When her new classmates tease her, Kanzi finds comfort in wrapping up in a quilt from her teita and writing poetry.

Clarisse, a street cat who loves books, finds a new home in the library as a read-aloud cat.

Fleeing their homeland in search of safety in another country, a Palestinian family carries a single suitcase in which the special contents evoke 11 Arabic names for love, in this moving scrapbook that explores universal bonds of family, loyalty and friendship.

A celebration of all the things that hope can mean and how to reach for your dreams, whether they are as big as the night sky or as small as a bowl of ice cream.

"Two curious bunnies enjoy watching clouds go by. But when they look at the sky, they see something completely different! While one bunny likes to use his imagination the other bunny can only see the scientific. Together they learn that cloud watching ismuch more fun when they see it through each other's eyes"--

"Loujain watches her beloved baba attach his feather wings and fly each morning, but her own dreams of flying face a big obstacle: only boys, not girls, are allowed to fly in her country. Yet despite the taunts of her classmates, she is determined to do it--especially because Loujain loves colors, and only by flying can she see the color-filled field of sunflowers her baba has told her about. Eventually, he agrees to teach her, and Loujain's impossible...

When a caterpillar weaves its cocoon onto his bucket, Digger is forced to stop and be still, giving him the opportunity to notice the world beyond his worksite, and when the butterfly finally emerges, he realizes he's been changed forever.

When the narrator of the book INSISTS they ride a bicycle, a unicorn, dinosaur and shark, who are relaxing, are quite resistant to this turn of events, in this uproarious picture book that will leave kids wondering who really calls the shots in the story.

"The door that has never been opened before has never been opened. Not yet"--