Malaspina, Ann

Explains how the Underground Railroad worked, transporting slaves to freedom in the northern states, and discusses the key role it played in the abolitionist movement.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, as two girls work hard all day to help support their family by chipping bricks into small pieces, older sister Yasmin seeks a way to attend school and learn to read so that she can have a better life one day. Includes author's note about conditions in Bangladesh, child labor, and how to help.

"In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship"--OCLC.

Explore global traditions surrounding the arrival of a new year, including food, parties, finding good luck, and making resolutions.

Discover the different ways that countries celebrate a child losing a tooth.

Lazy Rabbit schemes to steal hardworking Guinea Fowl's farm and produce. Initially he is successful, even convincing the village chief. But Rabbit has a comeuppance in short order.

In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1942, after Sam's Japanese neighbor, Keiko, is sent to an internment camp with her family, he makes a special effort to send her a gesture of friendship.

A magic lute brings wealth and happiness to a poor young man and his mother.

A tale of the Mohawk Indians, in how hunting for Great Bear long ago, the constellation of Great Bear was created.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, as two girls work hard all day to help support their family by chipping bricks into small pieces, older sister Yasmin seeks a way to attend school and learn to read so that she can have a better life one day. Includes author's note about conditions in Bangladesh, child labor, and how to help.