Kids 6 - 8 Years

"Spare and beautiful."--★ Kirkus In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox...

"You will reach the far-off land if you keep hope alive within you." The words of Magic Frog give courage to the young mouse on his long and peri...

"A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations" (School Library Journal). "An inventive twist on the classic tale"...

Jouha is loading his donkeys with dates to sell at the market. How many donkeys are there? His son helps him count ten, but once the journey star...

The author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktal...

From three-time Pura Belpré Winner Yuyi Morales, a delightful alphabet picture book about a Día de los Muertos skeleton who must find the perfect...

Reading Rainbow Selection, PBS Kids Approved Book, Parent's Choice Foundation Recommended, Elementary School Library Collection Bilingual English...

Young Roblay runs through his Somali village practicing for the big race, where only the fastest runners will be declared men. He turns for advice ...

Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad.When John Henry was born the birds, bears, r...

Notes From Black ReadsFrom bestselling middle grade author, Tracey Baptiste, comes her picture book debut, Looking for a Jumbie. It's the perfec...

When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wo...

The Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling fable of compassion and kindness retold by acclaimed artist Jerry Pinkney.In award-win...

When Lucia Zenteno walks into a mountain village in central Mexico, some villagers whisper that her long black hair blocks out the sun, and they ...

Kids and adults will delight in this bone-chilling, classic tale. In this spooky, horror-filled picture book, a strange varmint haunts the woodsm...

When Osamu, a lonely sail maker, nurses an injured crane one blustery night, he never suspects that this simple act of kindness will change his lif...

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were force...

A Native American tale about a young boy and his magical pony that comes to life. "Splendidly illustrated.... [A] moving, multileveled hero tale." ...

In Ji-Stu the Rabbit's forest, the rain has stopped falling and the river is drying up. Soon the forest creatures will have no water to drink. One ...