ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Gold Medalist and an International Reading Association Notable Book, Weeping Under This Same Moon is based on the true story of two teenage girls from different cultures, whose paths intertwine, dramatically altering the course of their lives.
Mei is an artist whose life has been disrupted by the Vietnam War. Her anguished parents send her away on a perilous escape during the exodus of thousands of Vietnamese refugees known as “Boat People.” In Mei’s words we learn of the dangers she faces caring for her two younger siblings on a sea journey fraught with hunger, thirst and deprivation, leaving behind everything she loves, to find refuge for her family.
Hannah is an angry seventeen-year-old American high school student. Friendless, neurotic, a social misfit—her passion for writing and the environment only intensify her outcast state. Through Hannah’s voice, we get inside her head, there to discover a gentle soul beneath all the anger and turmoil.When Hannah learns of the plight of the “Boat People,” she is moved to action.
Destiny brings Mei and Hannah together in a celebration of cultures and language, food and friendship, and the ultimate rescue of both young women from their own despair. Weeping Under This Same Moon is a testament to the power of love and the spirit of volunteerism; affirming that doing for others does so much for one’s self.

Weeping Under This Same Moon

Jana Laiz

Parenting & Relationships

Crow Flies Press

The Adventures of Charlie and Moon is a fantasy for children about a boy named Charlie who opens his birthday present the night before his ninth birthday and the consequences that follow….It’s up to Charlie and a little eagle named Moon to save endangered species from Skunk Weavel, the evil toymaker!

The Adventures of Charlie & Moon: Book One, Facing The Quincequonces

Children's Books

Meader, Martin

Animals

"A Free Woman On God's Earth" The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom is the inspiring story of Mumbet, an enslaved African woman who lived in Sheffield, Massachusetts during Revolutionary War times. Owned by John and Hannah Ashley, Mumbet served eleven patriots as they wrote impassioned letters to King George demanding freedom from the British. Mumbet could not help but overhear their conversations. These Declaration of Grievances became the Sheffield Resolves, or the Sheffield Declaration, the precursor to the Declaration of Independence and the irony of the sentiments in this document was not lost on Mumbet. After a particularly brutal incident, where Mistress Hannah Ashley intends to strike a servant girl with a hot poker from the hearth, Mumbet puts her own arm up to block the blow and is burned to the bone. When she finally heals, she realizes she can no longer live enslaved and waits for the right moment. The moment comes in 1780 with the ratification of the Massachusetts Constitution, making into the law the words, "All men are created free and equal." Mumbet takes these words and used them to sue for her freedom. On August 21, 1781, she becomes a free woman.

A Free Woman On God's Earth: The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom

Laiz, Jana

Barnes, Ann-Elizabeth

History

The story of Simon Treadway Gato, the lobby ambassador of the Red Lion Inn. Simon greets people at the door and lead them to their rooms. He takes his job seriously and the guests love him. Oh, he is a cat!

Simon Says, Tails Told By The Red Lion Inn Ambassador

Arts & Photography

Church, Jane

Photography & Video

The Twelfth Stone

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Night is falling on the hill. A busy world is getting still.
Join Little Bird, Little Bunny, Little Fox as they drift off into dreamland under a blanket of stars. Lull your little ones to sweet sleep with the lush illustrations and soothing lullabies of Blanket of Stars. Music included. Additional bonus tracks include Sean Vernon's original tune, "New Twinkle" as well as Sean's original music paired with poems by Christina Rosetti, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Blanket of Stars

Vernon, Sean

Literature & Fiction

Thomas wants a chicken, but not just any chicken. Thomas wants a Silkie Bantam. He has $5 to take to the fair. Will he find the perfect chick?

Thomas & Autumn

This is a biography of Samuel Harrison who was born in Philadelphia in 1818 to enslaved parents. They were given their freedom when he was three years old. He grew up in NYC and Philadelphia, became a minister in the Congregational Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1850. The Rev. Samuel Harrison, Abolitionist, Activist, and Chaplain of the Massachusetts 54th, the First Black Regiment Raised in the North to fight in the Civil War highlights the unrecognized roles Blacks played in the events and outcome of the Civil War as well as the role the Black soldiers played in securing their own future, fighting with resolve, dedication, valor and dignity, while also standing up for their right to the same pay as the white soldiers. Their entry into the war in 1863 made victory for the Union a possibility and then a fact. Rev. Harrison spent his life tirelessly working for the rights and uplift of his people. As Robert F. Kennedy said in a speech at Cape Town University in South Africa in 1966 Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of these acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. And crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Samuel Harrison certainly deserves to be counted among the few whose greatness bent history itself. His story sends forth a ripple of hope and is a part of the sweep that will break down the walls of oppression and resistance.

The Rev. Samuel Harrison

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Billy Budd in the Breadbox: The Story of Herman Melville and Eleanor is the story of a very inquisitive girl and her brilliant grandfather. Told in her voice, Eleanor discovers her grandfather's secret, while learning about his adventurous life.

Billy Budd in the Breadbox: The Story of Herman Melville and Eleanor

Biographies

“Such an important, poignant, and honest piece. 
I read it in one sitting!” 
~ Michelle Lopez, Berkshire Immigrant Center 
In 2004, seventeen-year-old Alex Portillo embarks on a harrowing, journey from Honduras to Baltimore in the hopes of starting a better life. Over a decade later, Alex recounts his story to author and activist Jana Laiz in this bilingual retelling. This book will give readers insight into the incredible power the American dream holds for those suffering the hopelessness and violence of extreme poverty. This is a modern day odyssey of what one immigrant faces as he makes the treacherous journey out of unfathomable living conditions.\n“Una pieza tan importante, conmovedora y honesta. 
¡Lo leí en una sentada!” 
~ Michelle Lopez, Centro de Inmigrantes de Berkshire 
En 2004, Alex Portillo, de diecisiete años, se embarca en un viaje angustioso desde Honduras a Baltimore con la esperanza de comenzar una vida mejor. Más de una década después, Alex le cuenta su historia a la autora y activista Jana Laiz en este recuento bilingüe. Este libro brindará a los lectores una idea del increíble poder que tiene el sueño americano para quienes sufren la desesperanza y la violencia de la pobreza extrema. Esta es una odisea moderna de lo que enfrenta un inmigrante mientras realiza el traicionero viaje desde unas condiciones de vida insondables.

Thirty-Five Days To Baltimore

Portillo, Alexis

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