![Hank Finds an Egg](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1441311580.jpg?itok=4fA8NGPa)
While walking through the forest, Hank finds an egg on the forest floor. After spotting its nest high up in a tree, he uses his ingenuity to help get the egg home safe and sound, and is joyfully rewarded with newfound friends. Hank’s endearing and genuine kindness will inspire readers young and old to believe in themselves and in the goodness of others.
Hank Finds an Egg
![Flashlight](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452118949.jpg?itok=PwSE39nP)
Inside a tent it’s cozy. But what is going on outside? Is it dark? Is it scary? Not if you have your trusty flashlight! Told solely through images and using a spare yet dramatic palette, the author has crafted a masterful exploration of night, nature, and art. Both lyrical and humorous, this visual poem — like the flashlight beam itself — reveals that there is magic in the darkness.
Flashlight
![The Secret Box](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547238681.jpg?itok=XzUqH4F0)
This wordless time-travel fantasy takes readers on a trip to a world of secret messages left in secret boxes hidden in secret places. The story begins as three boys discover a box in the top floor of their urban boarding school that holds decades-old sepia photographs of a schoolboy, a postcard, and a map leading to a location on the coast.
The Secret Box
![Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823436659.jpg?itok=76_UelUS)
It was August 6, 1926; Gertrude Ederle was about to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Not only did she swim the channel, she did so faster than the fastest time of any man. Dramatic illustrations and complete endnotes conclude Trudy’s riveting story.
Trudy’s Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm
![Princess Tales Around the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1250061032.jpg?itok=0GvFbSLm)
Retellings in verse present a host of memorable females in traditional stories from around the world. Join Prince Ivan’s quest, revisit the girl in the tower, listen to Sheherazade as she spins her tales. Then examine the detailed, luminous illustrations to find hidden people and things in this inventive recasting of familiar folktales.
Princess Tales Around the World
![Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580897851.jpg?itok=YW3lcvjF)
Malala’s story is one of the resilience that comes from strong conviction. It is told through a present tense narrative and dramatic, vivid, stylized illustrations. The early life of the girl and her supportive family, her struggle against the Taliban and her ultimate recovery from a murder attempt is further enhanced by extensive back matter which includes photographs and additional information and resources.
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education
![Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1524715476.jpg?itok=lx_qw9Zi)
The true story of a mother, her four daughters, one son, and a handsome white cat named Kunkush is a journey out of war-torn Iraq to resettle in Norway. It is also the tale of valiant volunteers who reunite Kunkush with his brave family after being separated during the grueling jouney. Richly hued, realistic illustrations accompany the straightforward text. Photos of the family, Kunkush, and the volunteers conclude the book.
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey
![Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef's Daughter, with Recipes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670016667.jpg?itok=H8kKUPhA)
Fanny is a girl who knows a lot about food and cooking since she’s grown up in and around the famous restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. Join Fanny as she helps cook a huge bouillabaisse in Provence; learns how to make fresh cheese from a shepherd high up in the Pyrenees mountains; hunts for wild oysters off the coast of Bordeaux, and discovers how one chicken can feed nine people, if served a certain way.
Fanny in France: Travel Adventures of a Chef’s Daughter, with Recipes
![Caroline’s Comets: A True Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823436640.jpg?itok=jyd_x_cR)
Caroline Herchel, born in 1750, enjoyed looking at the night sky with her father. She would become the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of England’s Royal Astronomical Society. Caroline’s own words punctuate the lucid narrative. Expressive watercolor and line illustrations effectively evoke the time and place. A timeline and glossary conclude the book.
Caroline’s Comets: A True Story
![Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803737580.jpg?itok=lfZ8r1SS)
Long ago, a bespectacled boy dreamed of color in his drab industrial French town. Henri’s world exploded with color when, as an adult, he was given a box of paints. The contrast in Henri’s life is brought to life through straightforward text and black and white illustrations juxtaposed with those brilliantly hued to evoke the artist’s recognizable style.
Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse
![Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316213888.jpg?itok=nBddGqCv)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American artist born of a Haitian father and a Brooklyn born mother of Puerto Rican decent, became known as an artist whose work effectively made social commentary. The original illustrations call to mind Basquiat’s visual style while presenting his life and unique work, which broke old tenets of art to became popular in the 1980s.
