Written and illustrated by: Debi Gliori. Also published as: DRAGON LOVES PENGUIN. In this heartwarming story, a dragon in need of an egg finds an abandoned egg in need of…
Written by: Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by: Emily Arnold McCully. Jacques and his parents are hiding in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, pretending to be Catholics. On the first night…
Written by: Jane Yolen. Illustrated by: Katie May Green. The Nazis may have taken their home, but the family still has a guardian angel. In this emotionally rich story, a…
Written by: Eve Bunting. Illustrated by: K. Wendy Popp. For one family the traditional Hanukkah celebration has a deeper meaning. Amidst the food and the festivities, Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose…
Written and illustrated by: Patricia Polacco. After being initiated into a neighbor’s family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers determine to…
Written by: Allison Ofanansky. Illustrated by: Elsa Oriol. As a child, David watches his grandfather, a Torah scribe or sofer, finish a Torah scroll for the synagogue. “A Torah is…
Written by: Tony Palmer. Illustrated by: Jane Tanner. Emily knows her big brother, Tom, wants to leave Hillside Farm and go overseas to the war, but Emily doesn’t want him…
Written and illustrated by: Christina Booth. THE ANZAC TREE is the story of those left behind at times of war. Inspired by the true story of two brothers who planted…
Written by: John Lockyer. Illustrated by: Raewyn Whaley. Harry learns about the First World War through reading his Great-Great Grandfather’s letters home from the Western Front. The letters describe what…