J. Brian Pinkney

"Carter gets a truck instead of a much wanted puppy, but he soon discovers his new toy is just as fun and rascally as a pet"--Verso page.

"Good friends Otter and Beaver use water and sticks for very different purposes as they spend time together"--

"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--

"Follow a little girl as she moves, swings, and grooves her way through her bedtime routine, dancing all the while, until she finally closes her eyes and dances through her dreams"--

When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick when they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.

A black mother describes her dreams for her newborn daughter, and her hopes for a future in which her little one will grow to cross borders and bridge boundaries, be her best self, and find love.

Examines the experiences of the runaway slave who risked her life to help others through the Underground Railroad.