National Network for Equitable Library Service

Monkey and Elephant are very good friends, very good friends who look too nice to just stay at home. So they decide to go gadding. "Gadding?" said Elephant.

When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers.

This picture book describes, in hilarious detail, a small child's idea of utopia. Every two-page spread offers something new about this fantasy life.

"What do 'I Scream!' and 'Ice Cream!' have in common? Nothing--besides the fact that they sound the same!

As the pages turn on bright scenes and changing seasons across the country, rhyming text cheerily greets the sights and sounds of a Canadian morning.

"We are very different," said Squirrel. "Not that different," said Fox. Can Fox help Squirrel see that they don't have to be the same to be the best of friends.

In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.

Collects over one hundred jokes, riddles, and tongue twisters about a variety of subjects, including animals, bugs, food, monsters, and vehicles.

Documents the life of Willie O'Ree, the first Black player to skate in the NHL.

An orphaned girl in a Ugandan refugee camp. A former child soldier in the Sudan.

Looks at some of the stranger sports played around the world, including skyaking, slamball, shovel racing, street luging, and underwater wrestling.

Puppy has a new stick and now needs someone to play with. He asks several different animals but another puppy finally agrees to play.