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The Most Beautiful Thing (Chinese Edition)
A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look, now in Simplified Chinese (Mandarin). Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a… View →
The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
Daniel likes to do things backwards and upside down. He walks on his hands, walks backwards, and eats cereal for dinner. His teacher reminds him that when he visits the Prime Minister’s office, he must be on his best behavior. But when something unexpected happens, can Daniel… View →
Time Goes By
Let’s spend a whole day (or a whole year) in the same place and watch events unfold. Eight large-scale illustrations combine with simple text to tell the story. A clock or calendar shows time passing, while a “search and find” feature encourages readers to study the… View →
Una bolsa de plástico (One Plastic Bag)
The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people… View →
Ways We Go (LOOK! Books ™)
If you want to go from one place to another, how do you go? You might go by car or bus. If you lived 200 years ago, you would go by horse or in a carriage. Look at ways we go today and imagine ways kids will go places 200 years from now. View →
What a Job (LOOK! Books ™)
Some people work at a job in an office. Some have a job in a factory or on a farm. A person’s job can be any place, doing anything. A job may require unusual skills and talents. Check out some of the jobs here and you may say, "Wow! What a job!” There could even be one that is View →
Where We Come From
In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from—literally and metaphorically—as well as what unites all of us as humans. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present, making for an accessible and visually striking… View →
Yam Uas Zoo Nkauj Tshaj Plaws (The Most Beautiful Thing)
A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look, now in Hmong. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of… View →
Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)
With striking, full-page illustrations, real and fictionalized characters, and stories featuring events that really happened, these histories engage readers interests and imaginations View →