting up.
Irresistible illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award winner Kadir Nelson unleash countless memorable moments of toddlerhood, and puppyhood, which families with four-legged friends will enjoy over and over again.
$16.95
Girls Hold Up This World by Jada Pinkett Smith
Ages 4-9. "We are sisters of this Earth -- members of one powerful tribe. /Every color, shape, and size, we're united by beauty inside." Artistic photographs enhance the positive message of Jada Pinkett Smith's inspiring poem. A renowned actress and loving mother, Smith brings warmth and heart to this celebration of young women. While so many girls today struggle with self-doubt, this poem focuses on the power ALL girls have within them, regardless of color or creed. This is the perfect book for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends to give and to share again and again.
$16.99
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
Ages 4-8. A Coretta Scott King Award winner ("Ellington Was Not a Street") adapts the beloved spiritual for this beautiful picture book, creating a dazzling interpretation that rejoices in the connectedness of people and nature.
$13.99
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
Ages 4-8. Reverend Knight can't understand why his twelve sons' sneakers are torn to threads each and every morning, and the boys aren't talking. They know their father would surely put an end to their all-night dance parties. Maybe Sunday, a pretty new nanny with a knack for cleaning, cooking, and getting to the bottom of household mysteries, can crack the case. This cool, clever modern fable bursts with vibrant artwork and text as energetic as the twelve toe-tapping Knight brothers themselves. "Nelson's exuberant figures fill his stage-like scenes. This is a high-flying alternative to the tale's usual dainty renditions." ( Kirkus Reviews )
$16.95 The Hard-Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers
Ages 4-8. A look at the life of migrant workers through a child’s eyes Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means “no extras,” so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though – she’s going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama’s hard-times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store-bought book! But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma. Based on Ethel Footman Smothers’s childhood, the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings, giving us a touching portrait of a book-hungry child.
$13.99
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Ages 0-2. Bedtime! A happy game to lure the most persistent sleep evader. A warm and reassuring countdown to the land of dreams.
$16.95
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolan
Ages 4-8. Descended from a long line of giants, the J. Carver Worthington Andersons take their height very seriously indeed. You see, without exception all of the many J. Carver Worthington Andersons have been giants until now. And poor Hewitt -- hidden in the floorboards, trapped in the flour vat, lost in the bedsheets -- has his struggles being tiny. Oh, his parents worry: How will their son manage to live in a world of big things? Leave it to Hewitt to prove the power of being small.
Inspired by the tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk," the inimitable Jerdine Nolen tells an original story of bravery and the power of the individual. Kadir Nelson's imaginative and loving illustrations create a world where smallness rules -- a world that children will want to return to again and again.
$13.99
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen
Ages 5-8. Thunder Rose vows to grow up to be more than just big and strong, thank you very kindly--and boy, does she ever! But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match?
$10.99
A Trip to the Hospital (from the Little Bill Series) by Kim Watson; Mark Salisbury, Illustrator
Ages 4-8. Noooo!" Little Bill yells when Alice the Great states she is taking him to the hospital. Even though he hurt his arm playing cowboy, Little Bill is afraid to go to the hospital, especially without his mother. Alice the Great assures him that his Mama will meet them at the hospital. Little Bill is consoled when Mama shows up and provides further reassurance that both she and the doctor only want to help him feel better. After the cast is put on Little Bill's broken arm, he begins to understand that hospitals are places where people are helped to feel better. He decides that he wants to be both a cowboy and a doctor when he grows up. The colorful illustrations in this book will help familiarize young readers with various hospital procedures and medical equipment.
$15.99
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen
Ages 5-8. Harvey Potter was a very strange fellow indeed. He was a farmer but not like any farmer you've ever met. He didn't grow corn, okra, or tomatoes. Harvey Potter grew balloons. No one knew exactly how he did it, but with the help of the light of a full moon, one friendly child catches a peek of just how Harvey Potter does it. And keeps some magic for herself.
