Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Flora's mother tells Flora to take her brother outside after he manages to spill her paints on the floor. Flora warns her mother that it is windy outside but that doesn't change her mother's mind. Flora spends the time outside on an adventure with her brother. A dragonfly, sparrow, rainbow, raindrops, eagle, and moon participate in the windy experience until the wind blows them back home.

Coretta Scott was born in Alabama but left in her college years to attend Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio after a stint at Lincoln Normal School. She wanted to teach in Yellow Springs but she was not given the right to do so since there were no black teachers in the schools. Later after marrying Martin Luther King, Coretta raised money for the civil rights movement by giving concerts and speaking about peace while their four children grew up in their close-knit family. Over the years as Martin came and went to lead protest marches of nonviolence, the political changes evolved - until one day, when Martin was shot and killed. Coretta continued the mutual work that she and Martin were doing - and Coretta broadened the message of nonviolence to include human rights across the world. Coretta and her staff trained 300,000 people in South Africa for the transition of Nelson Mandela out of prison. Coretta worked tirelessly to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a national holiday built on love with "a promise and power all its own".

Roy takes the subway home after work each night then travels on foot to do his favorite job - being an artist who takes photographs while seeking stories to show and tell. Roy takes pictures of objects and people to show beauty, truth, and life from his hometown, New York Harlem.

Daniel and his grandfather go for a walk in the park. Their walk begins with grandfather asking Daniel "What's new, Daniel?", and their walk ends with Daniel asking his grandfather "tell me - what's new with you?". There's a whole lot of nature, exploration, and changes that goes on in between. Bring along your curiosity!

A little sister, Elisa, does not stop crying. Her noise is nonstop and loud. No matter which neighbors came by the apartment - with gifts and advice - Elisa keeps on crying. Her parents promise Elisa different vacations, treasures, and sweets but nothing worked. When grandma comes to help, she helps Elisa move her legs like a bicycle. Elisa expresses an amazing fart, and the whole family and neighborhood falls fast to sleep.

When Milo reads book after book before bed, he does not expect to find a book on monsters. Milo should not have read that book because now he is afraid! Through the window, he uses a flashlight to summon his neighbor who is also his best friend, Mel. In a series of exchanges, the two discuss how to scare the monster by words and gestures. When they both make monster hands, the monster is gone! Now Milo feels braver, and the two gesture a hug from window to window.

James Baldwin, or "Jimmy" as his friends and family would call him, grows up in Harlem New York and graduates from a high school in the Bronx. He writes songs, poems, plays, and stories because writing flows freely out of him, just like the dreams he imagines for his future. Jimmy loves to read and goes to church, museums, movies, and plays --- and he enjoys the encouragement of many mentors. Through the power of his words and his stories, Jimmy moves to Paris, France, but he eventually returns to America to interview southerners about the changing times known as the civil rights movement. His book, The Fire Next Time, deepens American's understanding of racism, and then Jimmy moves back to France to serve as a haven for those of all backgrounds and experiences.

Jun moves from Hong Kong to America and has to learn new words to start school. Her mother helps her write a few words on her hand each day so she can transition into a new life. The best moment of the day is when Jun eats her favorite meal from her lunch box, which her mother has prepared. By the end of the first week of school, Jun has lived through the terrifying moments of being alone, laughed at, and lost in school activities. The breakthrough moment is when Jun shares her food with girls at school then her Mom has Jun's new classmates come over to eat at their house.

Billy Mills tells his autobiographical story of being an Oglala Lakota from South Dakota and the different challenges he faced as a young boy. Billy's father tells him to dig deeper below the anger, the hurt, and self-pity after Billy's mother dies. Eventually Billy's father dies, but his father's words remain with him for the rest of his life during set backs that he experiences. After he is placed in a boarding school in Kansas, Billy takes up sports and works hard to make the track team. When Billy wins a scholarship to the University of Kansas, he faces segregation and racism as a Native American. When he joins the U.S. Marines, the doctor tells him he has borderline diabetes and hypoglycemia, but Billy perseveres and qualifies for the 1964 Olympics in the 10,000 meter race. Encouraged by what his father had once told him about having wings of an eagle, Billy goes on to win the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Billy Mills's courage and hard work continues to break barriers and to inspire others.

Toad and his tow truck are ready to help when others need help with their cars. As soon as the words "I need help" are said, Toad moves into action to fix a car engine, a flat tire, or a crushed automobile from an accident. Everyone has places to be in their big, little, old, and new cars. Lucky, they can all be towed by Toad or rescued for other jobs.

Every morning, deliverymen carry tall bowls of noodles made from buckwheat flour to customers who love to eat them. The delivery from the sobaya chef to the customers is possible by talented bike riders who balance large towers of bowls on their shoulders while their other arms steady the bikes down crowded busy streets with potholes and city pedestrians and cars. Hungry customers wait because they know they will be so happy to eat the delicious noodles. The deliverymen are exhausted by the end of the long day of cycling for a living, but they too get to join their families in the feast. In a few short hours after a hot bath and sleep, the deliverymen start their routine again and again.