Product Description: From Mexican author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh comes the story of two cousins, one in America and one in Mexico, and how their daily lives are different yet similar.
Illustrated by:
His unusual escape from slavery — in a box mailed to Philadelphia — is told in a conversational, folksy style illustrated with evocative illustrations. The cadence of the text calls to mind the music and song that were always important to Henry Brown.
Illustrated by:
Sophisticated poems, often in dialect, are accompanied by haunting paintings to chronicle a group of enslaved people escaping north to freedom.
Illustrated by:
Martin Luther King's niece recalls how the power of her uncle's words and his strength of conviction changed the United States.
Brief, staccato text and dark-hued, mixed-media illustrations convey the drama of enslaved people escaping on the Underground Railroad.
Two children aroused by their parents join the March on Washington in 1963.
The oldest of eight siblings in her Mexican American family, Lupita is a talented actress and gifted writer.
Illustrated by:
Oliver really, really wanted a brother and so, understandably tries to exchange his baby sister in this very funny and highly familiar family tale. Lighthearted illustrations add to the humor and the story’s satisfying conclusion.
When George can't bark like most puppies, his mother takes him to the vet who also tells George to "bark!" An exhausted doctor literally pulls out the reasons George "meows" and more with funny and surprising results.
Illustrated by:
Henry is an Australian shepherd with no tail but he longs for a special appendage like his canine friends. His efforts to secure one are fruitless, but Henry finds something even more important.