A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.

When Piper loses her ability to fly, she finds she cannot even do ordinary things until the "normal" people around her help her recover her abilities, as she discovers theirs.

It is hatching day on the barnyard farm. The black, red, and white hens are all gathered for the event! The chicks hatched on this joyous occasion are developing rapidly, but George prefers to stay under the skirt of his mother's feathers. Jorge doesn't want to be a rooster. He would have preferred to be a hen... .

As four very different letters arrive at the playground, each makes the next feel unwelcome, but once they begin to swing together, they have a wonderful time.

Jaiceon's wish to be bigger starts out as a grand adventure of fantastical grown-up fun, but as he grows, the situation grows out of control along with him, and he starts to wonder if being small was not so bad after all.

"A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is"--

Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance-ballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is. Based on the childhood experiences of her son,...

Felix likes to wear skirts. He thinks they're fun-plus he likes the way his legs move in them. His family doesn't mind, but that's not the case for Felix's classmates. Their merciless teasing makes him want to give up school for good. Can Felix's parents come up with a way to validate Felix's expression, while also teaching the other children a lesson in acceptance? A timely picture book that tackles themes of empathy and tolerance in a world where...

Teenage alcoholic Natalie falls for a much older recovering alcoholic during her court-ordered six months of AA meetings as she fights to soberly return to her old life.

From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers-in board book edition. The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide. Race matters, but what's most important is who we are on the inside. Looking beyond skin, going...