Children

While out searching for food, fruit bat Stellaluna and her mother are attacked by a vicious owl. Stellaluna is separated from Mother Bat and taken in by a family of birds, where she must put aside her bat habits to fit in with her new family. But one fateful flight when she is separated from her adoptive siblings, Stellaluna is reunited with her bat family and learns that even though we're different, we're very much the same.

As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation—and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land—a freedom quilt—that no master will ever suspect. Author: Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrator: James Ransome. Publisher: Dragonfly Books. Paperback, 40 pages. Measures 8.5" x 10.5". Weighs 6.1 oz. 

National parks, cities and other fun places to color and draw! Let your creativity flow as you journey through this unique drawing book. Each page includes an "art starter" and ideas to spark your imagination. Color outside the lines, fill the sky with beautiful colors, add yourself to the pictures and draw your favorite animals. Read the facts to learn more about the animals, plants and different places featured in this book. 128 pages. Made in the USA.

Paperback, 7" x 10".

Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War--seen by some historians as the "beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South--beneath the sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak. Author: Susan VanHecke. Illustrator: London Ladd. Publisher: Charlesbridge. Hardcover, 32 pages. Measures: 9" x 11.25". Weighs: 15 oz.