We The People

America had won the Revolution, but our troubles were far from over.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part -Time Indian

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

The Arrival

Although saddened at having to leave the family he loves, the immigrant is certain that moving to the new land is the right thing to do and so ventures off to a strange land to begin a life that will

Elijah Of Buxton

2008 Newbery Medal Honor Book.

So You Want to Be President?

2001 Caldecott Medal Award Winner.

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

2002 Caldecott Award Honorable Mention Winner.

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2002 Caldecott Award Honorable Mention Winner.

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

2004 Caldecott Award Honorable Mention Winner.

Simple text presents the many things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails.

Coming on Home Soon

2005 Caldecott Award Honorable Mention Winner.

After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow

Chu Ju's House

In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, all