Product Description: When someone is serving our country, far from home, everyone in their family has to be brave. Including -- and sometimes especially -- the kids. This book speaks to all kids in this situation in telling the story of a boy and a girl with parents away on duty...read more

Product Description: With sweet thoughts about the value of friendship, this inspirational book preps young ones for the world beyond their own families. The striking photographs paired with poetic text will encourage more unplugged and imaginative play, help kids develop skills essential to their social and communicative development, and create a sense of belonging and security...read more

Depicts people around the world collecting, chilling, and drinking water.

Set in 1977, Theo is inspired to do a class project based on space exploration and life on Earth, thus leading him to think about his own life, the mystery surrounding his father in Vietnam, and possibly painful family secrets held by his mother.

Provides detailed information about children from various cultures and celebrates the powerful bond between parents and their children throughout the world.

One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley’s poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family. This is a sophisticated concept book, presented as an elegant picture book with contributions from top international photographers.This beautiful photo book follows the course of one day in our world. Sunrise to sunset is captured in the essential things we all do daily, wherever we live in the world, and in the different ways we do them. The first meal of the day will take on a whole new dimension for American kids as an American pancake breakfast is contrasted with porridge in North Korea and churros in Spain.At the end, each image is reprinted as a thumbnail and accompanied by a detailed caption. Selected images feature photographers’ notes that share the thoughts and methodology involved in the making of the picture and reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes information. The photographers reflect on how the pictures might resonate within the theme of the global family. Such reflections are rooted in the life experiences of these well-traveled professionals. Their global viewpoints, in tandem with Barbara Kerley’s powerful message, set an ideal example for all future world citizens.

Product Description: The awe-inspiring Caldecott Honor winner now in an elegant paperback edition!This extraordinary true story introduces readers to the unforgettable Waterhouse Hawkins: Victorian artist and visionary who built the world's first life-size models of dinosaurs!With impeccable attention to detail, Barbara Kerley unearths a story of consuming passion, triumph, loss, and courage--and ultimately, of an extraordinary legacy that lives on today...read more

Juxtaposes photographs from around the world with a simple, reflective message about our responsibilities for finding and keeping peace on the planet. By the author of A Cool Drink of Water.

Presents a biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse. By the creators of The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.

Introduces the true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.

Mama tells her daughter stories about Papa's island, a beautiful place where you can feed fish straight from your hand, see hermit crabs on the beach, and watch geckos walk on the ceiling.