"A look at the author's hometown of El Paso, where the sun reigns over the vast desert and shapes all that it touches"-- Provided by publisher.

When a plump mother duck awakens one morning, she's stunned to discover that her seven eggs have hatched in the night and all of her ducklings have wandered off. Now she has to search for them out in the wild! The mother duck keeps careful count as she discovers her babies one by one-- on branches, stuck in ooze, and even in the jaws of a fox. Five, six, seven-- eight? Nine? Sharp-eyed readers will love seeing the mother unwittingly rescue not only...

Dinosaur is going to one of his favorite places, the library, and on the way he encounters a series of animals, including a cow, baby chicks, a turtle, and an owl, and shares his roars with each.

Every Monday Mabel takes her breakfast outside and waits for her favorite part of the week: the garbage truck.

"When dancers have a photoshoot at the Central Park Zoo, a young, African American ballerina and a polar bear form a special friendship. When his new friend leaves her scarf behind, the polar bear must venture through Central Park and out into Manhattan to return it before her performance at the Lincoln Center. However, the theater goers eye the strange bear with suspicion. When the ushers won't let him inside, the ballerina comes to his rescue and...

Mole struggles to hit the ball during summer baseball season, but with Bear's support and a new pair of glasses, he finds the confidence to enjoy the game and the joys of summer with his best friend.

"A child bonds with a blue heron, and they share a dreamlike friendship"-- Provided by publisher.

"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...

"When a little boy's mom picks him up from school, his day seems a lot like any other kid's. He and his mom go out for some fast food and then head to the library. But when they stay there till closing time, and then go to the park, we learn more. Through the lens of Ransome's evocative illustrations we see that they ate out because they don't have a kitchen to cook in. They went to the library because they don't have a quiet space to do homework....

When Nou, a young Hmong American girl, wakes up and finds a hateful message on her family's home, she begins to question what home means and finds meaning in writing.