People & Places

Israeli Independence Day is coming up and the mayor is planning a celebration. He asks Sh...

An impatient young man comes to Jerusalem looking for someone to teach him the Torah - wh...

Sofia finally gets a chance to watch the class pet, a mouse named Snowflake. When Snowfla...

Sofia is ready to take on a new chore, and washing the car sounds way more fun than dusti...

Noah has a big imagination, and he's using it to go on an even bigger adventure! He and h...

Will is very excited! He's researching countries for school and has a new pen pal named A...

Camila and her brother, Carlos, are going on a road trip with their parents! They're driv...

A grandma and her little grandson take a walk along a Tel-Aviv street and encounter the c...

Daniel likes to do things backwards and upside down. He walks on his hands, walks backwar...

"All men are born free and equal." Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Dec...

Athena's family's custom of picking and cooking dandelion greens embarrasses Athena. But ...

Knowing President Lincoln will be transferring trains at Hanover Junction, Jack waits for...

Through scorching sun and freezing snow Dashdondog Jamba brings books to children in Mong...

Alexander amasses the world's largest business card collection and makes it into The Asto...

Find out what motivated this astronaut to do his best.

Jaguar Paw finally finds some kids who just want to play the game.

A delicious treat reminds Ishmael of a special place.

Dikike's father surprises her with a wonderful gift — her very own canoe!

Working together with others might help solve a problem.

This story describes a village in Mexico from the point of view of Juanita, who lives the...

A young immigrant from Laos struggles to fit in with American culture. See Ly left his pa...

Based on the real-life events of the Spanish fleet commanded by Ferdinand Magellan in the...

Assia and her family have come to America from Somalia to escape a civil war. Once in Ame...

Samlain and his family are immigrants who have moved from Cambodia to share in the promis...

This story is about Deka, a young Somalian girl who has moved with her family to the Unit...

Highlights presents Community Helpers written by Drew Jackson. Listeners are introduced t...

Highlights presents All Kinds of Birthdays written by Ellen Bari. Jenny discovers that th...

Highlights presents A New Life written by Sandra Gomez. Ramon had to leave Cuba and move ...

From the award-winning author of Unsettled, meet Anisa, the adorable Pakistani Ameri...

The beloved chapter book by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich S...

Six Gaelic tales of wonder and adventure, read in an authentic brogue by actor Des Keogh,...

"The Bus Bunch is a group of kids that live in Brite Star and attend Brite Star School. T...

The excitement and peril of being a pioneer -specifically a female pioneer -- is brillian...

“Imani the tiny” the children tease her, but this young Maasai girl is determ...

"Narrator Ricky Smith does a commendable job of capturing the tone of the book. Subtle so...

From the creators of Odyssey Honor-award WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA comes this compani...

This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon chan...

Come spend A Day on the Mountain, the follow up to Kevin Kurtz’s award-winning firs...

Nani has always dreamed of being a princess. When a real Hawaiian princess comes to her h...

Nani siempre ha sonado con ser una princesa. Cuando una princesa de la vida real de Hawai...

Long ago, the Old Ones were bad. They drank all the water, ate all the pine nuts, and lef...

Hace tiempo, los Viejos eran malos. Ellos se bebieron toda el agua, se comieron todos los...

What's inside Aunt Jo's treasure chest? That's what Ava wants to know. Then, one night, A...

From award-winning author Mitali Perkins and comes Between Us and Abuela, a timely debut ...

So we purr, cara cara, and we glide, taka taka, and we zoom, zoom, ZOOM!Together, a boy a...

The first in a new chapter book series featuring a spunky Japanese-American heroine!Eight...

The second heartfelt story of friendship and sisterhood in this charming new chapter book...

It’s talent show time at school, and eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is excited to s...

Jasmine's best friend, Linnie, has just gotten a puppy. And now Jasmine wants a pet of he...

With more than 130,000 copies sold, this award-winning chapter-book series starring a spu...