People & Places

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for New England Book Award 2024.Book InformationISBN 9781536230888Author Kekla MagoonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957711096Author Yobe QiuFormat HardbackPage Count 28Imprint By Yobe QiuPublisher By Yobe QiuWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 6mm

Wise old flamingo Bibi has been with her flock for as long as anyone can remember. Follow her journey in this beautifully illustrated celebration of old age and community from the talented creator of the award-winning picture book Little One.When the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Newbery Medal (Children's) 1948.Book InformationISBN 9781416927839Author Marguerite HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Aladdin PaperbacksPublisher...

A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather's sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture. For one girl, summers used to mean helping Lolo run his...

Oedipus is born to a terrible fate. Can he escape it to save himself and his family? An oracle makes a ghastly prediction: the young prince will kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, King Laius decides to kill his infant son before he can ever...

A tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia gets new life in this picture book adaptation from Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan about appreciating one's heritage and discovering the beauty within.Black is beautiful, uh-huh! Long ago,...

It's the day of the Big Star Little Gala, and Stella's hair just isn't acting right! What's a girl to do? Simple! Just hop on her hover board, visit each of her fabulous aunties across the solar system, and find the perfect hairdo along the way.Black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593181959Author Kyo MaclearFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Children's) 1994. Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 1993.Book InformationISBN...

A timeless and inspiring Chinese tale brought to life for Western children!The Monkey King: A Classic Chinese Tale for Children is inspired by Chinese folktales and legends about Monkey, King of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit: Great Sage Equal to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944493561Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hoopoe BooksPublisher Hoopoe Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991088Author Sharon MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaWeight(grams) 139g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602190146Author Jay SteerePage Count 20Imprint Our World of BooksPublisher Our World of BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 152mm * 152mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593379271Author Tina WellsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

A New York Times Notable Children's Books selection. The moving story of one boy's refugee experience in the Syrian Civil War and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing Behind Sami, the Syrian skyline is full of smoke. The boy follows...

While trying to escape an avalanche triggered by the killers of the First Families, Ivan drowned. Though this is a less permanent problem that it used to be for the children, Ivan 'returned' far from his friends, in a small village in Brittany where he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627796422Author Margarita EngleFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

From the award-winning author of Amina's Voice and Amina's Song comes a tenderhearted middle grade novel about a young Pakistani American artist determined to manage her anxiety and forge her own creative path. Deena's never given a name to the familiar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Picture Book) 1970.Book InformationISBN 9780670885466Author Ezra Jack KeatsFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Viking Children's...

The stunning repackage of a timeless Newbery Award Winner, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear the Logans apart. Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823443260Author Ilima LoomisFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 436g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152014834Author Sherry GarlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Voyager Books,U.S.Publisher Voyager Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 155gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580898249Author Kathryn HelingFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

There is a place inside of me a space deep down inside of me where all my feelings hide. In this powerful, affirming poem by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. Summertime is filled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984816917Author Ebony Joy WilkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint KokilaPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 515g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781547608461Author Sherri WinstonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bloomsbury...

Jan Brett's #1 New York Times bestseller is the snowiest retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears you could ask for!Jan Brett's board book audience will love this brief version of a favorite tale in which Aloo-ki, an Inuit girl, meets a polar bear...

Five traditional Nigerian tales include "Hen and Frog," "Why Bush Cow and Elephant are Bad Friends," "The Husband Who Counted the Spoonfuls," "Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together," and "How Animals Got Their Tails.".AwardsWinner of Coretta Scott King...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Children's Picture) 2010 and Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2011 and Jane Addams Children's Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780544022638Author Andrea ChengFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Newbery Medal Winner 2019. Short-listed for Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781536212587Author Meg MedinaFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338340099Author Kelly GreenawaltFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 137mm *...

Every night, my Ametti Fatma sings the sounds of Egypt to me as I fall asleep. This is the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish. This is the boat, that glides on the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish. ...

What are the aims of legal philosophy? Which questions should it seek to address? How should legal philosophers approach and engage with their subject-matter, and what constraints are incumbent on them as they do so? What are the criteria of success of...

A variety of animals parade by in this familiar jumprope alphabet song.The antics never quite quit as a parade of animals sell their wares in this wildly illustrated version of the familiar alphabet ditty and ball-bouncing game. Young readers will...

Children play, birds call, and grown-ups go about their business during the hot days of summer in northern India. But in the bustle of the street and marketplace, everyone is watching, waiting for those magical clouds to bring their gift of rain to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593651186Author Sheetal ShethFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618051595Author Ann Herbert ScottPage Count 28Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 146mm * 111mm * 3mm

When he runs off to the market instead of sticking around for a reading lesson, he encounters a much-admired older boy secretly reading at a book stall, and then Amadi becomes intrigued by a storybook with pictures of a strange white creature that has a...