Robert Lawson's award-winning Rabbit Hill is a story in which the animals living on a hill rethink food, daily life, and their relationship with neighbors after new people move into a nearby house. With a humorous voice, it gently uses the animals' small society to explore sharing and coexistence.

New people arrive on the hill, and the rules of everyday life begin to change.

Alice Dalgliesh's The Silver Pencil is a semi-autobiographical story in which Janet Laidlaw grows up in Trinidad and moves through England, the United States, and Canada while learning to make writing her own voice. Using the silver pencil given to her by her father as a thread, the book quietly layers growth, loss, and self-discovery.

A silver pencil from her father becomes the thread that ties together a girl's growth and her writing.

Jeanette Eaton's Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams is a children's biography that turns the life of Roger Williams into a narrative about a man who fought for religious freedom. Moving through colonial travel and conflict, it places the difficulty of liberty of conscience and community-building within a clear historical arc.

A children's biography that follows Roger Williams's life as he seeks religious freedom.

The story follows a girl named Wanda as she faces her classmates' prejudice, quietly revealing the meaning of compassion and courage.

Around Wanda, the girl who wears the same dress every day, the atmosphere of the classroom slowly changes.

A children's history book that places the life of Abraham Lincoln alongside events around the world, creating a layered view of history.

Following Lincoln's life also opens a wider view of world history.