Books published by Tilbury House,U.S.

We celebrate firemen and soldiers-and rightly so. But let's also celebrate teachers, bus drivers, shop keepers, postmen and the others who keep the world spinning around every day. And let's give a nod to children, too-children who are kind and brave and help each other. They're heroes too. In structure, flow and pitch, very much like Pat Brisson's Before We Eat (ISBN 978 0 88448 652 7).

Lailah solves her problem with help from the school librarian and her teacher and in doing so learns that she can make new friends who respect her beliefs. This gentle, moving story from first-time author Reem Faruqi comes to life in Lea Lyon's vibrant illustrations. Lyon uses decorative arabesque borders on intermittent spreads to contrast the ordered patterns of Islamic observances with the unbounded rhythms of American school days.Fountas & Pinnell Level N

A funny, instructive story about making decisions

A beautifully realised city inhabited by musical instruments

Jonathan isn't as strong or physical as his brother and can't seem to please his beekeeper dad when he tries to help on the farm.

There's a monster under my bed who changes like a chameleon. He can be motionless, like a rock with a tail, or he can strike with blinding speed, like a lightning bolt with claws. My monster's name is Moofy. His ears are as pointy as tortilla chips and hi

A tender and powerful affirmation that Black lives have always mattered.

Good things happen in the ordinary minutes of an ordinary day.

A perfect introduction to meditation for young readers, presented in a captivating story.

The dictionary as narrator? YES!

At this school, there are some children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them.

"Each memory is like a special gift I can unwrap again and again," said Grandpa. "And that's a gift I want to give you, too."

Rafael Guastavino Sr. was 39 when he left a successful career as an architect in Barcelona. American cities-densely packed and built largely of wood-were experiencing horrific fires, and Guastavino had the solution: The soaring interior spaces created by his tiled vaults and domes made buildings sturdier, fireproof, and beautiful. What he didn't have was fluent English. Unable to win design commissions, he transferred control of the company to his American-educated son, whose subsequent half-century of inspired design work resulted in major contributions to the built environment of America.  Immigrant Architect is an introduction to architectural concepts and a timely reminder of immigrant contributions to America. The book includes four route maps for visiting Guastavino-designed spaces in New York City: uptown, midtown, downtown, and Prospect Park.

When the Earth Shook provides a mythical framing for children to understand that it will be their job to help save the Earth.

With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.

That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a "quilt" (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi's most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.  This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents.

Common Critters celebrates neighborhood wildlife in verse. A familiar cast of characters-worms, slugs, caterpillars, ladybugs, robins, mourning doves, houseflies, spiders, squirrels, skunks, and others-crawls, runs, buzzes, and flits through these lively poems, which show how exotic these seemingly ordinary creatures really are.

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This little book holds the message of dignity that every child on this earth needs to hear: You are loved. You matter. You make me smile. You make me the happiest person in the world, just by being you.

Mr Book is determined to share nothing with readers but his pages have other ideas.