Medieval England comes to life in this fantastic book.  21 different children explain what their lives were like in short narratives.  Originally, this book was written to be a play for a class where everyone had a main part.  But, even if you’re not performing a play, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! is still a fascinating read.

Funny and moving, this book will blow you away.  Elijah is the first free-born child in a settlement for escaped slaves in Buxton, Canada.  It’s difficult to explain to kids what it was like to be a slave, but through the character of Elijah, the author does just that.

Every Wednesday afternoon, Holling Hoodhood is left alone with his teacher while all his classmates are at religion classes.  This wouldn’t be too bad, except Holling is convinced his teacher hates him.  Set during the Vietnam War this extremely funny book will have you laughing at loud.

A new boy from the other side of town makes everyone in Frannie’s class look at how they see each other and their skin colors in a new way.  Frannie learns a lot about life, differences, religion, and hope in this moving and beautiful book.

With 500 pages this book is no lightweight.  Some pages are wordless picture spreads, and others parts read like a chapter book, but both together make this book amazing.  Hugo, a young orphan, lives by himself in a train station in Paris trying to complete a mysterious invention his father left.  Suspenseful and cinematic, this book is sure to please.

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.

Learn how things transform and change in this beautiful book.

Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, but was born on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain. As he grew up he rebelled and asked questions.  Gradually he learns that creativity can be discouraged but not easily killed.

Her daddy in tow, Trixie hurries to school to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny!