When a homeless man takes a sick puppy to a veterinarian, he sets off a chain of benevolent events that change his life for the better, in this tale of kindness in the grim city.

Gowanus Dogs

Children's Books

Frost, Jonathan

Animals

Frances Foster Books

A Basotho girl's prayer to the ancestors "When can I paint a wall, Mama?" "When the rains come and wash away my designs, Elsina. Then you can paint the walls," she says. For hundreds of years Basotho women in southern Africa have decorated the walls of their houses as prayers for rain. Bold, colorful art based on traditional African motifs and lyrical prose tell the story of a young girl who paints her first house and waits for the ancestors to hear her.

Elsina's Clouds

Winter, Jeanette

Science, Nature & How It Works

A captivating introduction to Emily Dickinson The poet Emily Dickinson was unknown and mostly unpublished during her lifetime (1830–86). When she died, her sister, Lavinia, discovered the 1,775 poems Emily Dickinson left behind – her “letters to the world.” Jeanette Winter tells the story of the discovery of these poems and has selected twenty-one that speak most directly to children, surrounding them with vibrant paintings. With a specifically designed typeface inspired by Emily Dickinson’s handwriting, this small book, which is about the size of some of the paper on which Emily wrote, is a gem.

Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World

DICKINSON, EMILY

Biographies

In 1934, even though life is hard for Wanda and her family, she enjoys good times with her best friend, and a special relationship with her brother

Goodbye, Walter Malinski

Recorvits, Helen

Literature & Fiction

World-renowned artist brings the magic of Prague and its legends to life In this allegorical tale, a man in a hot-air ballon is thrown off course in a violent storm, landing him in the city of his youth. He finds the way to his old home, but the house is dark, with three rusty padlocks on the door. A black cat with eyes of fire appears and leads him through Prague's silent streets and monuments in seach of the three golden keys that will open the door of his boyhood home and restore the city to life. In this reissue of one of his most personal works, Peter Sís recaptures the wonder of his own lost childhood in Prague and celebrates the city's wonderful cultural heritage, reborn after forty-five years of Communist rule. He wrote it for his young daughter, Madeleine, who is growing up in the New World, so that when she is old enough to understand it she will have a record of the strange and wonderful heritage that is her birthright. An utterly magical book on every level.

The Three Golden Keys

Peter Sís

You Don't Know Me

You think you know John? Well, let's see . . . What bathroom fixture did his father have in mind at his birth? Does algebra have a use, besides torture? Who is Glory Halle-lujah? Who is Violent Hayes? What do they want? Who or what are the Lashasa Palulu? Why do fools fall in love? How can anyone who is fighting a secret battle for his life know anyone? And how can they know him?

David Klass

Contemporary

Madlenka wants a dog! She doesn't really care what kind, just so long as it's a dog that she can put on a leash and walk around the block. But her mother and father say NO! So what is Madlenka to do? It takes some imagination . . . Madlenka's friends on the block all play along, and in the end it seems possible that there's more to Madlenka's dog than we can see. With his considerable wit and charm, Peter Sis uses lift-up flaps and peek-through windows to take us on another delightful romp around Madlenka's city block.

Madlenkas Dog

Sís, Peter

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