“From an award-winning author and a talented debut illustrator comes a profound story about child refugees healing and building new lives. When rescuers meet the boat, there are only two people left-a big child and a little one. The big one, remembering the trip across the dark sea, hides indoors. The little one ventures out, making friends, laughing, growing strong. When he brings the outside in, in the form of a butterfly, will his sister find the courage to guide the winged creature back into the world where it belongs? Powerful illustrations dance between dark and light in a moving tale of empathy, resilience, and the universal need for home and safety”–
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In The Winter Woods
“In the winter woods Fox, Mouse, and Crow are hungry; Squirrel knows he has a stockpile of food, but he cannot remember where he stashed it–so he enlists the help of the others in the search”–
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented The Mask That Ended An Epidemic
Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa
“Ireland, Choctaw Nation, Navajo Nation, and Hopi Nation: linked forever through generosity and care over almost two centuries from the Potato Famine to the Covid pandemic”–
The House Before Falling into the Sea
Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family’s house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks’ home is these migrants’ last chance of refuge “before falling into the sea,” and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung’s city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset—she wishes everything could go back to the way it was before: before the sirens, before strangers started coming into their home. But after an important talk with her parents, her new friend Sunhee, and Sunhee’s father, Kyung realizes something important: We’re stronger when we have each other, and the kindness we show one another in the darkest of times is a gift we’ll never regret.
The House Before Falling into the Sea is the WOW Recommends Book of the Month for September 2024.
Our Building
Baba’s Peach Tree
Tao Hua and her father, a migrant worker, find hope and blessings in an old peach tree behind their house, but as time passes and their lives change so does the tree.
Flooded
The Heart Never Forgets
A young girl participates in a West African masquerade with a special plan to honor her grandfather who has passed away.
This book is part of the Worlds of Words Global Reading List for 2023/24.
Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story
While playing a social game of Cherokee stickball, Vann learns that helping his team win is just as important as being the star player.