Places and People's Books

Age range 3 to 6Yoo-hoo, unicorn! Let's go for a ride!Nothing could be more special than riding a unicorn! Or, at least that's what a plucky adventurer thinks. In the spectacularly illustrated storybook, How to Ride a Unicorn, a curious young explorer is...

Age range 10+This 'heartbreaking...powerful work' (School Library Journal, starred review) introduces the contemporary issue of forced disappearances to readers 10 and up - with 'deceptively simple black line drawings'...

Age range 6 to 8A child makes their way along the Arctic shoreline on a dark day. Everything around them seems as ugly as their mood until the child closes their eyes and breathes. What they once saw as an ugly landscape is now wonderful and vibrant.From...

Age range 7 to 11This multicultural children's book is full of activities, recipes, songs and stories!Brimming with ancient traditions, exciting decorations, and delicious, seasonal foods, Japanese Celebrations for Children will take you on a...

Vietnamese/English bilingual flashcards that can be used for playing memory and snap, or as simple learning cards! - Each box contains 42 cards. - Versatile and educational-get the whole family together for endless hours of fun. - Simple and colorful...

German/English bilingual flashcards that can be used for playing memory and snap, or as simple learning cards! - Each box contains 42 cards. - Versatile and educational-get the whole family together for endless hours of fun. - Simple and colorful...

The first diverse children's book of its kind, The Book of Cultures is a 120-page book with 30 stories for young readers to discover the world and embrace diverse realities.This perfect bedside book features fictional stories of buddies from...

Discover the wonders of China's rich culture and traditions with this fun-filled story perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year with your littles! For as long as she could remember, Mei Ling wanted a baby brother. She asked and asked, and wished and...

Age range 9 to 12The New Seven Wonders of the World are introduced from the architectural point of view in this fully illustrated title.The Great Wall of China, Petra, The Colosseum, Chichn Itz, Machu Picchu, The Taj Mahal, and Christ the Redeemer were...

Age range 3+One kokeshi, two kokeshi, three kokeshi, four.... Anna is a Japanese-American girl whose grandparents live in Japan. They have been sending her adorable Kokeshi dolls made of painted wood each year for her birthday since she was very small...

Age range 9 to 14A famous woman scientist, war heroine and freedom fighter from the Philippines!This delightful children's book follows the life of Maria Orosa a pioneering woman scientist who studied food science in the United States then...

'It's a wicked cold, the Alaska winter, and can kill a man in a second...'Nearing 15, Zac Greene travels to Alaska to re-connect with the father he's only ever known from a distance. But Zac's dad is a lone wolf a wounded soul who'd rather drown his...

From the author of Pest-a Washington Post Noteworthy Book-comes a hilarious new novel that showcases the author's talents at their best.Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Davies's life is challenging enough. She's short. She's scrawny. She prefers Evernote to...

Age range 12 to 18This young adult mystery horror takes us to a remote borderline village in an intentionally unspecified place and time where people still live by their own rules and still believe in old gods. Twelve years ago, four children suddenly...

Explore the history of real female piratesand learn about their lives on the high seas!Daniela discovers her grandmother's old book with stories of ten brave pirate women. From the seas of China to the shores of New York, from ancient Greece to modern...

A perfect tale to read to curious daughters.To the dreamers. To the ones who love braids.To the ones who prefer to wear their hair down.To the ones who fill their mouths with jelly.To the ones that chat away, even when they're asleep.To the ones who...

Age range 5 to 9A multicultural story of children's dreams of a better world, with stunning illustrations by award winning illustrator Concha Pasamar.Mohesiw's wishes take shape in the jungle where he lives and plays. Amunet smiles as she thinks about...

Age range 6 to 9A sequel to Encyclopedia of Ordinary Things, which appeared in Wall Street Journal review.We live in our houses, cook in our kitchens, relax in our living rooms. But how did people live before the invention of the bathroom? What was the...

Age range 6 to 9Who brings Christmas presents in Italy?Where can we sunbathe on the beach on Christmas Day?Why do Russians celebrate Christmas in January?Everyone loves Christmas! But have you ever considered that Christmas might be celebrated elsewhere...

Age range 6 to 9From a skyscraper to a houseboat, kids live in all kinds of places. Peek insidetheir dwellings across the globe and see their amazing cultures!Have you ever wondered how kids live in other countries? This book gives you a great...

Age range 6 to 9 Who said ordinariness is boring? This book shows ordinary things, along with their origins and inventors, in a new light. Come explore their secrets!They're all around us. We use them daily, pass them by, and it never occurs to us to...

We have all heard of famous people like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Cleopatra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William Shakespeare. But what do we know about their childhoods? Play a game and guess which celebrity is hidden on each spread. Clues from...

Age range 6 to 9 Take an exciting manga pop-up journey across Japan with Chico and Neko the Cat!Pick up where Tokyo Pop-Up Book left off, as Chico and his mischievous cat Neko visit Japan's most famous landmarks. The chase is on as naughty Neko...

Here, beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktales - shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales engage your imagination as you're carried on turtle-back...

Once Upon a Time in Japan presents eight stories from the NHK JapanBroadcasting Corporation's popular radio series of the same name. TheJapanese folk stories in this volume are among Japan's oldest and mostbeloved stories, and all eight tales are...

