La Noche Buena: A Christmas Story
Written by: Antonio Sacre. Illustrated by: Angela Dominguez. Nina is visiting her grandmother in Miami for Christmas. Usually she spends it in snowy New England with her mother and her…
A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease
Written by: Paulette Bochnig Sharkey. Illustrated by: Samantha Woo. Kiera loves spending time with her grandma. They play dress up. They paint their nails. They make cookies for picnics with…
Pan de Sal Saves the Day: A Filipino Children’s Story
Written by: Norma Olizon-Chikiamco. Illustrated by: Mark Ramsel N. Salvatus III. Spend a school day with a young Filipino girl as she acknowledges the social diversity of her classmates. It’s…
Karaoke by Little Miss Ann
…It’s a very common thing to break out at a party after a big Filipino meal. Whether it was with family and friends or singing by myself, I loved singing…
Big Bad Wolf’s Yom Kippur
…could do the same. He spends the day helping Little Red Riding Hood take care of her sick grandmother (even though he’d rather eat them both) and showing the three…
Babajoon’s Treasure
Written by: Farnaz Esnaashari. Illustrated by: Nabi H. Ali. Every summer, Miriam spends a week at her Babajoon and Mamanjoon’s house. It’s her favorite part of summer because every day…
Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story
…parents. She goes to school, plays in the ocean, and visits Sitti’s house on Fridays. One day while she is in school, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days…
Wash Day
…to spend the day. That is, until her big sister Jazmin explains that this wash day will be different. Jelaya is going to wash Jazmin’s hair instead! WASH DAY is…
The Light She Feels Inside
…Maya feels a warm glow when she picks strawberries in the community garden, hears music in her neighborhood, or spends time with the people she loves. She feels a different…
Fire Truck Santa
…makes his rounds. It will take a miracle to get through Christmas Eve… I’ve been known to spend Christmas morning waiting for a rural fire engine to arrive, with Santa…