Children’s Books Guide

Donna Jo Napoli offers this inspiring story of Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, in Mama Mita: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya. It’s the story of how one woman changed the landscape of Kenya and the lives of many in the process. Wangari Maathai was known for listening to the stories of [...]

On the surface, the story behind “Henry’s Freedom Box” may not seem like the best subject matter for  childrens books, yet in this beautiful and award winning book, author Ellen Levine and illustrator Kadir Nelson skillfully tell the astonishing true story of Henry Brown, a slave who literally mailed himself into freedom.  Henry’s young life [...]