Angela Shelf Medearis

When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.

As she snuggles her daughter in her arms at bedtime, a mother describes how animals and children around the world go to sleep.

Children pout when the rain begins, but, soon, properly dressed, they enjoy playing outdoors in the rain.

A young boy visits a friend who lives in a topsy-turvy house.

In simple rhymes, describes how seeds turn into sunflowers.

Daisy, an eight-year-old African-American girl living in rural Vermont in the 1890s, is given a black doll by her teacher and becomes uncomfortable that her skin is a different color from that of her classmates, until she finds the courage to speak from her heart.