This book was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Sylvia and Aki At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader...More
Bayard Rustin dedicated his life to helping others--fighting injustices and...More
Almost Astronauts When NASA was launched in 1958, 13 women proved they had ...More
Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Banglades...More
Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks...More
Angel's dad is in jail and her mum's abandoned her and her little brother a...More
'Stunning and emotionally involving collection.' The Sunday Times 'Short s...More
Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before...More
In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitati...More
Who was the real John Hendry? The story of this legendary Afican-American f...More
A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing th...More
This is one of those children's books with a magical, tender quality that s...More
Returning to the characters and language that attracted widespread critical...More
The Girl from the Tar Paper School mixes biography, social history and arch...More
Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls pla...More
In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connec...More
In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl,...More
This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film te...More