There are all kinds of girls! Girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don't; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mom and girls who wish they had a daddy. With bright portraits in vibrant colors and unique patterns and fabrics, this book invites you to find yourself within its pages.--inside front cover.

Vanessa is nervous she will not fit in on her first day of school, but she hopes a special outfit will show her new classmates she is someone they should know.

A little girl struggling to find her place within her family is shown how special she is through a set of nesting dolls.

"Hannah Sparkles, an enthusiastic little girl who loves life and pom-poms, learns that everyone finds happiness in different ways"--

Ruby wants to get back at her brother Roosevelt because he played tricks on her and her friends at her last slumber party.

Ruby and her BFF Teresa Petticoat want to start their own dancing drill team. But first they have to learn some moves, and Ruby is hoping her big brother Marcellus can help.

Emily Ann learns about the meaning of Thanksgiving when her family gathers around the dinner table.

Traces the history of the inspiring anthem and explains how it has come to represents the right for equality and freedom around the world.

A young boy begins banging on pots and pans in his front yard, enticing other children to join him, and before long the entirecity is feeling the beat.

"Zulay is a blind girl who longs to be able to run in the race on field and track day at her school"--