On a short winter day, Samuel and his father enter into a series of trades with neighbors and strangers until they come home with a brown-eyed milk cow for Mama.

Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family members she loves most--Mama, Kokum, and even her cat, Mimi--all have their own ways of being healthy. So when Teacher says that their class will be learning about healthy habits, Jo Jo is ready to be neighborly by helping everyone around her be healthy too. After a snowstorm shuts down her Ojibwe reservation, Jo Jo uses her big imagination and big personality to help both Elders and classmates alike. Because...

"It's been eighty-three days since Annie Lee's daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his favorite songs, there's shaving cream in the sink every morning, and the TV keeps flipping to the Duke basketball games he loved. She knows Mama notices it too, but Mama's been working around the clock to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Annie Lee's friends ditched her over the summer. She feels...

Kelvin is a young polar bear who loves God and appreciates all of His blessings from sunrise to sunset and everything in between. Walk with Kelvin as he goes through his day enjoying all of God's glory!

If Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, this book bears startling testimony to it. In these deeply inspirational stories, Dr. Raouf Mama, an award-winning teacher and storyteller shares with you extraordinary life events that will fill you with wonder and a sense of miracle.

Join Papa, Mama, and the cubs as Gramps introduces them to some of the traditions most associated with St. Patrick's Day, from gathering to enjoy a parade down Main Street to leprechauns and pots of gold.