Books with author Jason Reynolds

Beatrice Coleman, aka, Bitty is a hot mess! At least that is what she is told by the popular girls as they're attacking her in the school cafeteria. Bitty is too tall and too skinny. She has a pointed noise, mousy brown hair and wears not cute clothes to school. She doesn't have a single friend and she spends her time alone, watching TV, studying or singing ole school tunes with her parents. She’s crushing on the most popular boy at school, who thinks she's a joke. And if that isn't pathetic enough, her Phys Ed teacher keeps pressuring her to try out for girls basketball. That's the last thing she needs: to be a tall, geeky, bookworm, girl-jock. UGH!! So each night she talks to God about her problems. Then one morning, a strange object appears in her bedroom. That night, strange becomes frightening and more terrifying than imaginable. Bitty finds herself swept away by an unknown Being into a far off dimension. She lands in the middle of an ongoing battle between the Sesprians and the Krylox. As she fights to help the Sesprians defeat their enemy and save their kind, she unleashes a power, a love and courage she never knew existed within her. When she returns, her world has changed and she discovers that she will never be lonely and afraid again.

In this series of seven books, photojournalist Jan Reynolds documents the distinctive cultures and climates of indigenous peoples. Amprenula, a young Tiwi girl from an island off the Australian coast, gathers food with her mother. Amprenula lives closely with the land, just as her people have done for thousands of years, taking only what they need from the forest and the ocean around them. For the Tiwi and other Aborigines, the land is sacred. It connects them with their ancestors and the beginning of creation. As Amprenula combs through the forests and mangrove swamps, she is proud to travel along the same paths, sharing the same land, as her ancestors from centuries ago.

In this series of seven books, photojournalist Jan Reynolds documents the distinctive cultures and climates of indigenous peoples. Tuwenowa lives in the heart of the Amazon River Basin, home to the largest tropical rain forest in the world. For Yanomama people such as Tuwenowa and his family, the jungle provides everything they need -- from thatching for their huts to the tropical fruits, animals, and fish they eat. The rainforest is the birthplace of the centuries-old traditions of Yanomama culture. The people celebrate life with songs of thanks and mark death with special rituals. By learning these customs from his father, a tribal shaman, Tuwenowa hopes to uphold the Yanomama way of life as he grows up.

Baby's getting her first teeth. Her parents couldn't be more proud. But baby's not very happy and lets everyone in the house know just how she feels. She screams and cries, won't eat and can't sleep. Her mommy isn't sure what to do, but grammy knows exactly how to fix this problem. This illustrated, rhyming story is great for Baby - 6 year old children, includes a little lullaby I sang to my daughters when they were infants, and it's informational too!