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
![Martin's Dream Day](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1481467662.jpg?itok=UBSNKniO)
Photographs — many taken during the event and on site — document the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech. A lucid text provides information about the Civil Rights Movement, general information about the period, and its impact. The images, however, have their own power even without the worthy narration.
Martin’s Dream Day
![Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1481456903.jpg?itok=aibzqYd3)
Original documents from an early 19th century Southern estate that appraised enslaved Africans provided the inspiration for original poems and powerful, full-page paintings of eleven individuals who were bought and sold. The result is very moving — portraits in poetry and image of enslaved people whose lives, aspirations, and hopes have been mostly anonymous — until now.
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
![Freedom in Congo Square](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1499801033.jpg?itok=1PqHBPkc)
Join the rhythmic countdown to Sunday afternoon, the one time when enslaved Africans in 19th century Louisiana could relax in what became known as New Orleans’ Congo Square. Vibrant paintings, reminiscent of Jacob Lawrence, further enliven the portrait of people as they toiled daily, culminating on Sunday. An introduction provides historical insight and perspective of this little known part of American history.
Freedom in Congo Square
![Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763669547.jpg?itok=5wikPYW6)
In 1958, photographer Art Kane gathered up a who’s who of jazz musicians on a New York City street for what is now an iconic image of African American artists. Original poems accompanied by vivid paintings depict the period, the people, and more. Not only is the original photo included, so are short biographies of each of the musicians as well as additional resources sure to inspire further exploration.
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
![Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064434559.jpg?itok=QAULmlNo)
Writer extraordinaire, Walter Dean Myers, created original poetry to accompany selections of late 19th (perhaps early 20th) Century monochromatic photographs of African American children. The result is a handsome, sepia-toned album of poems and pictures that not only read aloud well but also capture the universal joys of children and childhood.
Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
![Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1623540860.jpg?itok=8aE3RaiM)
The White House has hosted U.S. Presidents and their families which have often included First Pets. These have ranged from alligators to dogs with lots of other species in-between, all revealed here in lively language and humorous illustrations.
Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House
![One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399555986.jpg?itok=M9rQEU1e)
The Cat in the Hat is back with Things 1 & 2 for a rhyming introduction to the steps in voting. The easy-to-read text with cartoon illustrations demonstrates the process of voting from start to finish.
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote
![Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060780053_0.jpg?itok=8-ahrX09)
Journals, letters and other primary sources were used to introduce “a few of the women who helped… make [the United States] a nation where everyone could pursue the happiness promised when America declared independence…” Line and wash illustrations enhance the brief entries of these intriguing but largely unknown women.
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
![Curious About the White House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399541454.jpg?itok=FjSMfQqh)
What house has 35 bathrooms and 28 fireplaces plus 8 staircases? Its residents don’t own it or buy it and usually live there for a maximum of 8 years. It is the White House in Washington DC! Take a quick visit to it and meet some of the First Pets and First Children who have lived in it for over 200 years through brief text and well-placed photographs.
Curious About the White House
![Quarks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580895409.jpg?itok=YTrY5Rfj)
There is plenty to engage young children in these simple books (part of the Baby Loves series) that introduce basic science ideas and science vocabulary. The book titles are probably more for the adults than the young children for whom these board books are intended!
Quarks
![Aerospace Engineering](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580895417.jpg?itok=uydAUtCr)
There is plenty to engage young children in these simple books (part of the Baby Loves series) that introduce basic science ideas and science vocabulary. The book titles are probably more for the adults than the young children for whom these board books are intended!
Aerospace Engineering
![Solar Power](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1620314045.jpg?itok=M1HBAHqn)
In this Green Planet series, topics of interest to younger readers are introduced in clear color photographs and accessible, logically presented text. “Activities and Tools” to extend each subject are included as is an index and where to go for additional information.
Solar Power
![Rockets](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1620314142.jpg?itok=NqTzScy2)
In this Space Explorers series, topics of interest to younger readers are introduced in clear color photographs and accessible, logically presented text. “Activities and Tools” to extend each subject are included in an index, along with suggestions for finding additional information.