It's the night of the big Lantern Festival and Kai-lan and her friends are so excited! Ye-Ye shows everyone how to decorate their very own lantern for the festival. But Hoho isn't paying attention and a big gust of wind blows Hoho and his lantern away. But with a little help from YeYe (and Kai-lan too) Hoho is back just in time for the celebration. A perfect story about patience and grandfather…
Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives. Sequel to "Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind."
The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to integrate a New Orleans school--now with simple text for young readers!rnrnIn 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history.rnrnThis is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American …