When young Ashley is handed a challenge she's sure is beyond her, it's Ruby Lee to the rescue! Ruby Lee's wisdom and common sense are just what Ashley needs to gain confidence and believe in her abilities.

Follow the winsome charmer as she zips and zooms about her garden paradise, contrary to the notion that bees aren't made to fly.

Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

Traces the impact of women on the development of jazz and profiles the careers of influential female jazz musicians and singers

Discover the living legacy of Chicago Blues in this guide to the iconic clubs and musicians who made—and keep making—music history. During the Great Migration, African Americans left Mississippi for Chicago, and they brought their music traditions with them. The music took root in the city and developed its own distinctive sound. Today, Chicago Blues is heard all over the world, but there’s no better place to experience it than in the city where it was born. In Exploring Chicago Blues, Chicago music writer Rosalind Cummings-Yeates takes you inside historic blues clubs like the Checkerboard Lounge and Gerri's Palm Tavern, where folks like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon and Ma Rainey transformed Chicago into the blues mecca. She then takes you on an insider’s tour of the contemporary blues scene, introducing the best spots to hear the purest sounds of Sweet Home Chicago.

One rainy summer day, a girl and her grandmother go through her "treasure chest," which is filled with mementos more precious than the emeralds and rubies the girl thought to find there.

Three winners of the nation's most distinguished award for African American playwriting.

Watch our happy, helpful friend the Honey Bee, always so busy and buzzy and find out why bees and flowers are such good friends. Illustrations using vivid colours include many real flower species which children may recognise from their garden or have seen growing in the wild, 3 of them are named at the end of the book too. The narrator shows us what these fascinating bugs have been getting up to in her garden. What we can learn: concepts: Simple ideas about the life of a bee Bees are insects Some common flowers: Daisy, Poppy, Sunflower new words: Insect, Pollen, Nectar, Hive, Honeycomb, Blossoms PAGES: 26 WORDS: 262 LEVEL: Preschool to 6yrs Other books in the series: Meet Bacteria! Travelling Seeds MUMMY NATURE series – nurturing children's curiosity Each book in the series is one mini nature lesson wrapped up in colour and rhyme. These books are intended for very young children including toddlers and will give them just a glimpse into some of the wonders of the natural world. Illustrated for maximum vibrancy and visual impact, using rhyme to engage young minds and encourage participation. Read the rhymes to your children and soon they will be reading them to you! The narrator is a small child and keen observer who tells us in short rhyming phrases everything she thinks we should know, and all about the magical things she sees around her. Sometimes she is camouflaged in the long grass and other times she has to climb a tree to get a better look. tags: free kids books, free childrens books, books for kids, books for children, free educational books, stories for kids, early reader, children's stories, bedtime stories, kids ebooks, kids book about animals, beginning reader, free ebooks, preschool, ages 3-5, ages 6-8, childrens books ages 4-8, childrens nature books, kids nature, free animal books for kids, free childrens books ages 2-4, childrens free epub, kids box set, childrens non-fiction