New Releases by John Steptoe

The legendary Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author and illustrator John Steptoe shares the story of a baby who desperately wants to get his older brother’s attention. Now in board book! Spare text and lively illustrations tell the story of two brothers at opposite ends of a room. The older brother plays with blocks on the floor, while a curious baby boy watches intently from his crib. After repeatedly trying to get his big brother’s attention, Baby finally gets what he wants—but not before a few silly, giggle-inducing incidents occur! This classic sibling story continues to entrance.

Mufaro''s two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

To mark the tenth anniversary of Mufaros Beautiful Daughters, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Illustration, we are pleased to make this celebrated book available in a Spanish-language edition. The Cinderella story is evoked in this African tale in its portrayal of two sisters, spiteful Manyara and considerate Nyasha, and the young king who is searching for a bride.

Charles, an African American student, learns to appreciate his similarities to and differences from his new friend Hector, who is from Puerto Rico.

Unique word pictures of how it feels to be young and growing.

A baby and big brother figure out how to get along.

Bweela and Javaka relate the incidents that make Daddy a monster in their eyes. It happens when they don''t want to go to bed or when they want to be messy, or when they don''t eat politely in restaurants.

A bear who is bored with school gains a new appreciation of his teacher after he falls asleep and dreams that he is the teacher.

A fourteen-year-old black girl living in the city tries to answer some very tough questions about life.

A child whose parents left America to settle in Africa celebrates his eighth birthday with all the people of the community in which he was first-born.

When his friends call his bluff, Charles must take them on the long train ride from Brooklyn to Times Square and find the way back again.

Two little boys in Harlem speculate on what they will be when they grow up.

When Stevie comes to visit, Robert finds him to be quite a pest, but when the little boy moves away, Robert misses him.