Abrams Books For Young Readers imprint: 229 books
by Patrick Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Bat and Rat are two best friends living in the big city. Together these nocturnal pals enjoy their favorite things, like riding the subway, dumpster diving in Chinatown, writing songs, and playing in a band. One hot summer night, while tasting their favorite flavors of ice cream, like mosquito ripple,...
Whale Shines
An Artistic Tale
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
All day, Whale swims through the ocean, wearing a poster advertising the big upcoming art exhibition. He visits the eel who wriggles abstract patterns in the sand, the squid who paints with ink, and the hammerhead shark who builds sculptures from salvage. Whale sees his friends’ confidence...
by Thyra Heder
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
It’s a great day to go to the zoo! As her family hustles to get out the door, Little T lags behind. She’s afraid to go back to the zoo; the only trouble is, she can’t remember why. As an ingenious solution to help her remember, her mom, dad, and sister construct homemade costumes and act out...
by Susan Verde
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star twinkling in the night sky . . . a camel in the desert or a boat sailing across the sea—yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible.
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by Susan Goldman Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Since the early nineteenth century, the women of Gee’s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. In the only photo-essay book about the quilts of Gee’s Bend for children, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin explores the history and culture of this fascinating group of...
Separate Is Never Equal
Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A 2015 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English,...
Fannie Never Flinched
One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Fannie Sellins (1872–1919) lived during the Gilded Age of American Industrialization, when the Carnegies and Morgans wore jewels while their laborers wore rags. Fannie dreamed that America could achieve its ideals of equality and justice for all, and she sacrificed her life to help that dream come...
Nurse, Soldier, Spy
The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This is the incredible true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who dressed as a man and fought in the Civil War. When she was 19, Sarah cut her hair, donned her brother’s clothes, and fled from Canada, where her father wanted her to marry an elderly gentleman. In the U.S., she went by the name Frank Thompson...
This Land Is Our Land
A History of American Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
A 2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist!
American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and oppressed; anyone, no matter his or her background, can find freedom here and achieve the “American Dream.” On the other...
Come On In, America
The United States in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and joined World War I. German submarine attacks on American ships in March 1917 were the overt motive for declaring war, but the underlying reasons were far more complex. Even after the United States officially joined, Americans were divided...
Alexander Hamilton
The Making of America #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers....
Funny Bones
Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras—skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities—came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons,...
A Woman in the House (and Senate)
How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
For the first 128 years of our country’s history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congresseven before the Nineteenth Amendment gave women across...
by Andrea Beaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
New York Times Bestseller
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal—to fly—Rosie...