14 Cows for America tells the true story of how one small African village was so moved by tragic events of September 11th that they decided to send American the only help they could -- a gift of 14 cows.

After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy.

People all around the world are unified by their common need for water. A Cool Drink of Water brings home this point simply and eloquently in this beautiful and educational book that combines striking National Geographic photographs with a poetic text to show how people in various cultures use and conserve the world's most vital resource.

This story follows four children, neighborhood friends, who live in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina makes its way toward them. What will happen? Will everything and everyone be okay?

A School Like Mine examines how students learn all across the globe and what school looks like for them. What is the same and different about your school?

Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes sure to take excellent care of the animals and engage with them in ways that make them feel special and understood. When he’s sick one day, it’s the animals’ turn to take care of him!

It’s Carmela’s birthday, and when she finds a dandelion wish she realizes that she’s already so happy to be out and about with her brother that she doesn’t know what else to wish for! Will she and her brother find a way to make her wishes come true?

When a new girl joins the class, most of the students are not welcoming to her. Chloe isn’t very welcoming either, and she doesn’t know why. When Chloe finds out that Maya has moved away, she wishes she could have become friends with her when she had the chance. She learns that each kindness can make a big difference.

Rain or no rain, Elmer is going for a walk. After being cooped up in a cave with his herd, he longs for a bit of fresh air and some peace and quiet. But peace and quiet is going to have to wait – when Elmer goes outside, he discovers the rain has caused a flood. Can brave Elmer work out a way to save a stranded young elephant?

The beautiful pictures of this book demonstrate clearly the potential devastation of a flood. With words written by students studying the emotional response people have to natural disasters, there is a lesson in empathy to be learned.

A new father explains the world to his baby, telling all about how things work and how people are. He teaches his baby the truth about respecting people’s differences, kindness, and love.

Her Right Foot teaches all about the message of the Statue of Liberty, and the significance of her right foot, which is moving forward. It tells us a lot about how we should treat people who are new to our country.

With fun pictures of dinosaurs and their human parents, this book shows children the right ways to show others that they love them and care. It teaches them that their parents love them no matter what.

This story follows a family preparing for a hurricane to hit their town and shows how they felt while stuck indoors. What will happen when it’s all over?

Kids from a Tanzanian village write all about their lives and day-to-day living in their town. Students here can learn about what is the same and different between their own lives and the lives of others halfway across the world.

Iqbal was a young boy who worked in a factory as a child. He knew it wasn’t fair that he had to work all day while other children got to go to school and learn. He fought for the rights of children in Pakistan to be able to go to school and to stop them from being forced to work. Even though he was a child, many people listened.

C.J. and his grandmother take the bus while some of his friends have cars. As he thinks about all the things he wants but doesn’t have, his grandmother encourages him to see the beauty all around him.

Leo isn’t able to do all the things his friends can do, and his dad is worried that he’ll never learn. His mom knows that everything will be okay and that Leo will learn it all eventually. Will Leo ever bloom?

When Sofia finds out that Maddi’s family doesn’t have enough money to keep the fridge filled with food, she swears to keep it a secret. However, the more time goes by and the more she realizes how hard it would be to live without food, the more she starts to think that maybe she should ask for help.

Malala is well-known as the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. She fought for girls’ right to education in Pakistan after the Taliban took over her region of the country. She is brave and stands up for what was right, even after the Taliban shot her.

Malala is a strong and brave young woman who has stood up for girls’ education around the world. She does what is right, even when it isn’t easy. She is a young activist and people around the world listen to and trust her.

Saya’s mother was taken away and put into a detention center when she was found to be living in the country even though she didn’t have permission. Saya misses her mom, even though she gets to talk to her on the phone sometimes, telling her stories. What will happen when Saya decides to tell others her story?

Marisol likes things that most people think don’t go together. She loves to combine all kinds of things to make them more interesting. What will it feel like when she tries to be like everyone else?

In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. The old men hooted and hollered. The barbers, bead twirlers, and beignet bakers bounded behind that one-man parade. But then came the rising Mississippi and a storm greater than anyone had seen before. In this heartwarming book about a real garbage man, Phil Bildner and John Parra tell the inspiring story of a humble man and the heroic difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

This traditional Korean fairy tale tells all about Maya, a young girl who grew up poor with her father. One day she comes across a turtle, and decides to take it home and take care of it, sometimes even going hungry so she can feed the turtle. She had no way to know the effect her kindness would have on her destiny.

