Pinkney, J. Brian

"Good friends Otter and Beaver use water and sticks for very different purposes as they spend time together"--.

During his busy day, Kenny gets dressed, fights his fear of the vacuum cleaner, gets a soccer lesson from his sister, and prepares for bed, with his loving family always near.

After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick when they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.

Carter gets a truck instead of a much wanted puppy, but he soon discovers his new toy is just as fun and rascally as a pet.

Everyone gives Jojo advice on how to perform in order to earn her yellow belt in tae kwon do class, but in the end she figures it out for herself.

Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hat boxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him.

After he is benched during a game, Owen thinks that he is not very good at soccer, but in his effort to get a ball that is rolling away from him he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes.

"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--Provided by publisher.

Presents adaptations of three books for children, providing information of Martin Luther King, Jr., John Henry, and Kwanza, and including short features on Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.