If you're a parent (or a parental figure) to a girl (even if that girl is still an infant!), you MUST read this book. Which means you can stop reading this post here. Go get the book already ...
"Did you know that thirty percent of children in American schools are either bullied, or bully other kids?" asks award-winning Australian author Susanne Gervay in her "Author's Note" for the first U.S. edition of her already bestselling novel. Inspired by her own son Jack's experiences...
Just look at the energy that jumps off even these tiny thumbnail covers. What's not to love? In her debut, our spunky heroine, whom everyone calls Freckleface Strawberry, needs to "get rid of her freckles fast." She tries everything from scrubbing them off, coloring herself with...
So much for the overachieving model minority myth: Meet Stanford Wong, basketball star and the only 7th-grader on the middle-school A-Team – but only if he can get past 6th-grade...
What first-time teacher Fumi Kotani lacks in experience, she makes up with unflagging devotion to her first-grade students, taking special interest in a misunderstood, silent boy who raises flies. With the guidance of an...
Meena is worried that she is too clumsy to be a tree in the school play. But when she takes a children’s yoga class, and improves with each week, she discovers a solidly rooted...
Pa Lia Vang starts her first day of second grade at Jackson Magnet, quickly encounters the “enemy of the second grade,” makes friends with two nicer kids, gets in trouble,...
Sweet Briar Skunk remembers how she felt when the other animals were not very welcoming on her first day of school. So at camp, she comes to the...
A heartbreakingly inspirational book about a young girl in a tiny rural Chinese village who desperately wants an education, and the love and gratitude she feels for her parents –...
Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park (2002 for A Single Shard) departs from her established historical novels and treks into contemporary middle school America to tell the story of two...
A colorful, fun, amazing read displaying everyday lives of children from all over India as they go to school — on a mountaintop, outside under a mango tree,...
Part of the recent Hopscotch Hill School series on challenges young children might face in the classroom. A little girl has great ideas at the start of a project but a tough...
A young Korean girl experiences her first day of school where the children do not look like her or speak her language. But with a kind...
An adorable skunk goes to school for the first time, only to be ostracized by the other animal children because of her pungent odor. But watch out for...
Aekyung, a young Korean girl recently arrived in the U.S., is teased at school for her different features and has not yet made friends. Inspired by a dream about King Sejong who created Hangul,...
Elaine moves to a small town in Iowa from big city San Francisco. Suddenly she feels like an outsider, being the only Asian American student in her school....
Shy Chibi does not fit in with the rest of his schoolmates. During the last school year, the new teacher takes an interest in Chibi, who amazes the teacher with his knowledge about the...
Charlie’s favorite food was char siu bao, a Chinese barbecue pork filled bun. He ate these buns every day, but the other students made fun of him. So he tried...
Nene, a young Filipina American, hates math, but because she works very hard, she still does well. But when she is chosen to represent her class...
Young Ut recently arrived in the U.S. from Vietnam with her siblings and father, but the family still waits for their mother. Ut’s new life is difficult, as other students...