$13.99
In My Momma's Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen
Ages 4-8. From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter afternoon, to serenades and stories late at night, when the rest of the world is asleep, "seems like everything good that happens in my house happens in my momma's kitchen." A celebration of African-American families and mommas everywhere, In My Momma's Kitchen tells the story of a year's events in everybody's favorite room. From Talking Pots Day, when the aunts all gather to make the biggest pot of soup in town, to serenades and stories late at night, when the rest of the world is asleep, "seems like everything good that happens in my house happens in my momma's kitchen." A celebration of African-American life and the bonds that unite all families, generation after generation.
$13.99
Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen
Ages 4-8. It just goes to show you how an innocent Sunday-before-supper walk can lead to just about anything. Who could have known that it would lead to a pulsing egg, a baby dragon, and the best friend a girl could ever wish for.
Raised with love and care day by day, the dragon grows big, bigger, and still bigger until...
Jerdine Nolen has created a raucous adventure about forever love, loyalty, and the joys of the unexpected. And Elise Primavera's whimsical pastels
render a world where dream and reality meet with heart and wild imagination. There's every chance that after reading Raising Dragons, you'll want to go searching for a dragon's egg of your very own! You never know.
$13.99
Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats
Ages 3-8. This is an illustrated version of the Christmas song in which a poor drummer boy brings his "finest gift" to the newborn baby Jesus--a song he plays on his drum. Color illustrations accompany the text.
$13.99
Snow Bears by Martin Waddell
Ages 0-3. When Mommy Bear comes out to look for her baby bears, she finds three snow bears instead. They don't really look like her bears, so who are these snow bears, and where can her baby bears be?
Young readers will love Martin Waddell's jolly tale about three clever baby bears and their loving mama.
$6.99
Bee Happy by Charles Reasoner
Ages 0-3. What can we learn from a bee? Bee Happy shows that happiness can be found in the smallest of things. It's just one of The Bee Attitudes - simple but important lessons that show there's an awful lot we can learn from a bee.
$11.99
Marvin and the Meanest Girl by Suzy Kline
Ages 7-11. Marvin Higgins is always calling people names and making them mad. And because the new girl in class, Lucy Tinker, has hair that sticks up like a porcupine, Marvin starts picking on her. But Lucy doesn't like being teased. So she decides to be mean, too, and scratches Marvin with her long, rainbow-colored nails! Now Marvin is dreaming up plans to get even with this new, mean girl. Will Marvin and Lucy ever stop fighting?
$10.99
The Honeywood Street Fair by Catherine Lukas
Ages 4-8.
$12.99
Dawdle Duckling
by Toni Buzzeo, Margaret Spengler (Illustrator)
Ages 2-4. Mama Duck has four little ducklings. Three pay attention to her and do everything she asks, but the fourth, the Dawdle Duckling, likes to take it slow and do things his own way. With the Dawdle Duckling's behavior get him into trouble?
$16.99
Michael's Golden Rules
by Deloris Jordan, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator), Roslyn M Jordan
Ages 6-10. The mother and sister of NBA superstar Michael Jordan return with this picture book to tell a story of teamwork, sportsmanship, and friendship as a little boy learns the golden rules of baseball. Full color.
$11.99
Animal Sounds for Baby
by Hudson, Cheryl Willis
Ages 0-2. A young boy visits a petting zoo, where he learns the different sounds such animals as cows, ducks, and lambs make. Color illustrations accompany the rhyming text.
$11.99
Good Morning, Baby
by Cheryl Willis Hudson, George Ford (Illustrator)
Ages 0-2. A young girl wakes up, gets washed and dressed, has breakfast, and goes outside to play. Color illustrations accompany the rhyming text.
$11.99
Good Night, Baby (Revised)
by Cheryl Willis Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, George Ford (Illustrator)
Ages 2-4. About this title: These simple concept books feature realistic illustrations of endearing African-American babies.