Newman, Lesl?a

"After snuggling into bed each night, Alicia listens for the big voices of the tiny coqu?es that live all around Puerto Rico and sing her to sleep. Ko-kee, ko-kee, the little frogs call. Ko-kee, ko-kee. One day a terrible hurricane comes to Puerto Rico, and Alicia and her family take refuge in a shelter. At bedtime Alicia hears grown-ups snoring and babies crying, wind howling and rain pounding. But even though she listens hard, she cannot hear the song of the coqu?es. Are the little tree frogs safe? And what will Alicia and her family find at home when the storm is over?"--Amazon.

Animal and human parents show unconditional love for their babies.

"Meet cats from A to Z in this . . . introduction to the alphabet with a feline twist"--Back cover.

"Meet cats from one to a dozen in this . . . board book introduction to counting with a feline twist"--Provided by publisher.

A young girl misses her deceased brother and wants to talk about him, and she does not understand why her parents do not even want to mention his name.

Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.

"Inside the house, a boy prepares for the Passover ritual of welcoming Elijah--meanwhile, outside the house, a kitten lingers in the cold"--Provided by publisher.

"Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn't matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because 'the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love one another'" --Provided by publisher.

"Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--Provided by publisher.

"Whimsical bunnies celebrate Hanukkah in this...rhyming board book describing all the Hanukkah rituals beloved by Jewish kids"--Provided by publisher.