Roberto Clemente

By Jonah Winter

On an island called Puerto Rico a boy named Roberto Clemente dreamed of nothing but winning at baseball. With no money -- but plenty of determination -- Clemente practiced on muddy fields with a gl...

Pearl Harbor is burning

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Tornado

By Betsy Cromer Byars

As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy. When a doghouse la...

Franklin D. Roosevelt

By Laura Hamilton Waxman

The man who went to the far side of the moon

By Bea Uusma Schyffert

Letters from Rifka

By Karen Hesse

In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to Ame...

The Jacket

By Andrew Clements

An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.

The dragon prince

By Laurence Yep

A poor farmer's youngest daughter agrees to marry a fierce dragon in order to save her father's life.

Matthew Henson

By Maryann N. Weidt

Introduces Matthew Henson, the African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1909.

Domitila

By Jewell Reinhart Coburn

By following her mother's admonition to perform every task with care and love, a poor young Mexican girl wins the devotion of the governor's son.