New Releases by Becky Birtha

Children can experience many emotions when a parent is in jail or prison. They may be angry, sad, lonely, or scared. Sometimes friends act differently toward them. Sometimes the children begin acting differently too. In this important book, young readers will learn that even when it feels like nothing can get better again, there are ways they can improve their circumstances. Sending letters, talking to a trusted grown-up about their feelings, and even visiting a parent in jail or prison can help keep a parent close in their hearts. Use this title as a helpful tool to start a conversation with any child in this situation and to remind them they are not alone.

During the Great Depression, an African-American boy uses lessons learned in arithmetic class to figure out how many beans are in a jar to win his mother a sewing machine. Full color.

While on a trip in 1956 to visit her grandmother in the South, six-year-old Sarah Marie experiences segregation for the first time, but discovers that things have changed by the time she returns the following year.

This collection of poems deals with the author''s experiences in confronting racism, being an African-American and a lesbian-feminist, and grieving over the loss of a longtime lover.