children's writings, american

A freak accident gives five middle school bullies super powers, but instead of being able to transform into cool super-beings, they take on the characteristics of the kids who they bully.

A historical account of the involvement of children and teenagers in the American Revolution as revealed through letters, diaries, and journals.

A collection of two hundred letters which were written to Mrs. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1941 by children who were asking her to help them receive material assistance during the Great Depression.

"When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald's transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama ... She saw dynamic self-assurance. She saw truth and beauty. She saw a queen. But most importantly, Parker saw Her hopes. Her dreams, Her power. Her promise. Herself"--Jacket flap.

A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.

Tells the story of how Briley Rossiter and her family started running in marathons with her sister Ainsley who has infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD).

Here is a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators---revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.

Features young people who have made a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those around them.