"Jackson's mom is getting married, and Jackson is nervous about his role and his new family"--

When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.

A mother describes her love for a toy elephant she was given as a child, a gift she has now passed on to her daughter.

"When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change. In the summer of 1963, because of demonstrations and public protests the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time. Sharon and her parents were the first African American family to walk into...

Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods.

A little girl introduces her best friend through a collection of thirteen poems.

Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.