Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

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.

Kiyomi's mother, Okaasan, is an ama diver who harvests shellfish from the deep ocean in Japan. As a young girl, Kiyomi practices with her mom to become an ama diver, but she is very afraid of the sea. Kiyomi gains the strength to overcome this fear and become a diver when she swims with the star turtle, an animal she helped to save when it was born.

Saohiko, Kenji, and their mother take a trip into town, to the market to sell their crafts and goods. They come across the famous Shrine of the Seven Gods of Luck.

All different in their own language kids from around the world say peace differently in their own language. The international day of peace is worldwide and all the children spread peace. At the end of the day peace is universal.

This informational text takes you inside a hurricane with questions of what? where? why? and when? to explain hurricane zones around the earth. Explains rain, wind, and air pressure of hurricanes. Global warming, storm tracking, and prediction problems are discussed for hurricanes and tornadoes. Learn how technology and the natural world alert us about upcoming storms.