Red, White, and Whole
Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian-American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian-American student, and home, with her family’s traditions and holidays. But Reha’s parents don’t understand why she’s conflicted […]
How to Write a Poem
In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering your very own poetry in the world around you. Begin with a question like an […]
How Do You Say Hello?
From the bestselling creators of What Do You Call Your Grandpa?, What Do You Call Your Grandma?, What Do You Do to Celebrate? and How Do You Say I Love You? In every country around the world, we all have ways to greet the people that we know and the people that we meet. From […]
How Do You Say I Love You?
From the bestselling creators of What Do You Call Your Grandpa?, What Do You Call Your Grandma? and What Do You Do to Celebrate? In every country around the globe, we all have ways to show the people who mean the most to us what they ought to know. From bestselling duo Ashleigh Barton and […]
Honeybee
A moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye. This resonant volume explores the similarities we share with the people around us – family, friends, and complete strangers. Honey. Beeswax. Pollinate. Hive. Colony. Work. Dance. Communicate. Industrious. Buzz. Sting. Cooperate. Where would we be without […]
Voices in the Air
Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye’s uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices past and present that comfort us, compel us, lead us, and give us hope. […]
Brothers & Sisters
Brothers and sisters can be dear, can be company, can bring cheer, can start arguments, can make noise, can cause tears, can break toys… Still, I think no matter what, I’d rather have them than not. This collection of 25 short poems about life with siblings – full, half, step, old and young, close in […]
Shaking Things Up
Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women – each paired with a noteworthy female artist – to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada’s Violin and Lifeboat 12, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In […]
When the War is Over
From one of Australia’s most-loved authors comes a book about homecoming, and the enduring power of love. Now the war is over And they say the world is free, Though somewhere guns are snarling, You’ve come back to me. War may never truly end, but there can be homecomings. From two of Australia’s most highly […]
