Our World: Families

A mother comforts a child about her special fears concerning dogs, thunder, snakes, and other things.

After breaking up, the colors must re-evaluate what it means to be a family.

This joyful celebration of black and brown lives is based on real events in the famous athlete and activist's young life and reveals the power of radical self-love and knowing your self-worth.

A child who enjoys Grandad's stories of his travels and adventures with Gramps persuades him to fix up their old camper and take another trip, in honor of Gramps.

""How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"--Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience divorce. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and children experiencing separation and divorce."-Lisa Spiegel,...

Caroline is anxious all day at school, nervous about her newly-adopted sister's arrival from far away.

Two cousins--one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Milan, Italy--have different lives, but they share a dream of meeting and being together.

"A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat."--

In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.

"When Meili learns her parents are adopting another child, she must accept the role of big sister and realize a new addition can be just right too"--