Books published by publisher Bridgewater Books

In mid-nineteenth-century Puerto Rico, an old woman and a young village girl conspire to prevent the capture of a runaway African slave.

When her grandfather registers to vote while living in segregated Mississippi, an African American girl begins to understand why he insists that she attend school

A tour of the National Civil Rights Museum, in Memphis, Tennessee, in narrative and full-color photographs, pays homage to the ordinary people who contributed to the advancement of freedom.

At bedtime, Katie has trouble going to sleep when all the sounds in the house stir her imagination to hear sounds of the jungle.

Depicts morning in the city as people go to work and children go to school

A teeny, tiny mouse and his mommy point out objects of various colors all around their teeny, tiny house

Through journals that the noted author of Little Women kept from the ages of ten to thirteen, young readers can learn about her inspirations and follow her progress as a writer.

Seven-year-old Christine spends Christmas Eve helping her great-grandmother decorate her tree and sharing the story of a very special ornament that came from Rumania many years before

Teaches youngsters the concept of long and short by comparing the lengths of different animals' body parts to familiar objects, such as a pencil, chalkboard, thermos, and car.

While living with her grandparents when her mother goes to work in the city, a young Panamanian girl memorizes her mother's favorite poem, "Caperucita Roja," for her school's Christmas pageant

Fire, Earth, Water, and Air are the powerful and mystical ancestors of the earth, as told in an illustrated collection of tales from more than thirty Native American cultures that capture the power and mystery of the natural world.

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