Lantana Publishing

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Spring 2025

A Card for My Mom

It is Mother's Day tomorrow, and the shops are sparkling with lights and gifts, with people, laughter, and excitement—looking for the perfect gift to bring a smile of joy to moms at home.… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2025
Spring 2024

A Hat Full of Sea

How do you cheer someone up when they're stuck in a boring old hospital bed? Cora is determined to find a way. Grandpa Jim can only see a small square of blue sky from his hospital window, so Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

Anita and the Dragons

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

A beautifully tender story touching on the range of emotions immigrants may feel when leaving their home countries – excitement and sorrow, fear and courage. Anita watches the dragons high… Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

A Story About Afiya

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

Every day, Afiya wakes to a brand new day and a clean white dress, ready for her adventures to begin… Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 3.5
  • Dewey: 821
  • Copyright: 2020

Boundless Sky

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

A migrating swallow and a migrant girl cross paths while looking for a place to call home. A bird so small that it fits in your hand flies halfway around the world looking for a place to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Chicken in the Kitchen

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate, of course! When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 560
  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Coyote's Soundbite: A Poem for Our Planet

A rip-roaring poem about protecting our planet, told through the eyes of Coyote the trickster. Excitement spreads like wildfire through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference!… Read More →

  • Lexile: 910
  • Dewey: 821
  • Copyright: 2021

Dearest One

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

Inspirational words of wisdom passed down from older generations to the young. Imagine the words your grandmother might say if she wrote you a letter. Perhaps she would encourage you to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 560
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2024

Ellie and the Marriage List

From the Series One Extra Sparkle

Ellie is ready to have the best summer ever. She's especially excited to draw under her favorite tree and hang out with her big brother, Ben. But all Ben seems to care about is impressing the Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

Escape: One Day We Had to Run . . .

CLING. Don’t let go. Hold tight. Never give up. FLY. Rev up. Lift off. Soar. PEDAL. Set off. Cycle. Pedal for your life. Throughout history, ordinary people have been forced to leave their… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1060
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021
Fall 2024

Freedom Braids

Gather the midnight strands, tend the roots that gave you life, weave hopes into pathways— paths that lead you home. Day after day, Nemy sows seeds, pulls weeds, and strips leaves in the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024

I Am Brown

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

Brown-skinned children around the world laugh, love and play together in this infectiously joyful book. I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

If I Were President

If I were president, everyone who wanted a dog would get a dog, everyone who wanted a bike would get a bike, and everyone who wanted a friend would get at least two . . . With disarming… Read More →

  • Lexile: 950
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

I'll Believe You When . . .: Unbelievable Idioms from Around the World

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

A fun-filled book of idioms from around the world that will spark the imagination of readers everywhere and encourage them to delight in language. You've probably heard the expression "when Read More →

  • Lexile: 280
  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2020

In My Skin

In this poem, children find creative ways to embrace the world around them. In my skin, I move. I spin like crinkly leaves on a windy day. I dance to my very own rhythm. In my skin, I hope. I Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • 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

Letters in Charcoal

In the pueblo of Palenque in Colombia, hardly anybody knows how to read. Curious about the letters her older sister Gina receives from a young doctor each month—letters that she is sure… Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Listening to the Quiet

What does nothing sound like? Jacki's mama has a rare condition. She is slowly losing her hearing. Together, they are learning Sign Language so that they'll always be able to tell each other… Read More →

  • Lexile: 660
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Maybe You Might

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

They said I couldn't change the world; it wasn't worth the fight. But in my head, a small voice said...maybe you might. A young girl makes a choice to plant a seed by a long dead riverbed.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

Melody Queen

From the Series The Bollywood Academy

Can music-obsessed Simi stand up to a gender-biased industry? Twelve-year-old Simi's life is set. First: graduate from the Bollywood Academy, school to future stars. Second: become a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask

From the Series The Intasimi Warriors

12-year-old Mwikali is moving to a new school in Nairobi and just wants her life to be normal. But when she meets Soni, Odwar and Xirsi who reveal that she is descended from an ancient… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

My Mindful A to Zen: 26 Well-Being Haiku for Happy Little Minds

From the Series Lantana Global Picture Books

Haiku poems for the soul A book of poetry that gently introduces children to mindfulness concepts like Om, Yoga and Zen, as well as goals for mindful living like Gratitude and Positivity.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • Dewey: 158.1
  • Copyright: 2021

My Mommies Built a Treehouse

Building a treehouse is a big project. But when your mommies are there to help you, there's nothing that can stop you! When one boy sets out to build the treehouse of his dreams, there’s so… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

My Mommy Marches

Mommy says that some things can't be said with just words . . . Sometimes you have to say it with your feet. A young girl watches her mommy proudly take to the streets to march for what she… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023