George faces a troublesome Komodo dragon that has slithered into his family's root cellar and is eating all their vegetables.

An artist celebrates the many things he can do with a simple pen, and encourages the reader to do the same.

Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast because he has wings, but his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him.

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.

Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast because he has wings. But his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him in this thought provoking story about celebrating individuality.

The African experience in America is brought to life in a poem that uses a call and response singing form common to the blues.

A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.

An illustrated version of the classic nonsense poem from "Through the Looking Glass"where an African American basketball player triumphs over the Jabberwocky.

A retelling of six stories from the Old Testament, which explore the complexity of love from the perspective of Ruth, Delilah, Reuben, Isaac, Gamiel, and Zillah.