When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina."

Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be--from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.

Introduces and retells eight of the parables told by Jesus.

Explores current family life and discusses diverse situations that all families encounter and handle in different ways. Illustrates the variety of opinions, lifestyles, and temperaments that exist within families.

Discusses the stories which people from the ancient world told to explain their understanding of what they could see in the sky.

An African-American child wonders why all Christmas tree angels look alike and sets out to find an angel that looks just like him.

Depicts the gorilla in its natural surroundings and describes its life and struggles for survival.

"Shiver me timbers," said the Captain. "It's a baby!" When the crew of pirate ship Ramshackle find a tiny baby adrift on the high seas, they are a bit flummoxed. Even more so, when they discover it's a baby girl. The adventures that follow in this rollicking tale are full of laughter and surprises, as the pirates sew nappies, make baby clothes out of pirate shirts and even a toy squid out of pirate gloves for the new arrival. The pirates won't give...