Volume II of the Bates autobiography begins with the writers first publishing venture at age twenty-one and describes Bates as father and husband.
Feeling out of place as a biracial student in an all-white school and tiring of people thinking she is adopted, Violet investigates her late African-American father's heritage by forging a tenuous bond with an unwelcoming paternal ...
Through word and image he quietly looks forand findsthe common ground that unites thinking and compassionate people of all shapes and sizes.Full-color reproductions of Peterson's photographs accompany and enrich this collection of essays ...
The Vanished World: The blossoming world
This book is a stunningly beautiful record of the nation's biggest springtime festival.
Following the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this is a new, very personal story to join Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
Sherri L. Smith has been called "an author with astonishing range" and "a stellar storyteller" by E. Lockhart, the New York Times-bestselling author of We Were Liars, and "a truly talented writer" by Jacqueline Woodson, the National Book ...
But Blossom isnt like other kids. She doesnt speak and is obsessed with her flower, refusing to go anywhere without it. But everything changes when Blossom gets sick, and she is taken away.
Beneath Blossom Rain, Grange’s account of his journey, packs an adventure story, a romantic twist, and a celebration of group travel into a single entertaining book.
From the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, through Japan's surrender in September 1945, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theatre of World War II, seven by the U.S. and ...
The cat eats her lunch. The dog reads his book. But the sun twinkles, the breeze blows, and there’s something sweet in the air… This is a beautifully illustrated story of the joys of spring and finding a new friend.