Kenard Pak

"In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--

"From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak" -- "On the Horizon tells the story of people whose lives were lost or forever altered by the twin tragedies of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Based on the lives of soldiers at Pearl Harbor and...

"Join the family, or ohana, as they farm taro for poi to prepare for a traditional luau celebration with a poetic text in the style of The House That Jack Built." --

Leo is totally fixated on numbers and counting everything, even the words in the story the teacher reads; Lea is the shy new girl who shares his desk, and spends all her time drawing--but one day, in the noise of the playground, an accident brings them and their obsessions together in the beginning of a friendship.

Maud's weekends with her grandmother include matching nightgowns, breakfast for supper, old movies, special surprises, and dreams of becoming Grand-Maud herself, one day.

"What do you wonder about when you look at the world?"--Jacket. In this unusual text, young listeners and readers follow a group of diverse kids trying to make sense of the world as they see it. Questions such as What do clouds taste like?, Do my toys miss me when I'm gone?, and I wonder if cars and trucks speak the same language remind us of a child's unique point of view. Nothing is more powerful than seeing something for the first time, and these...

When the fog arrives on his island, a bird with a passion for people watching sets out to discover if anyone else has noticed it taking over the island.

On a hot summer night, a little girl wakes up and wonders what has woken her and the rest of the nighttime world.

"This poetic picture book asks the question: what do little animals dream? The surprising answers lend an eye and ear to the nocturnal rhythms of the forest"--

Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building. Un d̕a nevado, una visita a la abuela, tiempo cocinando juntas y un espacio para pausar y descubrir el mundo a tu alrededor se re͠nen en este libro perfecto para leerse y compartirse en un acogedor d̕a de invierno.