Orem Library

Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner.

Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

When Mom goes out for the evening, Dad and the kids invent games filled with fun and laughter, and they all learn how to give an octopus hug.

A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.

Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."

"Reflecting incidents true to children (making a bet with a friend, sending a message in a bottle, attempting to be brave), these stories are the sort that will make children ask for more."--School Library Journal,starred review

A mother wakes up her child whose job is to play, as there is so much to do in a fun-filled day, from dancing in puddles to jumping in leaves.

Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.

A black snowman comes to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage as well as his own self-worth.

Grace's class is putting on Peter Pan, and her classmates say she cannot play the role of Peter because she is a girl and is black, but her Ma and Nana say she can do anything she wants if she puts her mind to it. Although classmates say she cannot play the part of Peter Pan in the school play because she is black and a girl, Grace discovers she can do anything she sets her mind to do.