The Daudyhouse

One day Naomi discovered a nice little house on their property. It’s a little run-down, but perfect for her to play in. Her mother told her that it is called a “Daudyhouse.”

Angus Lost

Angus is back! Somehow, there is no substitute for this cheeky little Scottie dog. This time Angus has a problem. He was tired of looking at the same things every day,

A Weekend with Wendell

Wendell comes to stay at Sophie’s house for the weekend. Sophie is not happy. Wendell likes to decide what they play and the characters. Once they played bakery and Wendell was the baker, but Sophie was the sweet roll.

Yantandou

This book takes you around the world to Mali, Africa. Yatandou is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a small village in the heart of Mali. Every day, they pound their millet with their pounding stick. It is hard work and takes most of the day. The women of the village are saving all their extra money to buy a machine that grinds millet.

Sonia Sotomayor

This is the biography of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latin-American woman, to be appointed to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. Ms. Sotomayor grew up in the projects in the Bronx.

Chicken Sunday

A neighborhood. We all have one, for better or for worse! In this neighborhood, it doesn’t matter if you are black or white, Jew or Gentile, Russian or Ukrainian. Each ethnicity can come together for a common purpose: to do a good deed. In this case, it was to buy Miss Eula a hat.

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Written in 1968, children still enjoy hearing the story of Ticki Ticki Tembo. Two brothers, Chang and Ticki Ticki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruch-pip Peri Pembo, fall into the well. Because of his shorter name, Chang is rescued quickly

Bully

This story follows Lyla and her friend Jamie. Lyla and her family just moved to the Bay area and Lyla and her brother are entering a new school. Lyla meets Jamie on the first day and they become fast friends.

Bread for the Winter

This book is about a young boy, Pavel, who lives in Romania. He and his family have immigrated from Belarus to Romania. They were not able to grow food and support their families, so they moved to Romania where the dark, black earth produced much food.

An A from Miss Keller

In this book, a young Patricia is put into an advanced writing class with Miss Keller. Miss Keller has a reputation for expecting excellence from her students and stops at nothing to pull that excellence from her students. In short, Miss Keller is tough.