Books in An Albert Whitman Prairie Book series

Like many children, Danny is afraid his parents' divorce is his fault. So on the day his daddy leaves, Danny writes a secret question on a slip of paper: Is it my fault? He shows the question to his teacher, his friend, and his dad and mom.

Kyra is Christy's best friend from the youth center. Matt and Julie are Christy's best friends on her block. When Kyra's African-American family moves into Christy's white neighborhood, Christy learns a hard lesson about prejudice.

When a chance yard-sale purchase nets five boys a Willie Mays rookie card worth $4,000, their lives seem to narrow and intensify. The boys devise a "last man" contest--the winner gets the Mays card, and the losers get zip.

On a visit with her family to the shore, Sara gathers water, seaweed, snails, and smelly stuff to make her famous seaweed soup

Alex, a fourth grader with AIDS, makes a new friend and learns that although he is sick, he can't misbehave in school.

A traditional Jewish tale about two brothers who, as equal owners of a farm left to them by their father, help each other through a devastating drought and receive special blessings of abundance as a result of their selfless acts.

Avi and Hamudi are two boys who live in Jerusalem's Old City--Avi in the Jewish Quarter and Hamudi in the Muslim Quarter. To each boy, the other's neighborhood is an alien land. Both are caring for the same beautiful white stray cat.

Easy language and simple explanations will help even very young children understand what it means to have diabetes. They will find some of their own experiences described and at the same time receive reassurance that they are still "regular kids."

A child with AIDS must deal with the demands of his illness, adjust to his classmates, and let his classmates adjust to him. Reprint.

One sad day, Mama and Daddy Bear say they are getting a divorce. Daddy won't live at home anymore. Dinah is scared and sad. She wonders if she'll ever see Daddy again.

The story of Daniel and his Uncle Tim, who is dying of AIDS--they have shared so much together, and now in the face of death, they both display great courage and compassion

When Marcus walks to the barbershop, he sees a lot of bad news--buildings covered in graffiti and people drinking outside a liquor store. But at the shop, one by one, the people tell him all about the good news that's in their neighborhood.