Bagieu reflects on her childhood and teen years with her characteristic wit and unflinching honesty. The result is fifteen short stories about friendship, love, grief, and those awkward first steps toward adulthood.

A child in Brazil experiences the beauty and wonder of the natural world, and comes to understand his role within it.

A fresh and funny look at a universal childhood problem by an emerging Nigerian talent.What parent or caregiver hasn’t wished to disappear when their usually delightful charge erupts with a volcanic tantrum? Somehow small kids manage to make their wishes known in the loudest way possible before they are able to talk. Tantrums are always unpredictable, happen at the worst time, and are often in public. On a walk, at the market, or getting new braids, Tawá is quick to cry “Waa Waa”for no apparent reason. The day becomes more and more exasperating for anyone near her. It’s not until bedtime when the exhausted grown ups treat Tawá to their own cries, that the surprised little noise maker is finally subdued.

Bibi is an elderly flamingo who looks out for the flock, and especially the babies but when it looks like she will not be able to migrate the rest of the flock tell her it is their turn to look out for her.

The narrator and his big brother have the best game in the world together. They are dangerous lions on the savannah! One day, big brother doesn’t want to run around anymore. His stomach hurts. He has to see the doctor and take medicine, and even has to stay at the hospital. Lions don’t want to be trapped by wires and tubes! The narrator instigates a hunt, and the brothers run around the hospital together, chasing gazelles and startling the wildebeest. But big brother is very sick and can’t keep up. Lions can’t cry, his little brother insists. But they can miss the rest of their pride. With Mom and Dad, the narrator tries to comfort his sibling. Soon, he knows, the two lions will go hunting again.

This picture book builds a rhythmic list of reasons a young Muslim boy, Kamal, loves going to his masjid on Fridays for Jumu’ah prayer.

Lali has worked hard to earn money for a special treat but should she spend her earnings on herself or her friends?

Bhangra Baby learns to step, hop, twist, and jump as he moves to the rhythm of the dhol.

A laugh out loud story with heart, based on true events about one boy’s trip to the loo and learning that everyone has accidents sometimes.

A picture book autobiography by Yukie Kimura about her childhood in Japan during World War II.