Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards
Meet 2 friends, Mina and Lucy, and the 5 heroes who try to save them from the dreaded Count Dracula in Dracula: A BabyLit(R) Counting Primer. Make sure you're wearing a necklace of 10 garlic flowers as you count wolves, ships, tombstones, and boxes full of soil in this witty retelling of Little Master Stoker's classic gothic tale.
All of your favorite fairy tale characters come together in this original pop-up masterpiece, from expert craftsman Robert Sabuda. In this brand-new pop-up adventure, a Dragon and a Knight race through a fairy tale treasury, visiting the worlds of all of your favorite stories--from Rapunzel to Aladdin, to Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, and more! With characters who literally pop right off the pages, this tour de force will have readers young and old speeding through the book to see just how this chase will end! Robert Sabuda has created a unique pop-up experience, bringing readers into a story via a 3-D journey. It's a true masterpiece from the master!
Meet the plucky toddler Edgar the Raven! He's mischievous, disobedient, and contrary. Dinnertime, cleanup-time, and bedtime are all met with one word: NEVERMORE! Meet the plucky toddler Edgar the Raven! He's mischievous, disobedient, and contrary. Dinnertime, cleanup-time, and bedtime are all met with one word: NEVERMORE! But as the evening winds to a close, Edgar's mom knows just what to do to get her son into bed-a bedtime story.
Give little ones a perfect start with BabyLit--charming books that create precious bonding moments while introducing classics and building essential skills that plant seeds for lifelong learning and literary appreciation. Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards Step into the drama filled world of Jane Austen's Emma: A BabyLit Emotions Primer. Your little one will learn about the meddling Emma Woodhouse, who takes it upon herself to become the village matchmaker, creating all sorts of feelings in others. Her friend's emotions include Mr. Elton being angry, Miss Taylor becoming happy, while Jane Fairfax is tired.
"The Chicago Kidz" series is a fun and educational collection of stories about a diverse group of kids who love to explore their hometown, Chicago. The series starts with "The Envy of the Winds," where the kids try to fly a kite in Grant Park. When the North Wind refuses to blow their kite into the air, the kids' pleas eventually lead all the winds to compete, creating the myth of how Chicago became known as "The Windy City." This fascinating story helps kids understand one of the city's famous nicknames and blustery nature, while they encounter a range of emotions (like envy) and enjoy a thrilling adventure.
In other books, The Chicago Kidz explore the meanings behind the City's other nicknames like "The Second City," "The City That Works," "The City of Big Shoulders," and "The City of Neighborhoods." As the series continues, the Chicago Kidz take their adventures to new cities, comparing and learning about places like New York City, San Francisco, Atlanta, Paris, Beijing, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Rio, Sydney and more. These trips help them understand the similarities and differences between cities and appreciate the unique qualities of each one. Join them on each adventure!
The authors, Ima Kidd (a composite pseudonym), include native Chicagoans, a retired Chicago Public School educator, a therapist, a minister, a poet, a screenwriter, parents and grandparents who enjoy "edutaining" children and adults of all ages.
Give little ones a perfect start with BabyLit--charming books that create precious bonding moments while introducing classics and building essential skills that plant seeds for lifelong learning and literary appreciation. Best Board Books, 2025 theSkimm Good For You Awards BabyLit(R) is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, these books are a must for every savvy parent's nursery library.
Illus. in full color. "While other mice are gathering food for the winter,
Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is
Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his
words."-- "Wilson Library Bulletin." "A splendid achievement."--(starred)
"School Library Journal.
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Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is
Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his
words."-- "Wilson Library Bulletin." "A splendid achievement."--(starred)
"School Library Journal.
"
Winner of the John Newbery Medal
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
An Indiebound Bestseller
A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage.
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
An Indiebound Bestseller
A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage.
The early Railroads became a sign of hope to American people. The work was dangerous. They were a close group who supported each other...men of great honor. By 1910 the railroads employed 1,699,420 Americans. They were conductors, brakemen, firemen, engineers, porters, telegraphers, switchmen and section gangs. Some of the hardest workers were the section gangs. One group called Gandy Dancers, sang songs that helped keep them working together to straighten the tracks. This is a story about the Gandy Dancers, a forgotten group of men like the Pullman Porters. This is our second book in our black history series that we should never forget.
From bestselling illustrator and Coretta Scott King honoree Laura Freeman and award-winning author Glennette Tilley Turner comes the little-known story of Harriet Tubman's daring rescue of her enslaved brothers on Christmas Day
This historical picture book about the legendary Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, and suffragist was written based on personal interviews with Tubman's last surviving relative. A story of courage, hope, and family, The Gift of Freedom takes readers on an inspiring journey during one of America's darkest times.
Harriet Tubman was always a keen observer. She learned to use the North Star for a compass, to tell time by the stars, and to find her way by natural signs as well as any hunter could.
She could navigate dense forests, locate waterways in the area, and identify the white Quakers and Black mariners who were willing to help enslaved people escape.
When Tubman first fled north, she knew she might never have another chance to run away. Yet after she arrived safely in the free city of Philadelphia, she risked her own freedom again and again to help other Freedom Seekers--and those she'd had to leave behind.
She never forgot her family in Maryland, and on Christmas Day in 1854, Tubman returned again, hoping to give three of her brothers the best possible gift--the gift of freedom!
Includes a letter to readers, an author's note, and a bibliography.