Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology - written by the best children’s authors - celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, and Jacqueline Woodson join newcomer Kelly J. Baptist in a story collection that is as humorous as it is heartfelt. This impressive group of authors has earned among them every major award in children’s publishing and popularity as New York Times bestsellers.
From these distinguished authors come ten distinct and vibrant stories.
Table of Contents & Cast of Narrators:
Foreword,
written and read by Ellen Oh
How to Transform an Everyday Hoop Court Into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium
by Matt de la Peña, read by Dion Graham
The Difficult Path
by Grace Lin, read by Samantha Quan
Sol Painting, Inc.,
written and read by Meg Medina
Secret Samantha
by Tim Federle, read by Julia Whelan
The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn
by Kelly J. Baptist, read by Adam Lazarre-White
Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains,
written and read by Tim Tingle
Main Street
by Jacqueline Woodson, read by Abigail Revasch
Flying Lessons
by Soman Chainani, read by Sunil Malhotra
Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents,
written and read by Kwame Alexander
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push
by Walter Dean Myers, read by Dominic Hoffman
ABOUT WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS, read by Ellen Oh
There’s plenty of magic in this collection to go around.
-Booklist, Starred
“A natural for middle school classrooms and libraries, this strong collection should find eager readers”
-Kirkus, Starred
Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms.
-School Library Journal, Starred