Before Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa, an inspiring symbol for racial equality, and a global icon, he was once a nine-year-old boy sent to Johannesburg after his father's death. It was there he saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. whtn the government began to keep people apart based on the color of their skin, Mandela vowed to fight hard to make his country a place that belonged to all South Africans.

"Baby Bear is lost and afraid. All the other animals try to help: Trust yourself. Sing a song. Retrace your steps. As Baby Bear gains courage with every step, he realizes he was never far from home after all."--Page [4] of cover.

While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.

"In the only picture book version of Dr. King's speech in print, two-time Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson has illustrated its most iconic works with magnificent paintings, with the speech in its entirety included in the back of the book." -- jacket flap.

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

"A ... poetic tribute to the beauty and wonder of America's symbols, history, landscape"--

Two toddlers have fun with their puppy.

Examines the life of Martin Luther King's wife, Coretta, who in her own right, was a civil rights pioneer who experienced the injustices of the segregated South and who continued her husband's mission after his assassination.