1st Grade

A boy and his father travel from California to the border to visit the mother who has been deported to Mexico.

Benita and her dog venture into the night to help fix a problem and discover a world full of glowing, helpful creatures.

A child names the colors of her desert landscape in a bilingual celebration of place, observation, and belonging.

A young girl learns weaving from her grandmother and comes to see the beauty in handmade work and inherited skill.

A cumulative bilingual story follows the people, animals, and celebration preparations that lead up to a festive pinata.

A neighborhood begins to change when a child, an artist, and a burst of color invite everyone into a mural-making project.

A monarch butterfly guides children northward in a bilingual story about migration, care, and connection across borders.

Audrey Faye Hendricks's determination to join the Birmingham Children's March turns a civil-rights chapter into a child-centered story of courage.

A young girl's real-life response to Michelle Obama's portrait opens into a story about art, possibility, and being seen.

Anna Atkins's fascination with plants and cyanotype photography becomes a story about science, art, and innovation.