Books with author Eric A Kimmel

Omar wants a snake more than anything, but his momis unenthusiastic to say the least. However, the familymanages to strike a compromise: Omar can get a cornsnake; but the pet, which he names Arrow, must stayinside Omar’s room, where his mom will not have to seteyes on it. So when Arrow escapes, Omar has got tokeep his family from finding out. But with an inquisitivelittle sister, and parents mindful of odd behavior, Omaris having a time of it. When Arrow makes a surpriseappearance, it couldn’t be at a worse moment―yet theincident becomes a catalyst for Omar to gain a newunderstanding of his mother and her childhood inwar-torn Lebanon.

Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real horn. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, Louis had a job. Every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing his tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass trumpet in the window. . . . A Horn for Louis is perfect for Black History Month. With messages about hard work, persistence, hope, tolerance, cooperation, trust, and friendship, it’s perfect for the rest of the year, too!