Poverty & Homelessness

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A Heart Just Like My Mother's

Shy Anna doesn't think she is anything like her outgoing, funny, clever mother. One day Anna sees a hungry man on the street and decides to find a way to help. When she uses her tzedakah… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2018

Bo and the Community Garden

From the Series Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books)

Bo and his friends can’t wait to work on their school’s community garden, but they can’t agree on what to plant. Can they find a way to work together to help their community? Bo’s life is… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 2.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
10 titles

Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Bo at the Buzz (Read Woke ™ Chapter Books)

Bo’s life is always buzzing. And not just because he lives upstairs from The Buzz, a barbershop. Young readers will love following Bo’s daily life and adventures in these early chapter books. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $293.20
  • Your Price: $219.90
  • 10 titles
Fall 2024 6 titles

Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)

La vida de Bo es siempre agitada. Y no solo porque su casa está encima de The Buzz, una barbería en continuo movimiento. A los jóvenes lectores les encantará acompañar a Bo en su vida… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $175.92
  • Your Price: $131.94
  • 6 titles
Fall 2024

Bo y la huerta comunitaria (Bo and the Community Garden)

From the Series Bo en The Buzz (Bo at the Buzz) (Read Woke ™ Books en español)

Bo y sus amigos están trabajando en una huerta comunitaria en la escuela. ¿Pero qué sucede si no logran ponerse de acuerdo sobre qué plantar? Podrás ver lo que deciden mientras Bo aprende… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
6 titles

Building Character (Early Bird Stories ™) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Building Character (Early Bird Stories ™)

Engaging, story-driven titles follow diverse characters through age-appropriate situations in which they need to draw on character values, such as learning to listen and treating others fairly. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $175.92
  • Your Price: $131.94
  • 6 titles
6 titles

Cloverleaf Books ™ — Stories with Character — Paperback Set

From the Series Cloverleaf Books ™ — Stories with Character

What does it mean to be courageous? Or to have determination? These charming, fictional stories showcase concepts such as generosity, fairness, and more. The stories illustrate situations… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2018
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $54.94
  • Temporarily out of stock
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Enly and the Buskin' Blues

Twelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis needs to go to band camp this summer. It’ll help him follow in the footsteps of his dad, a musician who died when Enly was too young to even remember him. Enly… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Enough to Go Around: A Story of Generosity

From the Series Cloverleaf Books ™ — Stories with Character

Kevin is upset when he finds out his friend doesn't get enough to eat at home. When he learns that many families are in need, he decides he wants to help by organizing a food drive at school! Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • ATOS: 2.2
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2018

Golden Goal

From the Series Soccer United: Team Refugee

When Dylan doesn't get off to a good start at his new school and gets in trouble for fighting, he has to join the soccer team with a group of immigrant and refugee students who play on a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2018
Cover: Home
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1
Spring 2025

Home

Featured in the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, Exhibition called Building Stories In the brown house, Claire and Wes were home. But home turned to nowhere, and nowhere turned to Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022

Home for Grace

When a woman appears with a sleeping bag, living in a shop doorway, Jess is full of questions. Where is her home? Why did she leave? And what will happen when the snow comes? Inspired by a… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2025

I See You: A Story for Kids about Homelessness and Being Unhoused

I See You is a wordless picture book that depicts an unhoused woman who is not seen by everyone around her—except for a little boy. Over the course of a year, the boy is witness to all that… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2017

Kevin and the Food Drive: A Story about Generosity

From the Series Building Character (Early Bird Stories ™)

When Kevin learns that not all families have enough to eat, he decides to organize a food drive with his friends. When everyone pitches in and shares, there's enough food to go around! Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023
21 titles

Lantana Inclusive Picture Books — Hardcover Set

Lantana Inclusive Picture Books are stories celebrating every kind of child and family, because all children deserve to see themselves in the books they read. With a focus on #ownvoices… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $384.79
  • Your Price: $288.59
  • 21 titles
2 titles

Lorimer Sports Stories — Hardcover Set

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

Realistic, action-packed sports stories for reluctant middle-grade readers. Each book covers a contemporary theme—like bullying, friendship or prejudice—set against the backdrop of a specific Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $55.98
  • Your Price: $41.99
  • 2 titles
9 titles

Lorimer Sports Stories — Paperback Set

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

Realistic, action-packed sports stories for reluctant middle-grade readers. Each book covers a contemporary theme—like bullying, friendship or prejudice—set against the backdrop of a specific Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $89.55
  • Your Price: $85.07
  • 9 titles
Cover: Rhythm
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Rhythm

In this powerful story of resilience and hope, one girl observes her community through the changing rhythm of each season. In a town once vibrant but now affected by unemployment and food… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2024
Spring 2025

Somebody's Someone

Twelve-year-old Ruby Bean has become an Accidental Expert on Missing Mothers. When her mother, Ruthie, goes missing again due to mental illness and addiction, Ruby and her aunt leap into… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: The Pecan Sheller
Starred Review & Award Count 3
Spring 2025

The Pecan Sheller

In 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Spring 2025

The Playdate

For one little girl, the prospect of a playdate at her friend Henry's house fills her with excitement. She really likes Henry. He even has a funny dog. And although she and her mother have… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2025

The Playmaker

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

With no team in her rural town, Zoey tries out for Bantam girl's team the Barrie Sharks. She makes the cut and, knowing that the income from her family's farm won't cover the fees, pushes… Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

The Queen on Our Corner

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

A thought-provoking story that encourages us all to sit up and take notice. Nobody notices the unhoused woman on the corner. Nobody, that is . . . except one young girl. Through her eyes, the Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Without Refuge
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Without Refuge

Thirteen-year-old Ghalib wishes his life could go back to normal. He wishes he could still hang out at the market with his friends, root for his favorite soccer team, even go to school. But… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2018