When Yoon moves to America from Korea, she doesn’t know the language and she isn’t used to anything around her. She doesn’t even like how her name looks written in English letters. She’d rather not be Yoon in English. Maybe she’d like to be a cat… or a cupcake…

Everyone is scared sometimes! When squirrel gets scared he feels like he’s all alone, but his friends all talk together honestly about times they were afraid. Once they realize they are not alone, they learn how to feel better and help one another when scary things happen.

A straightforward and honest look at poverty that helps children to understand poverty and homelessness. The question and answer style of the writing puts all the information into short, bite-sized portions that are easy for children to digest.

Pancho Rabbit’s father goes far away to earn money for the family to survive. At home, Pancho Rabbit and his family do the best they can, but they all miss dad. When dad is not home at the right time,

Everyone judges red by his label, even though it doesn’t fit how he feels in his heart.. or what he’s good at. He works hard to be the crayon others want him to be, but dreams of a life where people accepting him for the crayon he is.

Who knew that cakes were so rude?! In this deliciously entertaining book, a not-so-sweet cake—who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents—gets its just desserts. Mixing hilarious text and pictures, Rowboat Watkins has cooked up a laugh-out- loud story that can also be served up as a delectable discussion starter about manners or bullying, as it sweetly reminds us all that even the rudest cake can learn to change its ways.

Sam gets money for New Years and is so excited to buy something special with it! Will he find something truly special to do with the money?

Two South African sisters are all ready for the flower show in New York City. But once they arrive they find out that the show has been canceled because of September 11th. They have nowhere to go, no flight home, and a large amount of roses. What will they do?

Stellaluna tells about a young fruit bat, Stellaluna, who becomes separated from her mother and finds her way to a nest of birds. She is adopted by them and learns bird-like behavior. She struggles to be a bird because she is not a bird, but she and the other babies learn from one another until one day she discovers others who are just like her.

A book of artwork and quotes from children, politicians, and others about the events of September 11. It brings real grounding to the way that day made New Yorkers feel.

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When the family garden won’t grow as well, no one knows what to do. At school, Maria Luz learns some new methods of farming and new crops to grow from her new teacher. It will help everything to grow better. Will her family be ready to try something new and will the new garden save them?

A traditional Armenian story, the Greedy Sparrow tells all about a bird who asks others for their kindness, but does not repay them with kindness in turn. In the end will he get what he wants, or will the kind people get what they deserve?

When the new girl who wears the same dress every day says she has one hundred dresses at home, the other kids in class laugh and make fun of her. After she moves away, they discover that she’s won the art contest- for her beautiful drawings of one hundred different dresses. Should they have been kind before?

Brian is invisible at school. He’s always the last one to be picked, and sometimes doesn’t get picked at all. He doesn’t get called on. He doesn’t have friends. Then one day, a new boy notices Brian and becomes his friend. Will that be enough to help the other kids see him too?

Every summer, the narrator and their father plant a garden. When his father was ten, somewhat strange neighbor always planted a huge garden, and one day his father and his friends destroy it playing baseball and having a food fight. When the neighbor doesn’t plant the garden again, his father knows that apologizing is important, and he makes a friend and learns how to grow a garden at the same time.

With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water. After the voyage home, after boiling the water to drink and clean with, Gie Gie thinks of the trip that tomorrow will bring. And she dreams. She dreams of a day when her village will have cool, crystal-clear water of its own.

Jeremy really wants the cool shoes that all the other boys at school are wearing, but his family can only afford the things they need, not the things they want. He finds them at a thrift store and tries to wear them even though they are too small. When he realizes the other boy in class without the shoes has smaller feet, what will he do?

Take a peek into Auggie’s world, where he has always looked different from other kids on the outside but been just like them on the inside. How will he get along with others?

What should kids do if they want to be a good part of a strong community? What can they do? This book teaches all about the responsibilities of being a citizen, and how to make the best choices for everyone, instead of just yourself.

This informative book teaches kids all about what life would be like without clean water- and what life is like for the people all over the world who don’t have it!

Leo and Molly love their new neighborhood. Best of all is their friend Stillwater, a giant panda who lives across the way! And the three friends are quite a team! Stillwater teaches Molly about patience. Leo teaches Stillwater about sharing. And Molly shows how one act of kindness can make a world of difference.

Summer has arrived — and so has Koo, Stillwater the Panda's haiku-speaking young nephew. When Stillwater encourages Koo and their friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.