Not a Box

Not a Box

“Why are you sitting in that box?” “It’s not a box!” The simplest of concepts told in a quick dialogue style, with sweet lively line drawings to kickstart the imagination. Sure to delight the youngest readers, this reads aloud perfectly,...
I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

The text is straight from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I Have a Dream” speech. It’s broken up into small bits on each page, which makes it an easy way to introduce or engage children with the content of his historic speech.  I make it a...
Waiting for the Biblioburro

Waiting for the Biblioburro

This sweet story of a traveling library is inspired by the real-life story of Luis Soriano, a librarian from Colombia. Ana, a young girl in a small mountain village, loves to learn, but after her teacher leaves, has no access to school. Everything changes when a man...
Rose’s Garden

Rose’s Garden

At ELLA, we’re huge Peter H. Reynolds fans. But I need to tell you right now: this one’s my favorite of all his books. The nutshell: Rose sails around the world in her giant teapot, until she arrives at a city where she decides to settle down. As she...