Age: 8 to 12"This is a story about the art of caring. Its message will speak to the heart of any child who reads it and nourish his or her roots in the process" - Ron Himler, illustrator of Sadako and the Thousand Paper CranesCenturies ago, a Japanese...

Age range 11 to 13An inspiring journey of women's struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.Citizen She! tracks the global fight for women's suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of...

Due to a rare brain tumor, Vera Garcia's soccer career is suddenly sidelined at the start of her senior year. When her single mother Eliza, terrified at the thought of losing her only daughter, clings too tightly, both Vera's identity and her freedom are...

What if . . . Thanks to a science fair project gone bonkers, you just spent a few days teaching Leonardo da Vinci about gravity and relativity. . . You escaped a bonfire of the vanities-only to come home and find things are not what they were before. . ...

The Haunting of Hill House meets The Lovely Bones in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following three teen girls solving a past treacherous murder.Nobody believes sixteen-year-old Lila Sadler, who was diagnosed with bipolar...

And that's when it started . . . the inside-out squeezing, pulsing, whirly feeling inPenelope's belly.Meet Penelope Pickleberry, first-grader extraordinaire. Penelope can do lots of things, like pack her own snack and tie her shoelaces in under thirty...

"A gleefully apocalyptic page-turner . . ." -Kirkus ReviewsMeet Chloe and Elizabeth Yetti: antisocial, semi-homicidal eighteen-year-old twins casually surviving the AI apocalypse.Ten years ago, a powerful machine intelligence unleashed a nanoengineered...

A nine-day canoe trip turns into a profound, life-altering event as Louis discovers the untold stories of Voyageurs and Native Americans in his family's history.This thrilling adventure tells of Louis's family and his Scouting friends. They discover...

Age range 14 to 18Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books: Young Adult Literature - LAMBDA Literary Most Anticipated Young Adult Books - LGBTQ Reads Recommended LGBTQ+ YA - Reads RainbowA roving female gang of fun-loving rebel bikers and street racers, led by...

Winner, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year: Young Adult Fiction!In Nigeria-born, America-based author Ebele Chizea's stunning debut novel, teenager Ada and her mother flee the civil war of their West African home and come to America in 1966, where Ada soon...

In rural Kentucky, a sixteen-year-old boy with a love of quilting, cooking and Dolly Parton helps his grandma care for his opioid-addicted mother, until the discovery of a family secret upends everything he has ever believed.While other sixteen-year-old...

Age range 8+From music to movies, literature to dance the arts have always been influenced by the work of LGBTQ people. LGBTQ+ Iconsspotlights the history and contributions of 50 pioneering artists who lived and worked around the world.Bold, whimsical...

From author Andrea Denish and illustrator BlueBean comes a touching story about new siblings, greetings, languages, and love.A young child searches for the best way to welcome a new baby to their family as they ask, "A special day. A special place. How...

When Lili Sohn was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29, she was confronted with just how little she knew about her own anatomy. What's that, you say? We're born with all of the ova we'll have for ourentire lives? Well, that was news to Sohn. And her...

Zaynab Abdi chronicles her journey from Somalia to Yemen and ultimately the United States, where she shares a stage with Malala and becomes a voice for refuge. Her graphic memoir is told in both English and Arabic. Zaynab was born in Somalia and raised...

Open the flaps to follow Krampus Baby on a festively monstrous winter holiday! On every page, and beneath every flap,Krampus Baby!decks the halls with European winter folklore fun. Set on Winter Solstice in a sparkling Alpine village, this lift-a-flap...

Open the flaps to follow Vampire Baby through a not-so-spooky haunted castle on Halloween night!On every page, and beneath every flap, Vampire Baby!Young readers and pre-readers will discover the details of this nonthreatening Halloween castle alongside...

Age range 0 to 6A pirate dad explains to his daughter that he loves her more than anything - even the most exciting and valuable aspects of his incredible job.All the sunken treasure in the ocean is worth nothing compared to a father's love for his...

Age range 0 to 3Open the flaps to follow Yeti Baby on a chilly-yet-festive day on a snowy mountainside during the Winter Holidays.Forest creatures, elves, colorful birds, sleigh rides, pastel lights, and arctic animals abound in this joyful winter...

12 full-color pages featuring 6 flaps Each spread features an interactive flap concealing a fun, unexpected and friendly character or hidden aspect for children to discover at their own pace Alongside Yeti Baby! continues the Hazy Dell Flap Book series...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING ANIMATION TEAM BEHIND THE FILMSKHUMBA, ZAMBEZIA, ANDSEAL TEAMPearl has always felt more comfortable in the sea than surrounded by the people in her sleepy South African town who always seem to let her down. But when a new friend...

Age range 5 to 9Tchaikovsky's magnificent ballet is now accessible to a new, younger audience thanks to this classically elegant picture book adaptation. Painterly illustrations by Teresa Martinez are filled with colours as soft and gentle as swan's...

Age range 5 to 9Never has this classic fairy-tale been more stylishly spun for young readers than in this new, freshly illustrated picture book adaptation! Children will treasure this elegant, accessible edition of Rumplestiltskin, complete with a cover...