Alex, the Kid With AIDS (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book)

A child with AIDS must deal with the demands of his illness, adjust to his classmates, and let his classmates adjust to him. Reprint.

Children's Books

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Literature & Fiction

Concept Books

The young narrator describes life as an asthmatic, explaining causes and symptoms of asthma, and discussing ways to control the disorder to lead a normal life

All About Asthma

Ostrow, Vivian

Sims, Blanche

Ostrow, William

When Kate runs past her family twice on the beach and still cannot find them because to her all the beach umbrellas look alike, Mom and Dad realize that Kate might need glasses.

All the Better to See You With!

Wild,Margaret

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Simple stories by the author of Helen the Fish explore all the different ways in which families are made, from traditional nuclear arrangements to foster parenting to adoption.

Beginnings: How Families Come to Be

Kroll, Virginia L.

In a sensitive and realistic look at prejudice from a child's point of view, Christy discovers that some of her neighbors--including her best friends, Matt and Julie--object to the arrival of Kyra and her family because they are African Americans.

Black Like Kyra, White Like Me

Vigna, Judith

Arts, Music & Photography

Little Bunny wants to do without his nighttime diaper, and even though he keeps waking up in different pajamas, his mother encourages him to keep trying to stay dry through the night.

Dry Days, Wet Nights

Boelts, Maribeth

When Eric's Mom Fought Cancer

Kate slowly becomes friends with her new caregiver, Rosa, who tells Kate about life in Guatemala and about Juana, her own daughter, who lives with Rosa's mother back in Guatemala.

Gracias, Rosa

Markel, Michelle

Nine-year-old Michelle describes the joys, loving times, difficulties, and other special situations involved in living with her older sister Amy Emmert, who was born severely disabled with cerebral palsy.

I'm the Big Sister Now

Emmert, Michelle

After a disappointing Christmas, Lisa learns ways to deal with her father's alcoholism with the help of her mother and an older friend.

I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much

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