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Waiting For Benjamin: A Story about Autism
Alexandra Jessup Altman, Susan Keeter Susan Keeter
Hardcover (Albert Whitman, March 1, 2008)Alexander's little brother, Benjamin, doesn't do things the way Alexander thinks he should. He would rather stare at the wall than play with Alexander. And instead of talking, he just wiggles his fingers and rocks. Alexander knows it's wrong, but he can't help but feel embarrassed when one of his friends calls Benjamin a "wacko." When Benjamin's family learns that he has autism, they hire special teachers to teach him how to listen and talk and play. Alexander is glad-he just wants Benjamin to grow up faster. While Benjamin works with his teachers, Alexander works through his feelings of disappointment and jealousy. As time passes and each boy grows, Alexander discovers that Benjamin isn't just his brother-he is also his friend.
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And God Created Squash: How the World Began
Martha Whitmore Hickman, Giuliano Ferri
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, Sept. 1, 1996)First God created the sky, the oceans, rivers, and puddles at the edge of sidewalks, and then God made the moon, the sun, squash, barley, and more, and finally, God created people to care for the Earth
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Little Bunny's Pacifier Plan
Maribeth Boelts, Kathy Parkinson
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, May 1, 1999)Little Bunny learns to smile, laugh, crawl, dance, and even talk with his pacifier tucked safely in his mouth, but when the dentist suggests it might be time to give up the pacifier, Little Bunny is not sure he is ready.
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When I Feel Scared
Kathy (ILT) Parkinson Cornelia Maude Spelman,Kathy Parkinson
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Aug. 16, 2010)None
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Spring Things
Bob Raczka, Judy Stead
Hardcover (Albert Whitman, Aug. 16, 2007)Nature is busy budding and flowering; baby animals are being born; gardeners are planting; and everywhere children are running and playing. In rhyming text, the author celebrates Spring.
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The Sound of Silence
Myron Uhlberg
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 2020)Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of two deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this moving and eye-opening memoir, he recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents' silent world and the world of the hearing.
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Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story
Carol Antoinette Peacock, Shawn Costello Brownell
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 2000)Young Elizabeth feels a range of emotions as she learns that she has two mommies: one in China and one in America. Her adoptive mother explains that although her Chinese mother loved Elizabeth and wanted to keep her, she couldn't because of China's laws.
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Police Cat
Enid Hinkes, Wendy Rasmussen
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, April 30, 2005)Noodles the cat takes his responsibilities very seriously, keeping the police station and neighborhood safe and free from rats, but he is not an official member of the police department until after he performs a heroic rescue.
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Where's Chimpy?
Berniece Rabe, Diane Schmidt
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 1988)Misty, a little girl suffering from Down's Syndrome, cannot settle down to listen to a bedtime story until she finds her beloved missing toy monkey, Chimpy
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Red Berry Wool
Robyn Eversole, Tim Coffey
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, March 1, 2002)Lalo the lamb wants to have a bright sweater like the one the shepherd boy wears but Lalo has a very hard time washing, spinning, and dyeing his own wool. Reprint.
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The Copycat Mystery
Gertrude Chandler Warner, Hodges Soileau
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 2001)A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.
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Tom Goes to Kindergarten
Margaret Wild, Denise Shanahan, Wendy McClure, David Legge
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 2000)When Tom arrives for his first day of kindergarten, he realizes that he doesn't want his parents to leave, so Daddy, Mommy, and Baby stay with him and have a rollicking good time, but when they want to come back, Tom's teacher tells them kindergarten is only for children!
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