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Will You Come Back for Me?
Ann Tompert, Robin Kramer
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 1988)Four-year old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her.
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Adoption Is for Always
Linda Walvoord Girard, Judith Friedman
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 1986)Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption a family holiday.
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The Brother's Promise
Frances Harber, Thor Wickstrom
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2009)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.
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No Bad News
Kenneth Cole, John Ruebartsch
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 2001)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.
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You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday
Linda Walvoord Girard, Christa Kieffer
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, April 1, 1992)Describes the life of a tiny baby in the safe, warm, floating place during the nine months before birth.
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When Autumn Falls
Kelly Nidey, Susan Swan
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2004)As September fades, a new season begins. Leaves and temperatures tumble. And, as autumn falls, new colors and smells gradually replace the heat and intensity that was summer. Autumn means the beginning of something new and crisp and familiar.
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Colder Than Ice
David Patneaude
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Sept. 1, 2003)Josh isn't happy to be starting at a new school. Maybe it's a chance to be somebody--not so easy for a kid who's been pretty average and is overweight besides. But he is pumped when a cool kid asks hims to play ice hockey.
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Black Like Kyra, White Like Me
Judith Vigna
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 1992)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.
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I Was So Mad!
Norma Simon, Dora Leder
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 1974)Text and pictures relate situations which sometimes result in such reactions as frustration, anxiety, humiliation, and loss of control.
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Famous Seaweed Soup
Antoinette Truglio Martin, Nadine Bernard Westcott
Paperback (Albert Whitman & Co, March 1, 1996)On a visit with her family to the shore, Sara gathers water, seaweed, snails, and smelly stuff to make her famous seaweed soup
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How Do You Count a Dozen Ducklings?
In Seon Chae, Seung Ha Rew
Paperback (Albert Whitman, March 1, 2008)"Chae painlessly introduces young children to grouping, multiplying and skip counting. A combination of oil pastels, paint and textured paper collage, Rew's artwork mirrors the math, allowing children to visualize the groupings, while also tracking the progress of the creeping wolf. Sure to be a favorite with elementary and preschool teachers..."-Kirkus Reviews"...this lively picture book, originally published in Korea, is both an entertaining story and a playful way to teach simple arithmetic...The double-page spreads show multiplication and division in spacious scenarios with brightly colored characters that splash, scowl, and have fun in groups-and then all together as they defeat their enemy."-Booklist
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Alex, the Kid With AIDS
Linda Walvoord Girard, Blanche Sims
Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 1991)Alex, a fourth grader with AIDS, makes a new friend and learns that although he is sick, he can't misbehave in school.
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