On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth

Rain Before Rainbows

Vera Goes to the Dentist

Early Health and Medicine (Early Settler Life)

The Drama Llama: A story about soothing anxiety

Saint Francis and the Wolf

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

When Elliott Michener was locked away in Alcatraz for counterfeiting, he was determined to defy the odds and bust out. But when he got a job tending the prison garden, a funny thing happened. Thoughts of escape were replaced with new interests and skills-and a sense of dignity and fulfilment. Elliott transformed Alcatraz Island, and the island transformed him. Told with empathy and a storyteller's flair, Elliott's story is funny, touching, and unexpectedly relevant. Back matter about the history of Alcatraz and the US prison system today invites meaningful discussion.

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Vera Goes to the Dentist

Vera Rosenberry, 2002

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Bobbie Kalman, 1983

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Rachel Morrisroe, 2022

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Richard Egielski, 2005

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Peter Sís, 2021