2nd Grade

A clever traveler faces down goblins to save Hanukkah for a frightened village.

A family heads out to choose, decorate, and celebrate around the perfect Christmas tree.

Harvey Milk and Gilbert Baker's collaboration around the rainbow flag becomes an inviting introduction to pride, protest, and belonging.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and language are distilled into a picture book built around the power of his words.

A familiar holiday rhyme format introduces the excitement and family traditions of Kwanzaa.

A girl retools The Little Red Hen into a building project that shows what initiative and making can do.

A lyrical family story traces anticipation, prayer, generosity, and celebration across the month of Ramadan.

A mixed-up monster sorts his feelings one color at a time in a tactile introduction to emotional vocabulary.

A child narrates the busy, joyful process of shopping, cooking, and eating a beloved Korean family meal.

Art and text together introduce Arturo Schomburg and his lifelong work collecting Black history the world tried to erase.