"A girl and her dog are back in this follow-up to the bestselling The Most Magnificent Thing. Usually, the girl is an idea machine -- sometimes her brain is so full of ideas that her hands can't keep up. But today feels different. She seems to have everything she needs to get to work ... but she doesn't know what to make! She searches high and low for an idea. She and her dog go for a walk, they brainstorm, they research, they dig through the entire...

"A little girl wants to write poetry. One summer day, she explores a town on Cape Cod, along with the poet who lives nearby. Inspired by the life and craft of Mary Oliver." --from the publisher

"Loujain watches her beloved baba attach his feather wings and fly each morning, but her own dreams of flying face a big obstacle: only boys, not girls, are allowed to fly in her country. Yet despite the taunts of her classmates, she is determined to do it--especially because Loujain loves colors, and only by flying can she see the color-filled field of sunflowers her baba has told her about. Eventually, he agrees to teach her, and Loujain's impossible...

An African American girl finds inspiration and affirmation in the lives of historic women like Sojourner Truth, Michelle Obama, Billie Holiday and Zora Neale Hurston.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate diverse children, their power to inspire those around them, and the bonds of family and humanity that can never be broken.

Avery dragged her three-year-old brother behind a boxwood bush and listened for footsteps in the brittle leaves. She couldn't be sure which was louder, the person on their trail or her own heart, galloping like a stallion in her ears. With one hand over Henry's mouth, Avery looked down at the nicest dress she owned. Not only had she torn the ruffles and destroyed the hem, but the white linen stood out in the shadowy woods, making her an easy target....

"Can a young William Shakespeare capture the right words when inspiration strikes?"--publisher

"You are the only you there every has been or ever will be. You are unique. Just the odds of you being here at this exact place and this exact time are so great and so rare that they will never happen again. This is a story for everything you will do and everything you could be. It's for who you are right now, and it's for all the magical, unbounded potential you hold inside." -- from book cover.

"The Little Engine that Could" advises how to find one's own track, handle life's ups and downs, and even face the dark tunnels that can make one frightened or sad.

"Una niña que sueña con ser escritora y, utilizando el poder de sus palabras, explora los mitos de tribus perdidas y se convierte en la protagonista valiente de sus propios relatos. A través de la imaginación, Si yo fuera escritora celebra la magia de contar historias."-- Provided by publisher.